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Curtin comfortably our best player today as a midfielder.
22 disposals, 4 clearances, 7 tackles and 2 goals. Would have had a heap of score involvements too.
These weren’t rushed disposals either. Genuinely classy clearances and tackles that just stick, which is how he got both his two goals. Has a clever sidestep on him too that gets him out of tricky situations and then usually laces out someone on his left. Zero doubt about his strength in the contest today, which has looked a little suss at times this year.
22 disposals, 4 clearances, 7 tackles and 2 goals. Would have had a heap of score involvements too.
These weren’t rushed disposals either. Genuinely classy clearances and tackles that just stick, which is how he got both his two goals. Has a clever sidestep on him too that gets him out of tricky situations and then usually laces out someone on his left. Zero doubt about his strength in the contest today, which has looked a little suss at times this year.
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All I can say is that the top ups were very bad today. Even the better ones had bad days. Couple them to McHeadless and Schoenberg we were never in it.
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Has Strachan checked out now it's become clear he's only a break glass in emergency option for the AFL team? That would have to have been his worst ever performance today and a big reason we got belted in the midfield. Boyd just obliterated him in almost every facet of the game.
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We should be moulding Welsh into a “Jake Stringer” like big bodied mid/forward…
At 191cm, even if he puts 1 or 2 more cm’s on he’s not gonna be a modern day KPF.. not tall enough.. they are all 195cm and above these days..
He’s got the speed and skills to play through the middle..
Curtin had 22 disposals, 7 tackles, 4 clearances and 2 goals. Absolutely our best.
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Yes to the bolded,
minus the midfield bit.
Curtin was way better than Jones, he was easily our best. Borlase and Murray did well at either end of the ground, but neither had the impact on the game Curtin had.
There must be some serious disconnect between the recruiters and the coaching staff. I am more sure than ever that Curtin was recruited to be a midfielder, what dumbass decided to play him deep full back for 14 weeks. Particularly when that’s the one position we aren’t deficient in.
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Agreed absolute joke. Wasted almost a year already and can't imagine he's that impressed himself. Such a backwater embarrassing club.
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He didn’t play deep full back for 14 weeks, stop making up shit. He played ONE game as a FB on McBean, otherwise has largely played as a 3rd tall defender.
Strangely, even Curtin saw himself as a KPD after his growth spurt in his draftee year and then mentioned moving into the midfield later, maybe that's what we told him after being drafted so he just reiterate what he was told. I thought there was an article that mentioned Hamish tracked his development for years so he must have seen him as a midfielder.
Bullshit hes spent an abundance of time at deep fullback, not just one game, way too much as far as I’m concerned. Sometimes he played full games there, not every game. Then he was moved to some kind of hybrid half back role which was also a failure. Midfield is where he’s looked most comfortable. He’s never been a third tall, that’s the Worrell role.
He played back for his development, maybe the club thought he could turn into a Rance like defender. If we bring him in again and his man kicks a few goals on him early, we will ask why he can’t defend. Not every player can play the position he was drafted in. Every one needs to take a chill pill and accept that sometimes we plan them in different positions to teach them something. We need to bring them in ready to play AFL regularly, not one game and then dump them back due to an inefficiency. Not every player can perform in the first year
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Ahaha the “Curtin was drafted as a key defender cuz he played mostly there on 17 year oldz” crew won’t know how to process today.
Curtin will play 0 games as an AFL key defender in his life. Deal with it. Half back flank, wing, and eventually inside mid. Get him in next week and never drop him again.
Curtin will play 0 games as an AFL key defender in his life. Deal with it. Half back flank, wing, and eventually inside mid. Get him in next week and never drop him again.
Curtin played as a full back against the allies last year on Jed Walter and did a fine job. He also played as a key forward for some time in another game so I don’t blame them for trying him there earlier in the year when Murray and butts we’re both injured However when he lost confidence I would have changed his position to get him back in the groove
Well I do blame them. They have this prized asset at the club for 20+ hrs a week surely they can at least identify a role he’ll develop well in.
He hasn’t looked natural as a defender to me, not since the first official match sim when he played on Tex.
