Dk wrote:
bondiblue wrote:
chelodina wrote:
BigBlueWave wrote:
At the start of the season ... before getting injured, Boekhorst was one of our best players. He has shown a lot of promise and 2017 will be a big year for him.
Hmmmm I think the first half of this statement is incorrect and fingers crossed for the 2nd part.
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Chelodina, just go back and have a look at the NAB games and the first 3 rounds. IMO he was one of our stand outs early on.
ie exceeded my expectations.
What did he do wrong in that period?
Apart from the fact he is a massive cat on the footy field, wouldn't know what a hard ball looks like. At 23 how much more improvement does he have left in him? Personally dont see him developing into a player that would get a game in a top 8 side.
Look at Lewis Jetta at Sydney. A good player in a great side, a side where he had a role that played to his strengths. Look at Lewis Jetta at West Coast. A player who has ben in and out of the side and unable to make an impact when playing because the personnel around him aren't as good and he can't play the role he excels at.
Boekhorst can play, and in the right environment he can excel. He may not love the rough-and-tumble, but not all footballers do. Look at Jack Darling; he's obviously a tough competitor, but he's copping shit from every angle for shirking the issue in one contest from last weekend, which probably makes for one contest he's shirked all season. Perceptions aren't everything.
And, honestly, if you think running the length of the SCG to lay a tackle and save a certain goal doesn't take guts; a will to win, a belief in yourself and the strength to push on when others give the chase away, then I question what you really know about footy.
If u think one run down tackle, which was the only time all year he showed a will to win, showed courage, belief and guts, means that he is all of those things then I really question what u know about footy. That was the only time in his career at Carlton I've seen him put in and thought he actually cared.