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Durham offers a physical point of difference, if you’re going to have a relatively short inside midfield you need to compliment that with some height and marking power outside which is why Durham, Cox and Langford were favoured, I also think he gets sucked in a bit too much compared to Cox and Durham who are better at actually holding width
How can you tell that he’s poor at holding width? He wasn’t played on the wing this year for any significant amount of time.
Warning: graphic postI just don't see where the jump in performance is going to come from if he's stopped physically growing. He has some nice attributes but ultimately his slight build will probably be what costs him.
Stephenson pretty good for a slightly built player, Rob Flower too!I just don't see where the jump in performance is going to come from if he's stopped physically growing. He has some nice attributes but ultimately his slight build will probably be what costs him.
Stephenson pretty good for a slightly built player, Rob Flower too!
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A light frame has nothing to do with it ... I could pluck many many player who were or are slight builds
Stephan Milne
Jaidyn Stephenson
Karl Amon
Micheal tuck
Kevin bartlett
John platten
Brett Bowie
Robert murphy
it has nothing to do with the body it has to do withwhat’s between the ears and how the read the play , using natural habits to achieve solid play ... no panicking, elite disposal , soft hands ... ect ect ... James hird wasn’t a big man... only 6,1 and lightly framed but I can’t name many others that had such a thoughtful and instinctive game.sure he was out marked by bigger bodies occasionally but not often cause he was smart .... ham needs to get smart ... certainly had some talent
Agree. Don't think he's guaranteed to make it, and I liked that the club had the depth to not gift him games at the end of the season, but he's shown improvement.Really think people are overblowing his weaknesses and how hard it will be for him to improve them.
He’s already been signed for next year FYI.He's in zero danger of getting his contract renewed. Has some good attributes certainly but he can't - and unlike Durham won't try to - tackle and he's nowhere near silky enough to compensate for being a huge liability in defence.
No way he can play small forward either. Opposition teams will waltz it out of defence.
With lower picks you hope that their glaring deficiencies will be ironed out but more often than not they won't be. That's the case with Cahill and Ham unfortunately.
I know he has attributes. I like a lot of things about his game.Honestly his biggest problem is that he misses too many targets despite having a nice looking kicking action. It wasn't a problem in his first year but somehow its gotten worse. If he can fix up his composure I think he's an AFL level player and I think he can succeed as a small forward type or on the wing. His endurance and running is a weapon for him. So its not like he has nothing going for him.
Comparing him to Cahill is a bit harsh. Cahill wasn't near as athletic as Ham.
Half those blokes could benchpress Ham and the other half were much better players.A light frame has nothing to do with it ... I could pluck many many player who were or are slight builds
Stephan Milne
Jaidyn Stephenson
Karl Amon
Micheal tuck
Kevin bartlett
John platten
Brett Bowie
Robert murphy
it has nothing to do with the body it has to do withwhat’s between the ears and how the read the play , using natural habits to achieve solid play ... no panicking, elite disposal , soft hands ... ect ect ... James hird wasn’t a big man... only 6,1 and lightly framed but I can’t name many others that had such a thoughtful and instinctive game.sure he was out marked by bigger bodies occasionally but not often cause he was smart .... ham needs to get smart ... certainly had some talent