Re: AFL Rd 9 2022 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs GWS
Reply #116 –
Have to trust the coach, but I'm not confident.
From what I have observed at VFL level, young Motlop is pretty timid, he plays like he's a kid amongst men which is completely understandable, but things won't get easier for him at AFL level.
If he can keep his head up and find some space he has a few tricks, but he'll also burn some team-mates in the process as he is not yet team orientated, he has goal post eyeballs as do all young small forward players.
He has only kicked six goals in the VFL, four in one game. I think that it may be that he's averaging four tackles a game and his midfield minutes that earned him a spot.
As I said previously, I didn't think he was ready but that's just from watching a couple of VFL games on TV. Vossy and O'Keefe clearly think otherwise.
I suspect that the extroverts are in the ascendency