As I've posted elsewhere on this topic - Naitanui has played all 22 games for the Eagles in 2010 (a lot of AFL listed big men his age are struggling to get just one game), has improved his averages in every statistical category bar tackles (just a drop of 0.5 per game, but still averaged 3.4 per game, which is good for a ruckman, particularly of his age), and established a Champion Data Player Ranking score average 14 points higher than in his first season (one of the biggest improvers in the league in that particular stat), showing that his overall statistical impact is much greater. Obviously statistics aren't everything, but there's nothing there to say he hasn't improved on his first season. He might not have been dominant or pulling highlight reel moments out every week (if he was, he'd probably be incorrectly labelled "all flash" a la Dale Thomas once upon a time), but what do people realistically expect from a second-year ruckman?
Also, just out of interest...
Top Ruckmen in 2010 by Champion Data Player Ranking Score Average (minimum 11 games played)
- Aaron Sandilands (Fremantle) - 114.0
- Shane Mumford (Sydney) - 92.6
- Kepler Bradley (Fremantle) - 89.7
- Dean Cox (West Coast) - 88.0
- Patrick Ryder (Essendon) - 85.7
- Mark Jamar (Melbourne) - 82.3
- Matthew Kreuzer (Carlton) - 82.0
- Hamish McIntosh (North Melbourne) - 81.6
- David Hille (Essendon) - 79.9
- Darren Jolly (Collingwood) - 79.8
- Ben Hudson (Western Bulldogs) - 79.0
- Sam Jacobs (Carlton) - 74.2
- Mitch Clark (Brisbane) - 72.8
- Nick Naitanui (West Coast) - 71.2
- Angus Graham (Richmond) - 69.9
- Dean Brogan (Port Adelaide) - 69.0
- Matthew Leuenberger (Brisbane) - 68.5
- Kurt Tippett (Adelaide) - 67.7
- Brad Ottens (Geelong) - 67.4
- Ivan Maric (Adelaide) - 66.7
- Todd Goldstein (North Melbourne) - 65.8
- Michael Gardiner (St Kilda) - 64.9
- Wayde Skipper (Hawthorn) - 64.4
- Brent Renouf (Hawthorn) - 64.2
- Ben McEvoy (St Kilda) - 63.4
- Robert Warnock (Carlton) - 61.4
- Will Minson (Western Bulldogs) - 59.0
- Mike Pyke (Sydney) - 58.6
- Jackson Trengove (Port Adelaide) - 52.6
- Tyrone Vickery (Richmond) - 49.9
- Mark Blake (Geelong) - 44.8
- Jonathon Griffin (Adelaide) - 43.7
Keplar > Nicnat and Cox