I walked past Cook at West Lakes yesterday - he's a lot taller than you think. He's listed as 190 cm, but I think he's bigger than that. I wonder if he has grown in recent times? He looks closer to 195 cm I'd say.
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Maybe you’ve shrunk?
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Can we just put them both on a HFF in a trenchcoat together?
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Mate, we're not the Roosters.
Maybe you’ve shrunk?
I’ll get in touch with Goldblum to try and get access to his malfunctioning teleporter.
I see some parrallels with Cook and Fog. Both have the natural talent and footy smarts, maybe just missing the tank/drive at the start of their AFL careers. Hopefully like Fog, Cook can lift another gear and be a regular for us.
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exactly Cook is a slow burn project player. Was extremely underdeveloped. Everyone needs to be patient.
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Hope Cook does fulfill his considerable potential. At the moment Nankervis is looking a million dollars compared to Cook. I can defintely see why we jumped the gun, so to speak, and took Nankervis in the pre season draft. He certainly looked a player in the back end of last season. I had heard about his quick hands, but saw them in action there, along with his athleticism and agility for someone of his height. Definitively one to watch and has considerable upside.
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May also to do with confidence in having a body that holds up to rigors of AFL.
We don't really know either way yet.
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16 disposals, didn't look out of place at all.
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Couple of lovely passes by foot - caressed over a defender into a team mates hands.
I think sholls kicking is over rated. He gets credit because he can kick off both feet, which is a rare commodity.
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Yep, started quietly Q1
A couple of terrible errors in Q2 but also started to find the ball and use it well
Better after half time. Involved in the game and some nice touches.
He has a bit of poise. Can candy around an opponent rather than rushing a disposal under pressure. Can hit a target.
Hopefully he stays in because there is something there.
He's got a good frame on him compared to someone like Sholl, so he's got the scope to be a bigger wingman. He'll mentally need to add some defensive aggression to his game, I think a lot of it with him will just be experience and some more physical development.
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Good skills, good size and has a bit of x-factor. If he could get a bit of c*** about him he could be anything. Could see his skillset transitioning to centre square mid
I like his skills and he's no slouch but he makes Milera look like a hard case in comparison. He just looks like a fish out of water every time he has to tackle a bloke. Needs to develop a harder edge.
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Needs to be exposed too.
Have a couple of players plough through his tackles and make him look ordinary. That's where improvement will come from because his weaknesses won't be exposed in the SANFL
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Looked a bit like Dawson out there I thought.
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This is a harsh call but my gut feel watching him play is that he’s one of those guys who has always had enough talent to get by, and hasn’t learnt how to do the hard stuff.
I’m not sure that the kind of grunt that Jones, Pedlar, Soligo etc have can be taught, but I think he can learn to bust his ass up and down the wing like Eg Langdon or Nic Martin does.
Dropped after 1 game. Maybe he'll be sub, but suspect it'll be Ned again.
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Neds named on the ball in the SANFL. Cook, Himmelberg and Soligo are the ones not named so sub will be either Cook or Soligo.
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I suspect Soligo, but may be Cook.
