(05-08-2022, 11:32 PM)tonyo link Wrote:Apart from all the good stuff mentioned by other posters, I think we have a real 'flying under the radar' award winner in Lewis Young. We may have found a 200-game replacement for Liam Jones - goes about his stuff with a minimum of fuss, great set of hands, clean with his foot skills, and executes his spoils extremely well. Bet the Bulldogs wish they still had him.....How the hell did the Dogs let him go? They're crying out for tall defenders right now. I guess it was a bit of the Paul Salmon scenario (or the inverse of it): they wanted to make him into a ruckman and he felt he needed to leave to have a chance at carving out a career as a tall defender. In any event, assuming Young or his manager didn't make the decision independently, whoever got in Young's ear deserves a bonus.
By the way, some credit should also be given to Voss and the match committee: when Pitt went down, shifting Young into the ruck to help out TdK would have been tempting (and some of us suggested it). They've stuck to their guns and allowed Young to settle into a vital role.