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Libba is the story of the night. Take him out of the side and it's a line ball game. He brings attitude which infects and lifts the whole team. He has mongrel in the contest (AND ticker). What often gets overlooked is that he has a heck of a lot of footy IQ, great vision and a few handy skills to go with it. BoG for mine.
A week or two back I said we had two, maybe three elite players. Bont, Naughton and maybe Bailey Smith. Well I'm updating that tonight. We have a definite three. Keep this up and Smith is a chance for AA. When Knightmare said in late 2018 that Smith was the best midfielder in the draft (which included eventual #1 pick Sam Walsh) I was sceptical. I'm starting to think it was the right call. He has that unmistakable quality of always seeming to have time with the ball. You can see him looking around as he takes his first steps with it. He seldom wastes it (94.1 DE% tonight). Oh and he also has a pretty handy rig, eh? As Carey said, if you're built like that you go topless all the time.
Two other players I want to mention who stood up after copping some heat in recent days. Caleb Daniel and Tim English. Both important contributors tonight. English showed he has some ticker and a fair amount of footy smarts. A shame his kicking for goal has let him down with three easy shots in the last two games. I'll have a bit more to say about English later.
A week or two back I said we had two, maybe three elite players. Bont, Naughton and maybe Bailey Smith. Well I'm updating that tonight. We have a definite three. Keep this up and Smith is a chance for AA. When Knightmare said in late 2018 that Smith was the best midfielder in the draft (which included eventual #1 pick Sam Walsh) I was sceptical. I'm starting to think it was the right call. He has that unmistakable quality of always seeming to have time with the ball. You can see him looking around as he takes his first steps with it. He seldom wastes it (94.1 DE% tonight). Oh and he also has a pretty handy rig, eh? As Carey said, if you're built like that you go topless all the time.
Two other players I want to mention who stood up after copping some heat in recent days. Caleb Daniel and Tim English. Both important contributors tonight. English showed he has some ticker and a fair amount of footy smarts. A shame his kicking for goal has let him down with three easy shots in the last two games. I'll have a bit more to say about English later.