when they can't take the arms straight away, watch the best tacklers get the hips first to control the opponent and then move one hand off the hips and go for an arm.
I'm a beLever
This kid could be anything I reckon.
Unlike the vast majority of our other young mids, Riley appears to have a great combination of pace, endurance, skill and mongrel. In addition to this, from all reports he's genuinely a great human being, which certainly counts for something in my book. Almost every other one of our mids / smalls aged under 24 lack at least one of those attributes (the main exception is probably Laird and look how well that's turning out).
I reckon he could be a real weapon for us for the next 10 years. Half forward should be his domain initially, but his future is no doubt in the engine room. Love his attitude. Great start to his career so far.
I agree with what you've got here, but I wouldn't have Laird too significantly above Brown for pace to refer to your post before.
mongrel is an interesting one, you want a few enforcer types but you don't need everyone to act like Crowley. Look at Ablett, I'd have him very low on what I'd call "mongrel" but he is still a competitive beast.
Just on Brown's pace; there was an article in this or last year's preseason on the club's website that had him in our top five for speed. My guess is that he's fast but playing a lockdown role prevents him from showing it.
I think a lot of that is having the confidence in where to run in an offensive sense too.
Strange question. Local kid can't see why not. We must persist with Knight his pace, tackling and running ability are standouts. Neat kick andf finds the goals. Ahead of Wright.
That's why I asked, I didn't know if he was local or not. Thanks.
