Matera92
Brownlow Medallist
You know the funny thing is that such claims have been made by people from inside Westcoast and from what I’ve seen id tend to agree. Darling is physically well developed for his age and has been for a long while now, so the fact he's the same age as McGovern isn't at all important.
I'm not knocking Darling at all, his football IQ is enormous and he still has plenty of improvement left. McGovern is totally raw, undeveloped and untested. But if I was looking at the core strengths of them as footballers and measuring them id say McGovern is the better mark, he need not play an AFL game and id been ok in saying that. Of course if we played McGovern now he would struggle to have Darlings impact, that goes without saying and im not sure why it needs to be mentioned.
Spaceclef is right, it does have a romantic aspect. Our recruiters and development staff would deserve massive credit if they turn McGovern into a serious AFL footballer.
But I certainly do get kicks out of your base logic though.
Clearly.
The kid is showing promise don't get me wrong, however I watched Darling take numerous strong marks against WAFL defenders during his time at WP. He's still working on his leg strength from his OP and you can bet he is only going to get stronger in his one on one contests.
Darling has some of the best hands at the club, very sticky.
