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Having seen him quite a bit at U18 level, I have said all along he won't get great exposure when he's drafted, because he's too undersized for the ruck, and he has no natural talent as a forward.
Terrible kicking action. His strides are too long, meaning he's unbalanced, drops the ball with a bent arm meaning it's unbalanced on release, and he drops the ball from way too far up leaving more time for the ball to be varied in it's flight and on impact.
Because he drops the ball from too high, and his strides are long, it becomes a situation like when you stand too far away from a golf ball and you have to reach for it with the club, leading to hooks and slices, it's the exact same with kicking.
This isn't just going by this picture, this is having watched him play on numerous occassions. He's slow on the lead, not a great kick, would get eaten alive by big defenders in 1 on 1's, and doesn't have natural forward line nous such as knowing how to time leads, where to lead, where to position yourself etc.
He'll eventually develop into a good ruckman no doubt, but he is a pure ruckman, that's how I justify that he won't see much game time on 2008.
Looks like he's got a fresh batch of "special tomatoes" on the go
Haha I can't work out why they look identical but they do!