I was, but for me there was a long list of things he had to improve upon and I just don't see the improvement. He's not quick or as agile as a player of his diminutive size needs to be to survive in AFL. He still fumbles a lot probably because he's got tiny hands, and my pet hate is that often he holds up momentum after taking a mark or getting a free, hesitates and lets the first best option slip away. That said, he's a bit of a barometer. When he's kicking goals and picking up marks in the forward fifty or causing turnovers because of his manic buzzing around, the Crows are usually in full flight, but not so much because of Ned. He's a symptom rather than the cause.
No one could possibly question his ferocity at the ball and his harassment value nor the number of times he's in the thick of things getting down and dirty but Jeez there's just something annoyingly missing for mine.
