Re: VFL Rd3: Northern Blues vs. Port Melbourne
Reply #69 –
I've seen it so many times before. Guys don't have to kick 30 goals a game at VFL level to be able to step up. Garlett and Yarran could never get a kick at VFL level yet they could pick up their form at AFL level.
You can see KJ is doing more than enough to get selected in our barren wasteland of a forward line.
Silvagni - not saying he has to get picked this week but he's certainly not too small.
The blokes who regularly watch the NBs, the NBs coach and the match committee all think differently. KJ will have to improve his consistency and second efforts before he comes into consideration for senior selection.
Silvagni will be a player; he has poise and executes well. However, watching his half game against Essendon in the NAB challenge showed that he is too easily brushed aside in contests. He will need to develop size and strength and learn to hold his position before he will be considered. I think he may get a run later in the year but it wouldn't surprise me if he doesn't debut until 2017.