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Premiership captain Cameron Ling admits footy world has been slow to acknowledge Matt Crouch
Reece Homfray, The Advertiser
August 28, 2017 8:30pm
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And this just for the WabbitA PREMIERSHIP captain and leading AFL commentator says the footy world is finally waking up to Matt Crouch’s superstar qualities after his dramatic rise to All-Australian contender in a record-breaking season.
Revered former Geelong captain Cameron Ling admits the Victorian-centric footy bubble has been slow to acknowledge just how good the younger Crouch brother is after he broke the Crows’ club record for disposals this year.
In racking up 45 disposals in Sunday’s loss to West Coast, Matt took his season average to 33 which surpassed inaugural captain Chris McDermott’s 32.7 set in 1992.
“It’s not like he’s not rated because Matty Crouch is a terrific player but now there is more conversation around Matty Crouch being better than just ‘oh yeah he’s a good player and gets heaps of the footy’ - this bloke is a gun,” said Ling who now works for Channel 7. “And (brother) Brad is starting to get that continuity into his game, but he’s going to be a gun when he’s got three or four seasons consistently under his belt, he’s very good now and you can only see him getting better.”
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“He gets heaps of the footy but he is so clever with his ball use, short little hit-up kicks in traffic, his hands are good, he creates and brings others into the game - he’s a gun, an absolute gun.