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Keep pumping games into KD I say. We'll have a very good player by 100 games.

I like the way that he constantly craves the ball.
 

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I'm not convinced by the year he is having. Seems to pop up in last quarters. I don't think his forward line pressure is enough to stay in the side.

Good post. Different for once.
I agree, underwhelming but at the same time, giving us glimpses of what may/will be coming.

Unfortunately, he received a lot of praise over the summer and was talked up a little unfairly and those expectations aren't quite being met.
I think by this same time next year he will be a pretty impressive player. Be up at around 50 games by then.
 
Him and Mr. G have both been down a little this year. But heck they are 19 and have shown enough in patches IMO to warrant continued selection. When you're in the same side as Dangerfield et al it's gonna take a bit to stand out.
 
Good post. Different for once.
I agree, underwhelming but at the same time, giving us glimpses of what may/will be coming.

Unfortunately, he received a lot of praise over the summer and was talked up a little unfairly and those expectations aren't quite being met.
I think by this same time next year he will be a pretty impressive player. Be up at around 50 games by then.

This summer he bulked up a bit, seemed extremely professional and showed leadership qualities which are all great to see. He is still very young and I feel he needs to spend some more time in the VFL, needs to bust his butt more in the first 3 quarters, maybe not conserve his energy.
 
Him and Mr. G have both been down a little this year. But heck they are 19 and have shown enough in patches IMO to warrant continued selection. When you're in the same side as Dangerfield et al it's gonna take a bit to stand out.

Lang's 21 later this year.

It's hard to tell how high his ceiling could be; he has all the class in the world, but for all that he is fairly slight of stature and not super-quick.
I like the defensive pressure he brings, and when he gets the ball in his hands in a bit of space he is very composed and creative - he's actually pretty good in heavy traffic, too, but at the moment he lacks that bit of physical presence which might allow him a bit more leeway in congestion.

The gap between his better and quieter games will continue to shrink with experience, as things stand though he's providing the required defensive aspects of his game, hitting the scoreboard fairly regularly and generally using the ball well when he has it.
He's good, and he'll get better.
 

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I like Darcy; Off the top of my head I can think of three games where his goal sense has either got us back or sealed a game. In traffic he creates time and sense of where he is. That goal was unbelievable fri night in the last qtr. The goal against the Hawks again last qtr and the goal he kicked against port last year were all of similar timeliness. All occurred when our regular fwd's were struggling to get it through the big sticks. When I first saw him two years ago I had same feeling when I first saw pops. No he is a good kid and will develop into a very good player.


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I keep seeing Smithy parallels with Lang.

Hard, great running and tackling, good vision and hands, better disposal by foot and goal sense. Did I mention hard at it.

Defensive efforts are great with him IMO.

He's got along way to go to become 1/2 of what Smithy was, but the tools are there.

And he's only 21. It took Corey a lot longer to become that player he was, and if Darcy keep his progression going by 23 he could be anything.

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I keep seeing Smithy parallels with Lang.

Hard, great running and tackling, good vision and hands, better disposal by foot and goal sense. Did I mention hard at it.

Defensive efforts are great with him IMO.

He's got along way to go to become 1/2 of what Smithy was, but the tools are there.

And he's only 21. It took Corey a lot longer to become that player he was, and if Darcy keep his progression going by 23 he could be anything.

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Corey is bigger, stronger, better inside and IMO had a much higher ceiling than Lang has. Lang can be a player but it won't ever be similar to Joel Corey IMO. I don't think he's a particularly good tackler and quite frankly I don't think he's hard at it.
 
Corey is bigger, stronger, better inside and IMO had a much higher ceiling than Lang has. Lang can be a player but it won't ever be similar to Joel Corey IMO. I don't think he's a particularly good tackler and quite frankly I don't think he's hard at it.

If you comparing Smithy in 2007 - 2011 - then yes. Not sure 2011 version of Smithy in size and strength is a fair comparison to 21 yo Lang - but I also was not specific in my post either so all's fair.

A younger version I think the parallels are there. And I hope that you are wrong down the track for no other reason than if you are wrong, it means the GFC has ended up with on hell of a player.

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If you comparing Smithy in 2007 - 2011 - then yes. Not sure 2011 version of Smithy in size and strength is a fair comparison to 21 yo Lang - but I also was not specific in my post either so all's fair.

A younger version I think the parallels are there. And I hope that you are wrong down the track for no other reason than if you are wrong, it means the GFC has ended up with on hell of a player.

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Joel Corey 191cm 89kgs
Darcy Lang 183cm 77kgs

I think you underestimate how big Corey is. He started off skinny but his frame could hold a lot more weight than Lang's IMO. To be honest I think Stokes is a closer comparison.
 
Joel Corey 191cm 89kgs
Darcy Lang 183cm 77kgs

I think you underestimate how big Corey is. He started off skinny but his frame could hold a lot more weight than Lang's IMO. To be honest I think Stokes is a closer comparison.
Not underestimating Smithy's size - but Lang I thought for some reason was bigger....

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Corey is bigger, stronger, better inside and IMO had a much higher ceiling than Lang has. Lang can be a player but it won't ever be similar to Joel Corey IMO. I don't think he's a particularly good tackler and quite frankly I don't think he's hard at it.

Perhaps (I don't see much of a similarity to be honest), but I'd say Lang has better disposal.
 
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