05-22-2023, 11:25 AM
(05-22-2023, 10:58 AM)Thryleon link Wrote:For those that missed it, dow is the key, because he has all the attributes to be a senior footballer, and wants to play for us, refused to leave, and despite us being woeful, he can't unlock the tools to be a senior footballer.
Dow represents everything that's wrong with us. Top draftee, capable, wanting to, yet somehow the same kid we drafted on draft day.
Thats why we aren't getting anywhere and that's why we won't get anywhere until we unlock how to take a young kid, and make him a senior footballer.
Agree - but sometimes they don't make it. It happens in every draft given plenty of time and opportunities given. If they're not improving to a standard they need to be moved on. Owies and Cottrell showed remarkable improvement in their third year whereas Durdin in his third year has stalled badly - sometimes they even go backwards. rate of development is not linear and sometimes they improve as one expects them to after 3-4 years and sometimes they don't. harsh realities. Thats why club needs what Sydney has - a youth development squad.