Parker's had plenty of opportunity, plenty of minutes in the action and plenty of times the target i50
Shockingly, sometimes a players output is simply a reflection of where they're at. No idea why he's captain, needs to focus on his game.
We underestimated how modern midfields would evolve/were locked in with the academy/ long contracts to supposed blue chip midfielders and then prioritised young x factor with Hayward/Ling/Florent/Jones
Thankfully the youth is good
Yep we missed the mark re x factor by about two or three years. We really needed a Florent in our team in 2014 or 2016. That was really what we were lacking was a mid with pace, we had a bunch of tough, hard-at-it All Australian mids, but no one who could provide any run or spark. It took a grand final loss to the Bulldogs, where we were beaten on the outside, for the club to realise this was an area of weakness for us. So we went about drafting Florent, Hayward, Ronke, then Ling and Stoddart the following year. But by then, our tough, hard-at-it All Australian mids were not what they were.
Just timed it all wrong. Which is strange because you think if we were going to pay $10 million to get a superstar forward in the team, you'd think we would make sure we have all the pieces around him in place to capitalise on his inclusion. But alas, hindsight is 20/20.