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Yeah pretty much my thinking too, I don't completely dislike the pick at all considering his price. It's just something to point out with a player who is currently playing pretty loose down back and getting cheapies, who is also a very good one on one defender and who isn't guaranteed to be used as an outlet moving forward. He is on the surface very similar to prime Hurley at the moment and we saw Hurley's role change. If his role stays the same I think he will go 95+, but with some inconsistency.
Yeah definitely something to be worried about re Daniel versus the others. I swear I saw some Brisbane players following him around the week he scored 20, but this was never mentioned. I think why he might be tagged could be that he wins a fair bit of his own ball versus Short and gets a lot more disposals versus Rich. However, despite being a better short kick than those two he is nowhere near as damaging a long kick, so it's not totally explainable.
Yeah definitely something to be worried about re Daniel versus the others. I swear I saw some Brisbane players following him around the week he scored 20, but this was never mentioned. I think why he might be tagged could be that he wins a fair bit of his own ball versus Short and gets a lot more disposals versus Rich. However, despite being a better short kick than those two he is nowhere near as damaging a long kick, so it's not totally explainable.
Be interesting to see how many of Rich & Short's kicks actually hit a team mate or are they predominantly long to a contest or space ?
Certainly Short is the better run & carry player out of all 3 though.
On face value would think Daniel is a lot more accurate and damaging by foot even if he is only gaining 25-35 metres , hence why I can see him getting tagged.
Give him time and space his vision is incredible and kicking skills normally elite
Certainly Short is the better run & carry player out of all 3 though.
On face value would think Daniel is a lot more accurate and damaging by foot even if he is only gaining 25-35 metres , hence why I can see him getting tagged.
Give him time and space his vision is incredible and kicking skills normally elite
The difference being Short kicks 90pct of the time and Daniel probably 50pct.
Think Short would ave 10m or more extra per kick. Think he is an awesome kick. Daniel does the more 1-2 and runs the ball at the same time, maybe why he gets tagged.
If I was going overall, I would be tempted by both. Challenge is we are already long premium defenders and waitinfg ro see if whitfield is going to go 120 again.