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Weddle's numbers as a back are actually pretty similar to those of Scrimshaw, Frost and Sicily. The talk about him squibbing a contest was complete BS - he has always put his body on the line. The dropped mark was because he was distracted by the player coming in to spoil, not because he was...

His voting in the PCM last year indicates a decent level of consistency. Getting back to Ward, I don't see any reason for concern. He is building nicely in his own quiet way.

He has exceeded my expectations. Seemed like a bit of a show pony playing for Collingwood. With us there is still a trace of that but the work rate and pressure is great. A bit of Frostball from him on Sunday. Hope he gets a hold of that faster than its inventor.

Yep - I always thought he could play anywhere on the field but ruck - and then, there he was looking perfectly comfortable in the ruck. Didn't win the contest but didn't make a fool of himself. This guy is a genuine freak.

Nothing wrong with Nash's decision-making and his foot skills are better than they look (they look awful). His biggest weakness is that he is Birchall-like overhead. If he could take a contested mark overhead he would be a serious weapon. At the moment he is mainly a contested ball beast and...

From what I have seen of him, he is what is commonly referred to as a "natural footballer". This means that he already knows what do do on the field to have be best impact. He doesn't have to learn leading patterns, defensive responses or structures because they are already automatic. He will...

Nash Scrimshaw Newcombe Moore Amon

5 Amon 4 Maginess 3 Scrimshaw 2 Weddle 1 Ambrosio

Weddle and Day are our elite players. Next level are Sicily, Moore and Newcombe After them are a crowd of capable to very good players. One more elite and one more next level should enough. MacKenzie, Ward and Croc could easily develop into next level players.

Quiet achiever

Of course not - he has gone from #1 ti #2. Chol and Gamma are both part-timers. There is every chance that Reeves will recover his spot. He just has to work on his game.

The Weddle missed mark has been over-egged on this forum. He had a momentary lapse off concentration when he became aware that another player was closing in on him. He often throws himself into aerial contests against much bigger bodies and wins them as often as he loses them. Just one of...

5 Meek 4 Hardwick 3 Newcombe (welcome back) 2 Scrimshaw 1 Ward

5 Worpel 4 Frost 3 Chol 2 Nash 1 MacKenzie

Yep, we would be pretty happy to see Lewis producing these numbers.