Different reasons:
McEvoy - Opportunity and natural improvement as bigs take longer to improve
Steven: - fit and not injuries and also penny seems to have dropped as to how hard you need to work to be an AFL player
Armitage - See Steven
Peake - Different to others in that established player but somehting has changed - attitude, work ethic, diet?
Most Disappointing:
Stanley - Does he have the mental toughness to do whatis required to play AFL? Not an insult if he doesn't as not for everyone
Gram - back to old habits of near enough is good enough. What he does at the moment is good enough to play afl, but has shown with more he could be better than good and hasn't.
Goddard and Nick form slump so although obviousl candidates not on my list
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I see Steven as a guy that in his first game last year kicked three goals and every time he has got a game hasn't been bad. So from that I gather he is just continuing to gain possessions as he gets run on the ball more. I obviously already rated him highly, Peake looked like he might be another Fiora, talented, quick and unreliable. He has come in and been really solid, the unsure freak outs seem to have gone. He is doing the run and carry along the boundary and seems to like the new game plan. He was not the greatest when given time to think now he gets to play instinctive he is relishing it. People question why Peake and Eddy were picked so I don't think playing the GF is a sign that he was going great, just the only fit quick we had.
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Re Peake - the thing that has really "pleased" me is he seems to have really improved on his decision making/disposal. This was the worst part of his game. Especially delivery inside 50 where his old habit was to kick a high bomb about 3 m from goal which never ever works. Now you notice he purposely and deliberately looks down when he is delivering inside 50 and tries to hit a target. Grammy should take notes.Dr Spaceman wrote:Good call on Peake.Furphy wrote:Peake, who has come forward in leaps & bounds and McEvoy, whilst not setting the world on fire in the ruck, is a sesational mark in the packs and does great stuff around ground.
A thread such as this will always focus on the kids but if you're talking most improved then he has to be right up there.