I don’t understand - are you saying even if Erasmus did have exposed form he could still be a flop like Palmer?
Then, as there is no longer a dropping the ball rule, it is holding the ball. That decision and the unrealistic attempt decision against Ryan turned the game imo.
100% it should have, bont just drops the footy and gets a holding the man such a joke.
He hasn’t been given the luxury of AFL game time which Brayshaw, Cerra and Serong have. It’s good thing. Develop slowly and he ll build.
We have better forwards
Do we? We regularly dominate time in the forward line but don't convert. Agree about Sturt but wonder about the others being better. Even taking poor forward 50 delivery into consideration.
I understand what you are saying but how long do we just continue on with the same players? Are we just going to wait for them to grow up and hope that fixes everything or do we become more proactive and see if something else works better?
Erasmus is anything but K Mart Fyfe or Connor Blakely. He was drafted because he was a late developer in terms of spending more time playing cricket and only coming to the attention of talent afl scouts the year he was drafted. He was also drafted for his long term athletic potential. He was an absolute gun junior runner at both distance and the 100 metres. The reason to be optimistic about his potential is that even at a young age he can already run with mature age elite runners at AFL level. His kicking has improved a heap this year despite was some say here.
Most of junior years he barely played afl. In his final year he spent time playing mostly midfield bar a few games up forward.
Right except the coming to attention the year he was drafted. Late in the 2020 colts season (the year before he was drafted) after PSA finished he started to come to recruiters attention - especially WAFL colts finals with Subiaco. He then really hit the headlines with 4 goals in the 2020 colts GF.
I know a teacher at Hale where Erasmus went to school. Neil spent way more time focussing on cricket right up until towards the last 18 months of his schooling was what I was told. He was highly motivated in all sports and drove a massive improvement in terms of the dedication of the school students who played in the first XVII in his final year. So much so he received Honours for football when Honours is normally only assigned to academics. He was also the best 100 metre runner at the school. I'm very confident we have an absolute gun player long term. His work ethic just like Brayshaw will be what turns him into a star over time. His improvement this year has been very significant in terms of his football skills in my opinion.
Good call. I saw him play PSA and was very pleased when we selected him. Highly motivated. I agreed with your earlier comments just pointed out that late into the season before his draft year started to come to real attention of recruiters - especially the 2020 WAFL colts GF.
