Could Hunter be as good as Dahlhaus?

[Bulldog4life]

Re: Could Hunter be as good as Dahlhaus?

Hunter was taking the position Grant had been playing and had approx double Grant's normal possessions

Where will Granty fit in if he plays a full game this week?

[hujsh]

Re: Could Hunter be as good as Dahlhaus?

Great as Hunter has been offensively with the outside work I'd like to give him a shout out for the hard and defensive efforts he's put in the last couple weeks, especially in the air. He's shown more reliability and determination than I would have previously expected from him and it makes it that much sweeter when he does show off those skills.

[Go_Dogs]

Re: Could Hunter be as good as Dahlhaus?

His mark today running back into the unknown was pretty good. Very happy his form has turned a corner, he compliments what we've had in our side over the balance of the year very nicely.

[Dancin' Douggy]

Re: Could Hunter be as good as Dahlhaus?

A potential A grader in my opinion

[LostDoggy]

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Hunter was brilliant again, very pleasing to see.

[LostDoggy]

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Still think there is plenty of improvement too. He is still slight, a few more preseasons will greatly benefit him.

With Libba and Stevens to return and Hunter, Wallis, Dahlhaus, Bontempelli, Macrae, Daniel, Stringer, Honeychurch, Smith etc still years from their peak it is scary to think how good this midfield group could be.

[Bornadog]

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The other thing I liked about Hunter's game was his disposal. He does not waste one disposal and hits a target every time.

[kruder]

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The penny has finally dropped with him. One thing that has really stood out for mine is his tank. We were looking really dour around the contest and he has added that little bit of X-factor that we lacked.

[comrade]

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That 2nd pass to Daniel was so far away from his Melbourne and Gold Coast performances, where he would have dodged and weaved, burnt his teammates and snapped over his shoulder.

Playing team oriented footy but with plenty of flair (liked his speccy attempt).

I wasn't aware he had the ability to accumulate so well and with his disposal and decision making ability, he's got massive hurt factor.

RE-SIGN HIM NOW!

[The Bulldogs Bite]

Re: Could Hunter be as good as Dahlhaus?

A real pleasant surprise in the last two weeks, a huge find for our battling midfield given Stevens went down. Hopefully he maintains it - he's been excellent.

[stefoid]

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Good point. We've been involved in some dirty scraps the last few weeks and Hunter was essentially AWOL in those. Still the signs were very good on Sunday and I hope he can maintain that intensity for the remainder of the season.

We have so many stoppage warriors that removing Libba and Griffen from the equation has hardly hurt us. I include Macrae in that as well.

Its attacking ball users on the outside that we need to compliment that lot - enter Hunter, McLean, Dale, Daniel...

[stefoid]

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whoops double

[stefoid]

Re: Could Hunter be as good as Dahlhaus?

Hunter was taking the position Grant had been playing and had approx double Grant's normal possessions

Where will Granty fit in if he plays a full game this week?

It makes sense because that role is predominantly outside covering space and receiving the ball, and although Grant is much taller, Hunter has aerial strength to match him.

But the big difference is that Hunter is a much better kick on the run. Grant is a 'winger' who cant kick the ball on the run - his kicking style limits him to dinky floaters or stop and prop. You cant have that deficiency as a winger. It also used to bug me that Grant rarely uses his explosive straight line speed the way someone like JJ/Murph do, because he could - we have seen him bring it out maybe once every 2 or 3 games... And its because if he has to make the kick count at the end of a run, he cant.

Hunter is just a better player all round, IMO - has all of Grants strengths covered except straight line speed, and beats him easily in all areas Grant is deficient.

[always right]

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You're becoming repetitive Stefoid.

[jeemak]

Re: Could Hunter be as good as Dahlhaus?

It makes sense because that role is predominantly outside covering space and receiving the ball, and although Grant is much taller, Hunter has aerial strength to match him.

But the big difference is that Hunter is a much better kick on the run. Grant is a 'winger' who cant kick the ball on the run - his kicking style limits him to dinky floaters or stop and prop. You cant have that deficiency as a winger. It also used to bug me that Grant rarely uses his explosive straight line speed the way someone like JJ/Murph do, because he could - we have seen him bring it out maybe once every 2 or 3 games... And its because if he has to make the kick count at the end of a run, he cant.

Hunter is just a better player all round, IMO - has all of Grants strengths covered except straight line speed, and beats him easily in all areas Grant is deficient.

Penetrating kicks on the run are something we've seen from Grant this season, on top of his dinky/tricky short kicks in general play.

There was an excellent demonstration of his ability to do so in the second with his kick to Crameri this week.