Some really good signs ahead of the season and some not so good.
Florent played another good game and I think has won a spot for round 1. Fox will be very close and I'd pick him. Cunningham played a much better game last night and perhaps it'll come down to him and Fox for a spot across HB. I'd pick both at this stage. I'm not moving Cunningham from defence given we can get this kind of performance from him there. Mills played well too. I liked Marsh's game too. He's not best 22 but if we had to call on him to play in defence I'd be fine playing him. He shouln't play on the likes of Jeremy Cameron because that's way more than he can handle, but he can play a consistent role in seniors for us if needed.
Parker was our best, nothing overrated about that kind of performance - although I hope to see it more often in important games this year. Good to see Heeney return to good form. Jones played a really good 3 quarters.
Newman's stats were misleading, he was OK and got better as the game went on but made quite a few bad decisions. Not secure for round 1 imo but I think I'd pick him. Rohan had another bad game and he looks unmotivated or disinterested. I'm not picking him for round 1 in his current state. I'd only be picking one of Rohan or Hayward and I'm happy to stick with Hayward. They'll both win about 9 touches a game but at least Hayward's ceiling is far higher and he's more reliable in front of goal even at his age. His skill/class are very tantalising.
Darcy Cameron around the ground looks promising but he needs to get a lot stronger before he can be entertained as a long term number one ruck option. He gets pushed around easily. If Sinclair isn't right to go, I'd play Cameron rather than trying to make it work with Aliir/Towers, but I'd much rather Sinclair (despite him also being sub-par, he's much more competitive than Darcy atm). I want Cameron to get multiple full NEAFL games playing 80-90% of game time there.
Florent played another good game and I think has won a spot for round 1. Fox will be very close and I'd pick him. Cunningham played a much better game last night and perhaps it'll come down to him and Fox for a spot across HB. I'd pick both at this stage. I'm not moving Cunningham from defence given we can get this kind of performance from him there. Mills played well too. I liked Marsh's game too. He's not best 22 but if we had to call on him to play in defence I'd be fine playing him. He shouln't play on the likes of Jeremy Cameron because that's way more than he can handle, but he can play a consistent role in seniors for us if needed.
Parker was our best, nothing overrated about that kind of performance - although I hope to see it more often in important games this year. Good to see Heeney return to good form. Jones played a really good 3 quarters.
Newman's stats were misleading, he was OK and got better as the game went on but made quite a few bad decisions. Not secure for round 1 imo but I think I'd pick him. Rohan had another bad game and he looks unmotivated or disinterested. I'm not picking him for round 1 in his current state. I'd only be picking one of Rohan or Hayward and I'm happy to stick with Hayward. They'll both win about 9 touches a game but at least Hayward's ceiling is far higher and he's more reliable in front of goal even at his age. His skill/class are very tantalising.
Darcy Cameron around the ground looks promising but he needs to get a lot stronger before he can be entertained as a long term number one ruck option. He gets pushed around easily. If Sinclair isn't right to go, I'd play Cameron rather than trying to make it work with Aliir/Towers, but I'd much rather Sinclair (despite him also being sub-par, he's much more competitive than Darcy atm). I want Cameron to get multiple full NEAFL games playing 80-90% of game time there.
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