The guy played with one arm and was still laying tackles harder than anyone else in the team in 2019. That shows ticker and for me is enough character to me that he is off the trade table. He will never Be elite like Cotchin or Martin but I think he is a great midfielder and what I like about him is he’s a pretty good shot on goal when he has a run at it.
I think people expecting him to have 30+ possessions & 2+ goals every week are deluded considering we got him in the 3rd round from memory? My expectations of him is that he is kinda like true Liam Sheils of our team. Important for culture, hard tackling and for the most part a good ball user when he does have it in hand.
Great post Lamington.
People forget quickly that he practically got us over the line in that final knowing that his shoulder was cactus continued to smash contests and tackled hard until the final siren and let’s not forget his 2017 gf demolition of Sloane. He’s done more for our success than any minor perceived deficiency.
He is a clubman type and hard at the contest, consistently has the most tackles and pressure acts to allow blokes like Bolton to shine. He is a good user and works his arse off all game with hard running both offensively and defensively.
He has his deficiencies one being that he’s slow off the mark but once he’s going he’s a hard player to stop considering his size and strength and he doesn’t stop working from start to finish. He’s a four quarter machine.
BOG with Lynch today.
PS. I’m glad you said Liam Shiel and not Dylan Shiel because the latter is the softest player I’ve seen for the amount of money spent.
