Love the ball in this bloke’s hands as he makes good decisions and is a beautiful pass of the pill.
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Pick 53: Jack Graham
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His gut running was almost Lambert-esque. He started at centre half back for his second goal.
Might be harsh at times on Jack G so tonight I give him massive kudos. Running goal through 50, more please.
Is he a candidate as the next RFC captain? Have thought that from early on in his career that he might find himself in the right age bracket at the right time and the kind of characteristics that the club might be looking for in a Captain.
I would say yes, he is.
Dusty doesn't want or need it. Jack would be good at it.
That's one feature that keeps improving. His short passing is dynamite, the key forwards can lead with confidence when he has the ball. He really has p[erfected the low bullet. Let's hope he continues to improve his consistency of performance.
I'm fascinated at how he looks like treacle sometimes and quicksilver at others. He regularly appears in the top speed stats so he's not slow.
Reckon he's always been a good short passer. I recall seeing him live for the first time and had a "wow" moment when he hit a couple of blokes right on the tit with low fizzers. Only collected about 10 touches but they were high quality.
He needs to find the football a bit more consistently, but he's still trending upwards and I'd be happy with him as our next captain.
He needs to find the football a bit more consistently, but he's still trending upwards and I'd be happy with him as our next captain.
I must admit, I can remember thinking at the time he was drafted, what a steal we'd got him at. I couldn't fathom how he slipped so low in the draft, even though he had some injury issues in his last underage year. And also, being the SA U18 captain, how he was right under the nose of the Adelaide and Port recruiters and they passed on such a prominent local talent.
The SA clubs recruited ahead of him:
Adelaide Crows-
Jordan Gallucci VIC
Myles Poholke VIC
Elliot Himmelberg NSW/QLD
Port -
Todd Marshall NSW
Joe Atley VIC
William Drew VIC
I've been harsh on a bloke who is 67 games in. He's invaluable defensively. We all talk about blokes who run one way (down hill) and call them out but when you have someone who sacrifices some of his offensive game to make sure we are protected, you can't tell to get more ball. I've done it. Not again. The one change I have seen in Graham is that he is spreading from the contest much better and getting ball on his own. On Saturday night he looked like he was really covering the ground well, looked slick, looked fast. More please.
TBF he does have those occasional games where he's not sighted. But he's gonna be a gun.
You can understand why carlton wanted him so badly. Yes, has developed nicely.
Could the timing of when he appears slow be at the end of extended sprint? Like he sprints up the ground then back a couple of times then has to go again when his body is trying to recover.
Yeah he was great. He and Bolton really held their own against a much vaunted midfield.
