Sobraz wrote:Richter wrote:
- he's continuing to develop and is showing as much as for instance Kosi was at a similar stage in his career
Kosi was way ahead at a similar age IMO... Kosi won the rising star and was a standout 18/19 year old in the comp. He was a better player at 18-20 than he's been 25-30... Sure, injuries, changing game etc have held him back, but in those early days he was as good a KPP youngster as we've seen in ages... Just didnt take the next step..
I like Rhys, but he has far from made it... Hopefully this year is his one..
I agree that of course Kosi was a standout junior and Kosi's first year was excellent, but stats wise if you compare them at a similar age of where Stanley was last season there is not much in it...
http://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/ft_p ... fopt2=2003
Stats taken are from each player's 3rd year of playing
Rhys=2012 season (his 4th on the list) when he turned 22 in December
Kosi=2003 season (his 3rd on the list) when he turned 21 in September (ie 9 months younger than where Rhys was last season)
Rhys Stanley/Justin Kosichitzke
200cm Height 197cm
96kg Weight 97kg
2012 Stats for Season 2003
12 Games 17
6.8 Kicks Per Game 6.7
3.2 Handballs Per Game 4.2
10.1 Disposals Per Game 10.9
4.7 Marks Per Game 4.8
0.9 Goals Per Game 0.8
1.2 Behinds Per Game 0.3
1.9 Tackles Per Game 1.5
6.2 Hitouts Per Game 9.0
0.8 Frees For Per Game 1.1
0.6 Frees Against Per Game
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It was the following 2 years that Kosi improved dramatically, and in particular in 2005 when he looked like becoming a world beater, with 11 Brownlow votes in 4 successive games. Kosi's best two years were 2005, when was 22/23 and 2009, when he was 26/27.
Of course, Kosi looked like not just a quality Tall but a crack footballer in 2005... something that I do not expect from Rhys, but as it turned out Kosi's potential was blighted by his head injuries (IMO)... so overall, if Rhys can keep on top of his body then IMO a realistic target for him is to have the sort of career that Kosi has had... nearly 200 games as a ruck and 2nd forward.
Hird... The unflushable one is now... just a turd...