yep this is a pick each year we should do…take the most gifted one we can find and just let them play…if they adapt to AFl pace style if not its better then having players that clog the list that have comef rom the o called correct path way into the game!
He’s carrying a bit of excess weight. We need players who will train hard. The team as a whole last season was nowhere near the fitness levels of the top teams.
You don’t reckon there’s a better than fair chance a kid from the NT, where he plays in a non professional league & isn’t required, nor indeed has the time, to train like a professional full time athlete wouldn’t train as hard as he possibly could when given a once in a lifetime shot at a high earning AFL career?
The fact he is as trim as he is under his current circumstances should be seen as a plus I’d say.
Would take all of one solid pre season and diet plan etc to be in great nick.
Like Nigel. Always worried about our ability to stop those medium types who can get it in the air and on the deck. Gleeson, Redman, and Ridley lack one on one capability but are great going the other way. This guy looks physical, quick, and can kick it. Exactly what we need. WSPHU.