Hows Marshall going? He was one of the better forwards with ball low his knees in recent drafts. Was hoping he would slip to our second pick last year. He was top 5 material at one stage last year.
Coming into the season a lot of us tempered our expectations due to him being so slight and raw and the sanfl being less than kind to young key forwards but he straight off the bat has been regularly kicking goals. Has been popping up with excellent cameos showing afl talent then disappearing for periods.
Then I went down to Alberton to watch the port magpies play yesterday and he blew me away. Was a four quarter performance. Woodville west Torrens went ultra defensive with most of the game featuring their entire team camped in our forward fifty. Marshalls leading was great , was untouchable running through congestion on leads while never taking his eyes off the ball. The kind of leads where as soon as you saw him moving you knew he was going to end up with the ball. His hands were sticky. Got separation on his defender. Was super quick with the ball when he had it one time gathering the ball and slamming it on his boot before anyone could blink which resulted in an easy mark right in front of goal.
After seeing that performance from a 19 year old beanpole I'm pretty confident he is going to make it, and come on sooner than originally thought.