Back on Watts, I too went down to the game to see Watts play.
Bear in mind this is the one and only time I have seen him play I thought I would share a couple of observations.
Most notable was his ability to take a contested mark, as others have said. The one he took running with the flight and took the mark whilst colliding with oncoming pack was particularly impressive.
He seemed to lead well and towards the middle of the ground, rarely going too wide. Was able to take the ball with one grab on several occasions, in fact don't recall him fumbling any mark except one very difficult high flyer which he couldn't quite hang on to.
He really likes to hit the packs hard, and at speed. He seemed to be at home when on the move and running onto the ball or onto the pack.
The one area that stood out that he isn't as comfortable or as skilled is in the body on body contests. When he was stationary in a contest he rarely looked likely to get near a mark and struggled a bit in that area, which was really the only downside I saw in his game on Saturday. Increased strength and size may help in this area.
Another thing I noticed with Watts on Saturday was that he really played his position. He didn't drift away from his position too often and played the corridor. He was always positioned around the goal square or around the true centre half forward position.
I think he could play in defence too. He has strong hands.
All in all a promising performance from Fergus and with more experience at SANFL level really should develop nicely.
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