Parks and Fog's, is Curly's boy the Real Gem?

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Personally, I think Cunningham is a mile behind SPS, and SPS is just what Jack Dyer would call a good ordinary footballer. We probably won't see the best of SPS until Ed retires, then I think you'll find SPS at more stoppages.

At the moment I see Cunningham as a highlight player, a quarter here or there, he's not the type we need right now and I'm not sure his spot won't be taken by guys like Philp who offer more consistent footy. Certainly Fogarty has made life much harder for Cunningham.

Agree...the reality is Cottrell is getting a game ahead of these initially higher rated players and its not because he has more talent.
Cottrell has something the coach wants more of and players like Cuningham, LOB cant deliver that ingredient the team needs...
You can probably carry one or two players on talent alone ie SPS but thats about the max.