Several times on Friday night I was actually really impressed with his one on one in the backline, aerial work, composure etc and thought he looked pretty good.
Then of course he kicked the ball. As perfect a clanger as ever you'll see... no idea who the target was... mostly freo players around etc.
Certainly quality of disposal has been a major talking point at our club as over the last few seasons the debate RE endeavour VS skills (in lieu of both) has gone on with many players in the firing line: Peake, Gram, Ray, Blake, Jones (on my own on that 1
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Is the guy worth persevering with? There certainly is something to like about the way he goes about it... has some really nice attrubutes. My feeling is though that in the modern game you can't afford to have players that can't hit targets; opposition clubs relish turnovers and OUR team struggles to counter punch because of the number of players we have that can't execute basic skills to a minimum AFL standard.
I like the kid but is he worth persevering with? Should we just cut our losses? Can he get better? Has he peaked?