This guy... His reading of the play and ability to intercept is elite. His kicking is nowhere near as bad as people make out, I dont hold my breath everytime he kicks it. He is quick, agile and fearless, takes a strong mark and breaks lines coming out of defence, something not many key backs can do - the thing thats stopping him from becoming an elite Key Defender is sloppiness. In the 1st qtr he runs back to mop up the ball on defensive 50 15 metres clear, Its 2 on 1 to us, all he needs to do is 1) pick it up and run away if his team mate shephards or 2)play a 1-2 and we're off, instead he slips and the carlton player swoops. I dont think they got a goal from it but fmd.
Then another incident blues player goes down and he makes soft incidental contact in the back, completely unecessary as we had the mop up going. Again not sure if they scored from that but he did have a shot on goal. These are stupid, silly unecessary niggly unforced errors that give away cheap goals and give sides momentum. It happens every game unfortunately which is frustrating bc it brings his otherwise flawless performances down. All bias aside, if these acts ceased I think he could become one of the better key backs in the comp. Can this be cut out of his game or will it always be part of what he brings to the table?
