Still early days but I'm pretty glad the Eagles showed little interest in Bower when the Judd deal was taking place. Although I was gutted to see Josh go I'm getting the feeling we were luckily left with the better player.
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Second that, I couldn't see much in Bower other than his athleticism. I never thought he'd improve as much as he has!At first i was hoping they would take Paul instead of Josh, but since the start of the season Paul has really come on and earnt a place in the side. He still makes little mistakes but in reality that is to be expected of him, IMO he can be a very solid player for us.
JK has shown nothing. Gilly will confirm this. PB is impressing more and more with every game. The Startled Emu will be a cult player.
LOL...
The problem is that JK plays a much more difficult position and a much more vital position. Thylacine is funny, he knows that JK was showing small signs of improvement but is very stubborn and won't admit it . I think he will go on to be a serviceable, workhorse type CHF.......on the other hand I think Bower is coming along very nicely, despite his job on Cloke I'm still not convinced he will ever hold down a KP post unlike JK. However as a third tall defender, he backs himself, takes blokes on and provides good run which is a great string to a 192cm bow. Like Jamison he is quick enough to play on some smaller forwards as well, so another level of versatility. I hope PB will provide 8-10 good years of good service to the club which would be a great return. SO all in all we get Judd, a versatile rebounding defender who can play small or tall and hopefully we will get an opportunity to address CHF in the next couple of years.
Not to mention Kreuzer, who has shown some potential as a CHF.
Still early days but I'm pretty glad the Eagles showed little interest in Bower when the Judd deal was taking place. Although I was gutted to see Josh go I'm getting the feeling we were luckily left with the better player.
JK will not be on an AFL list in 24 months so Bower for me
If that's the case, we'll have him back. Good developing young CHF's don't exactly grow on trees.
ROFLJK has shown nothing. Gilly will confirm this. PB is impressing more and more with every game. The Startled Emu will be a cult player.
Spot on.They play different positions so it is hard to compare them. JK had a few injuries in his time at Carlton + was thrown in the ruck and not given much time at CHF. I would have liked to have seen him under Ratten this year. Look at PB's performance this year under a coach who instills confidence in him and gives him time on the ground.
JK has shown nothing. Gilly will confirm this. PB is impressing more and more with every game. The Startled Emu will be a cult player.
If he was going to be a cult player, he should have kept the afro
Then he would stand out like other notable cult players for the blues...
Bruce Doull with his headband
Tommy Alvin with the long hair
Mil Hanna... The Cranium
Sticks with his mullet...
Jezza... just for being Jezza
just to name a few.
Still... I was also one of those advocating handing over Bower, but I wanted to keep Josh because I thought he had shown a little something of his potential in the few games he had last year.
It will be interesting to see if the weagles do play him for the first time against us.
I'm developing a courteous manner faster than JK is developing as a CHF.