In a season where we haven't quite hit our straps as a team there has also been a few of our players putting in strong performances.
Who has impressed you the most this year and has really improved on previous seasons?
Jamarra Ugle-Hagan
Bailey Smith
Rhylee West
Cody Weightman
Ed Richards
Anthony Scott
Bailey Dale
Aaron Naughton
Ryan Gardner
Tim English
Have I missed someone?
In a season where we haven't quite hit our straps as a team there has also been a few of our players putting in strong performances.
Who has impressed you the most this year and has really improved on previous seasons?
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I went West. He’s gone from not looking likely to a permanent fixture and probably our best small forward in no time. His footy smarts are clearly inherited and I am really surprised how well he marks above his head.
Still has some work to do on his kicking but he’s starting to look like a long term prospect.
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I went with West just over Richards. I felt Richards had the game for AFL but hadn't been convinced by West to date. Both players have been terrific and have really developed well. Credit to both.
Jamarra probably 3rd. Think he is coming along nicely now. That mark off the boot laces v Saints! Who else takes that mark?
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I think pre-concussion it's probably English. Even post concussion it's a big deal IMO that he won the hitouts against Marshall and Ryder. The other parts of his game will return.
Has to be West, although he arguably didn't quite get the chances he deserved last year
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There’s been some real improvement in a few.
I guess the “steepest drop off” would be similarly difficult to pin down, given how much poorer the team is than last year.
I went West for most improved. Really love what he’s bringing. Richards and English have both also improved a lot.
21 votes in so far and I'm a bit surprised it's essentially a 2 horse race, I really thought Tim English would have a lot more votes headed his way and a few more Marra. Smith had really taken a step forward as well.
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Yeah if the criteria is around someone being outside the team and working their way in then West for sure. Richards I don't actually think is improved so much as he is fit. He looked good last year too we just didn't see enough of him.
English for me has gone from an ok 3rd tall/second ruck (not the best in the game like some people here have said he is) and an average ruck overall (poor ruckwork but good around the ground) to being talked up as one of the best ruckmen in the game and our best performer earlier in the the year. His ruckwork is much better and his around the ground impact was Cox-ish.
It's him or West for sure for me.
West ahead of Richards.
Richards always looked like he had the goods, West looked like he was never going to make it.
Credit to him.
"It's over. It's all over."
I would have to go with West last year he seemed selfish and trying to do too much fast forward to this year and things have clicked more team orientated and he's decision making is a lot better and has shown a lot of courage.
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The older we get the less "LIFE IN PRISON" is a deterrent...