Player Watch #25: Paul Curtis - has signed a three-year extension until end of 2028

[ferball]

One average game after four goals against the reigning premiers (yes it was a practise match and they missed their best backline but he still kicked four goals and had multiple assists) and people want him dropped. Are we dropping LDU as well?

 

[czero]

Paul Curtis is a big part of our future, just needs to continue to build his tank while still retaining size and strength.

 

[zoomba23]

Tackle count re St Kilda for forwards

Larkey 0
Sleevo 1
Zuhaar 2
Dursma 1

Curtis 3

His pressure on players running with the ball was horrific. It was back to the levels it was at early last year. On no level was that an acceptable defensive game, 3 tackles be damned

 

[the big lebowski]

Equal match high 3 goal assist - would have been 4 if larkey didn’t hit the post

Kicked 2 himself

Would people be happy with a 40 goal 60 assist season for his third year in the comp?

Or nah he’s at the “crossroads”

 

[muttley45]

The 50m penalty against him was one of the softest i have ever seen, did some nice work today though

 

[Disco Dew]

Or nah he’s at the “crossroads”

I saw someone say that, wtf?

 

[the big lebowski]

I saw someone say that, wtf?

 

[Joshen]

I seem to remember him giving away a few 50s last year as well.

Is so impactful with ball in hand, just need more from him. Loved his lead up all the way to D50 to give us an outlet.

 

[Disco Dew]

He had 9 touches today for 9 score involvements. Pretty good

 

[koshari]

I thought he was a passenger early, swapped the conrete boots at quarter time for some skates and got a bit more mobile, took a contested mark against 2 opponants late which he had no right to mark.

 

[koshari]

I saw someone say that, wtf?

Was my call and happy to own it, fwif i reckon today he decided to take trhe mobility path rather than the stop and prop path, that was the context of the call.

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

Would like him to build his tank and lead up more at the kicker, but a lot to like from today. Would benefit from a stronger chf.

 

[zoomba23]

Only he can be directly involved in 5 goals and still be relatively obscure in terms of who you notice in the game. I so wish he had more pace

 

[koshari]

Only he can be directly involved in 5 goals and still be relatively obscure in terms of who you notice in the game. I so wish he had more pace

Mecurial.

 

[r_boy]

Game needs a lot of rounding out

 

[Lomas]

Game needs a lot of rounding out

With money this works better with a .

 

[RossHenshaw]

Just doesn’t work hard enough

 

[shinboner magic]

Is such a hard bastard and can’t be moved when he has good position.
Our best passer to a leading forward

 

[Luke72]

Equal match high 3 goal assist - would have been 4 if larkey didn’t hit the post

Kicked 2 himself

Would people be happy with a 40 goal 60 assist season for his third year in the comp?

Or nah he’s at the “crossroads”

More than happy. For me it’s more about getting it right between when to fly for the mark and when to crumb.

 

[Luke72]

I reckon he has frees paid against him that would normally be ignored. I haven’t looked at the stats but my eye test says he’s getting stiffed.

 

[Northwards]

I love his craftiness and goal sense inside F50, as mentioned he is involved in scoring chains and hits the scoreboard enough in his young career and a developing forward line. His kicking to a leading player inside F50 is one of our best as well.

I just can’t escape the feeling when I watch that he is a weird blend of lazy or disinterested unless the ball is within reach. Like almost as if he can’t read an opportunity to impact until it’s almost upon him. Perhaps it’s just his game sense and tank developing in a sub 50 game player.

Love him and am probably a harsh marker on him just purely because the talent is so obvious when he touches the ball.

 

[zoomba23]

I love his craftiness and goal sense inside F50, as mentioned he is involved in scoring chains and hits the scoreboard enough in his young career and a developing forward line. His kicking to a leading player inside F50 is one of our best as well.

I just can’t escape the feeling when I watch that he is a weird blend of lazy or disinterested unless the ball is within reach. Like almost as if he can’t read an opportunity to impact until it’s almost upon him. Perhaps it’s just his game sense and tank developing in a sub 50 game player.

Love him and am probably a harsh marker on him just purely because the talent is so obvious when he touches the ball.

He is uninterested. It's the reason I mark him harshly. Would have to be in the bottom 10% for all forwards in terms of general urgency. Good things happen when he gets the ball, but you're not gonna be getting the ball that consistently as a forward, so you need to find other strings to add

 

[The Warlord]

He is uninterested. It's the reason I mark him harshly. Would have to be in the bottom 10% for all forwards in terms of general urgency. Good things happen when he gets the ball, but you're not gonna be getting the ball that consistently as a forward, so you need to find other strings to add

I love the idea you can measure something as wildly subjective as "urgency"

 

[cybercrab]

I love the idea you can measure something as wildly subjective as "urgency"

I really like Paul but everytime a gws player got the ball he wouldn't even attempt to chase

 

[zoomba23]

I love the idea you can measure something as wildly subjective as "urgency"

Average speed when an opponent has the ball within 30m of you? You can't seriously be questioning the idea that he's a statue when there's no ball to be had