A player I thought was ready to be a successful rookie last year.
Anyone care to shed some light on why he didn't perform to my expectations ....
Expectations for this year ?
He got injured last year.
This year he will get games but in saying that Biggs, NVB, Brayshaw and others will probably be better picks!
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He will have a big year imo. Has added bulk and reports from preseason have mainly been very positive where he's concerned. Had a small ankle setback last week or week before but it only missed a couple of days from memory
He will probably be fighting for Brock's spot but then again, Brock was fighting for a spot in the team. I think this could be another development year for him and he will predominantly play reserves footy. He doesn't have the pace that someone like Boekhorst will bring to the 22 and he hasn't got the ability to play forward yet. You also have the more experienced (in terms of development even though they are both young) ball magnet in Graham fighting for the same spot, Whiley comes in and adds another player with a similar skill set but better defensively.
The core midfield group to me looks like this
Murph, Gibbs, Judd, Simpson, Carrots (when healthy) and Curnow
You then have these guys rotating through in Docherty, Yarran, Thomas, Bell, Buckley, Menz, Everitt (pending on his role) and maybe even Walker (his role is the big unknown)
These are the guys then all pushing for spots
Cripps, Boekhorst, Graham, Whiley and maybe Tutt, Armfield and Holman as pinch hitters.
Cheers lads ... A wait and see proposition perhaps