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Quigley's SPS Assessment.

As already mentioned SPS is explosive over the first couple of steps and generally his straight line speed is good. Not elite, but he is not getting run down by a lot of people. In tight I think he is very deceptive. He does not appear terribly elusive but he is very difficult to tackle. He has a nice little body swerve that not many opponents can read and a go-to spin move which gets him in and out of trouble nicely. He is a well-balanced player and has the ability to go left or right at any time and does not seem to telegraph where he is going to go.
Quigley expressed this better than I did.
Saw SPS seemingly stroll out of tight situations on Wednesday and that also shows up on his highlight reels.
Some players get nervous when an opponent is within a couple of metres of them, yet SPS can function needing only centimetres.
You think he's going to get caught but a little swivel here, a side-step there and he's out.
 

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Quigley's SPS Assessment.



Quigley expressed this better than I did.
Saw SPS seemingly stroll out of tight situations on Wednesday and that also shows up on his highlight reels.
Some players get nervous when an opponent is within a couple of metres of them, yet SPS can function needing only centimetres.
You think he's going to get caught but a little swivel here, a side-step there and he's out.
Did you see that play in training where the ball was handballed about a metre behind him in congestion but he stuck a mit out and took in one grab and got just far out enough of trouble with speed before giving it off with precision? That one handed grab then burst was Yarran like and the turn and give was something you see Sam Mitchell do.

Players were giving him specifically a lot of instruction so even though they rate him highly we still have to be somewhat patient as he's learning what could be a complicated game style. Noticed LeBois played on in one drill when three other senior players yelled "HOLD IT UP, HOLD IT"...but just quietly, I preferred the play on.
 

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Just had a look at players' profiles.
We now have:


Charlie Curnow......was 191 now 194...........Charlie is not 194. 192/3......not 194
Sam Docherty.......was 184 now 187............Sam has not grown 3 cm.
Lach Plowman.......still at 191.....................Plowman is 193/4................not 191
Levi Casboult........was 199 now 201...........Really? Grown 2 cm at 26?
Andrew Phillips......was 201 now 203...........Really?
Glass- MacCasker..was 198 now 195...........Jesse has shrunk? Is that even possible?
 

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Just had a look at players' profiles.
We now have:


Charlie Curnow......was 191 now 194...........Charlie is not 194. 192/3......not 194
Sam Docherty.......was 184 now 187............Sam has not grown 3 cm.
Lach Plowman.......still at 191.....................Plowman is 193/4................not 191
Levi Casboult........was 199 now 201...........Really? Grown 2 cm at 26?
Andrew Phillips......was 201 now 203...........Really?
Glass- MacCasker..was 198 now 195...........Jesse has shrunk? Is that even possible?
Please refer this matter to the appropriate authority ... TheSheik , for his perusal .
 

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I don't know if Charlie is being trained through the middle, but somehow it doesn't feel that way to me.

I can see Charlie as a KPF and not a Gunston-type or third tall. We already have Silvgani there, for that.


EDIT: What TW said a moment before me. Charlie plays taller than his ~193 and will run most back-men into the ground.
Roo is only 193cm. Seems a natural comparison given Charlie's tank.
 
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