(03-17-2021, 09:14 PM)PaulP date Wrote:Agree on Stocker.I thought from limited game time LOB played OK in the pre-season runs. He got caught out of position once or twice under this new stand rule, but he wasn't alone in that regard, of course it may be that LOB is a designated sacrificial lamb under that rule, well run teams are bound to have players who are preferred/designated to stand the mark.
On LOB, the ironclad laws of footy fandom dictate that at any given point in time, at least one player will, by conscious or unconscious consensus, be the designated whipping boy. He was getting some good exposure and good experience (and showing a bit IMO) before Teague put an end to all that "getting games into kids" nonsense lol. I hope LOB makes it, because what he offers would be valuable to us. To my untrained eye, there is a strong Pagan influence in Teague's style. It's very simple, low possession, gaining ground by long kicks rather than handball or short kicks etc. And in this style, an AFL ready LOB would be super. There's no chance he will ever be a Hodge, but there is a chance he could be the new Bryce lol.
In my experience, fans rarely credit player improvement while hanging on to the player's past mistakes like a Wobbegong!
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