(05-03-2017, 12:48 AM)DJC link Wrote:Cuningham will have to maintain a higher work rate throughout games before he is considered.

His best is very good but he goes missing too often at the moment.

(05-03-2017, 01:52 AM)Baggers link Wrote:Absolutely. Cuningham is the ultimate tease. His inconsistency is becoming a major flaw in his game. But his best is seriously good.

Boekhorst has past Cuningham and a more likely replacement for ZF.

(05-03-2017, 01:55 AM)laj link Wrote:Hopefully it's because he's still 19 and that improves as he develops.

(05-03-2017, 01:58 AM)cookie2 link Wrote:The upside is that our development environment now looks to be much improved so I'm optimistic for him if he has the inbuilt talent.

(05-03-2017, 02:49 AM)DJC link Wrote:The other side of the coin is that we're putting a lot more work into players before they're drafted.  Several times in last year's and this year's "The Journey" you'll hear Bolton and/or SOS talking about good character.  I remember SOS saying that Charlie Curnow was from a 'good family' after the drink driving incident.

Draft the right players and the development side isn't that difficult.

Of course, we have ramped up our development staff, but we are giving them better youngsters to work with.

(05-03-2017, 04:00 AM)BlueDamon link Wrote:It's interesting to compare the effect of ASOS and Daisy in the backline. Both are mature players, whose leadership and roles as 'generals' down there are (reasonably) commonly acknowledged or, in ASOS's case, anticipated. Talk is that Alex was brought in last week, specifically to do the job on Franklin and I've seen comments suggesting he won't retain his spot in the absence of such a role. Yet, to hear Marchy raving about how much he loved playing with him, in his RS nomination week, can't be ignored. I'm no Daisy-hater and in fact I'm one who does appreciate his influence, but I just can't see how (a) we'd ever want to play them both in the same side or (b) why you'd take Daisy over Alex at this stage.

It's an interesting one, because they are obviously very different players, but I think their real value is the same - leadership/guidance to a young defensive group as they develop. I think we've got to keep Alex, just because of that relentless, beast-like example he provides, over Daisy's (no doubt helpful) pointing and direction-giving.

And, for the Filth, he has that frightening closing speed that'll make even their smaller forwards a little tetchy.

(05-03-2017, 04:00 AM)BlueDamon link Wrote:It's interesting to compare the effect of ASOS and Daisy in the backline. Both are mature players, whose leadership and roles as 'generals' down there are (reasonably) commonly acknowledged or, in ASOS's case, anticipated. Talk is that Alex was brought in last week, specifically to do the job on Franklin and I've seen comments suggesting he won't retain his spot in the absence of such a role. Yet, to hear Marchy raving about how much he loved playing with him, in his RS nomination week, can't be ignored. I'm no Daisy-hater and in fact I'm one who does appreciate his influence, but I just can't see how (a) we'd ever want to play them both in the same side or (b) why you'd take Daisy over Alex at this stage.

It's an interesting one, because they are obviously very different players, but I think their real value is the same - leadership/guidance to a young defensive group as they develop. I think we've got to keep Alex, just because of that relentless, beast-like example he provides, over Daisy's (no doubt helpful) pointing and direction-giving.

And, for the Filth, he has that frightening closing speed that'll make even their smaller forwards a little tetchy.