I’ve been calling for Draper to have a spell but thought he played well yesterday. Tried to be a bit more creative and much tighter than a couple of weeks ago when we played St Kilda. In hindsight he played ok against Collingwood and moved to sub due to circumstances based around a number of talls going down and Wagner being injected was influential in that late comeback.
Great development year for Draper. He will come out for Cox (when Cox is fit) but a real option next year as third tall as well as second tall. When he goes back to Peel later this season I look forward to him being a bit more creative and attacking.
Another player who has copped a hiding on here is JOM. Has been building the past few weeks and was good on the wing. Thrown in the middle for cameo’s here and there. He has been no where near as bad as some have portrayed.
Johnson, Erasmus and Wagner all fighting for the sub role. Really like Wagner’s composure and willingness to take the game on as sub. Usually picking up 8-10 possessions in the quarter. Emmett can develop his game further at Peel. Sturt deserves a few games. Created scoring opportunities and hopefully with a run of games will iron out a couple of those turnover errors. Two stand out like dog balls - the HTB coming out of defence. Just take the first option instead of whatever that poor Mundy hip shake attempt was. Leave that for the Mundy. Then there was that corridor turnover where he looked at the player about 4 times and then lazily kicked it straight to Melbourne. Missed a handball or two as well. I’d expect less of these errors as he settles in as a forward. Certainly Emmett had more than his share of significant turnovers.
Great development year for Draper. He will come out for Cox (when Cox is fit) but a real option next year as third tall as well as second tall. When he goes back to Peel later this season I look forward to him being a bit more creative and attacking.
Another player who has copped a hiding on here is JOM. Has been building the past few weeks and was good on the wing. Thrown in the middle for cameo’s here and there. He has been no where near as bad as some have portrayed.
Johnson, Erasmus and Wagner all fighting for the sub role. Really like Wagner’s composure and willingness to take the game on as sub. Usually picking up 8-10 possessions in the quarter. Emmett can develop his game further at Peel. Sturt deserves a few games. Created scoring opportunities and hopefully with a run of games will iron out a couple of those turnover errors. Two stand out like dog balls - the HTB coming out of defence. Just take the first option instead of whatever that poor Mundy hip shake attempt was. Leave that for the Mundy. Then there was that corridor turnover where he looked at the player about 4 times and then lazily kicked it straight to Melbourne. Missed a handball or two as well. I’d expect less of these errors as he settles in as a forward. Certainly Emmett had more than his share of significant turnovers.
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