06-19-2021, 04:06 AM
(06-19-2021, 03:58 AM)PaulP link Wrote:I've not seen him either, but the AFL website shows him having 1 handball. Is he injured ?Dow was used so poorly early in his career. did him no good. Straight into the thick of it rather than being allowed to develop in lesser roles. There was 3 in that draft that were seen clearly the best. If we didn't take Dow at 3, whoever had pick 4 would've snapped him up. Poorly developed. Can say the same for others too. LOB was the only bad pick, the other 2 were highly regarded but we developed them poorly. SPS is no HBF.
Looks like we've found ourselves a good, solid VFL footballer in LoB. What a colossal screw up. Add LOB, Dow, SPS etc. to the Troy Menzels, Matthew Watsons, Kane Lucas' etc. of this world. The only benefit to finishing bottom is that it gives you first dibs on the best talent in the land. If you can't get that right, and you have way too many left withering on the vine who don't make it, finishing bottom is a complete waste of time.
From previous eras, Menzel got Carltonised. Looked a terrific player, all class, for a while then got lazier and lazier until trade by us then delisted by the Crows. A waste. Geelong wanted him bad. Probably dodged a bullet. Watson and Lucas were terrible picks. We were about to pick Talia until Lucas slipped. What a stuff up.