04-09-2016, 11:44 PM
(04-09-2016, 11:28 PM)Raydan link Wrote:Haven't written him off, but I don't think he will get much better than what we see now. I hope I'm wrong, but all these comparisons to Mitchell are off the mark, as I said in my posts before mids hunt the ball, Nick seems to get around the ball. It's weird but even in Cripps' first season you could see the vision and the hands. I remember saying that his brain works faster than his skills allow, because he almost had it.
With Graham I think everything is there already, he'll improve with the team but he's a role player not a star.
Graham hasn't had too many opportunities to show what he can do, but it isn't obvious what his standout ability is. League level players need to have a trick or a skill. Graham is undersized, without electric pace. His disposal is good, but he will have to improve his ability to use that disposal to put a team mate to advantage more often.
Buckly is a worry. He seemed to set up as a defensive forward but often trailed his opponent. Saad (i think it was) ran off him off the wing at one stage to run through the middle and create a goal. It was sloppy and smacked of lost concentration. In his fifth season so needs to make a big leap if he is to have a future.
Really liked charlie curnow. He gets to the right spots and gets seperation from his opponent to give his team mates an option. Oh and he can kick at league standard, i.e. low flat and fast. Our future spine is riding on last year's draft, but there is a lot to like so far. 2 potential KP players of high standard at each end.