He was clearly frustrated. I can never criticise a player who gives his absolute all at every contest. And he does. You can see how much it means to him.
You have obviously been watching the game on TV or with blinkers on. When at the game you appreciate his constant gut running all over the field, his pressure, tackles, shepards & 1%'s
Oh behave, you can't say positive things about the little guy
spot on Barbarino, he looks like he's afraid to make mistakes atm. By the end of the season, that will pass
It’s funny I thought it was one of the more solid 9 possession games I’ve seen. He had three moments where you’re thinking come on Shoota, but all of that was countered by his 2nd quarter goal how he marked that I’ll never know. He’s down this year, but we smashed them in the pressure game and he was a huge factor in that. I shouldn’t be surprised people still don’t rate that when it’s the most important part of our game yet here we are…
I reckon he's too fixed on perfection and he doesn't want to make a mistake, he'll get over that very soon
How does a 26 year old that's meant to come ready to go get leeway until end of the season to come good whilst a developing young player like Macrae and Reef gets 3 games as sub and then dropped.
He is already good, by the end of the year he'll feel much more comfortable. I wouldn't be dropping him for Reef or Fin. Players can develop just as good in the VFL, especially if the club feels they need to work on stuff
Because he’s doing what we recruited him to do. What he’s doing off ball with pressure, tackling and cover run is what he was recruited for and he’s elite in those areas. The goals and assists are cream on top with him, but it’s what gives you nourishment hence looking like he’s forcing it.
I'm not sure of the standard you classify as good. But of our small forwards in Elliott, Hill, McCreery and Schultz, Schultz would be the first in line for me to be dropped if someone like a Harvey Harrison really cements his spot in the side as another small forward.
8 goals from 7 games is close to a 30 goal a year season. That's spot on for what you would expect.
He kicked 30 and 33 in his last two seasons at Freo. So unsure why we’re expecting him to kick 70 goals. His pressure last night was immense despite some boneheaded errors. On track for 10+ tackles almost
We could have waited and used our first pick on a kid who would probably be speculative at best and wouldn't part of our next flag, which is now btw and the next few years. It was an astute pick as was sullivan
He also averaged a goal or two a game at Freo with some bags in between too.
A couple of weeks off?
I mean how could it not be at least a week? He king hit him in the back of the neck and with the way the AFL are now he'll be lucky if he just gets the two weeksA couple of weeks off?
