Whether it's maturity or the confidence he gained from securing a long term deal with Port, or simply a change of scenery he is definitely playing better football this year. I agree with you though. I put him in the Jay Schultz bracket - had he stayed at Tigerland it just would have been more of the same.
Yep. That's the sort of point I'm getting at.
Nobody doubts that Schultz is playing great football, and people have quite rightly pointed out just how good Schultz would be in our forward line, but the fact is that Schultz was not performing at Richmond.
Actually, I've heard Schultz say that it took the change in club for him to wake up to himself and start making something of his abilities.
I'm not saying White wasn't trying at Richmond, just making the point that for a whole host of reasons players don't perform at a club and it takes a change to bring them on.