bondiblue wrote:
I haven't attended training this year, but from some I know attending training, Young is impressing them, and players are saying good things about Young when probed about Weitering potentially missing early round(s). It sounds like Young is in a good space to me and has the confidence of those who matter..
Young is making quicker decisions when he has the ball in game sims. That's the best news for us fans, and his spoiling is still top shelf. We all know he can mark overhead.
Last year, was last year. He started off well, but then bereft of confidence by round 11, and what followed was unsubstantiated rumours about a souring relationship between Weitering and Young. Believe what you like, but for me, they were just rumours. Stronger Together.
Young is a lock down defender. Whether or not we can play 2 lockdown defenders when Weitering is available is debatable, but Young has proven he can play FB well on his own at AFL level.
Great KPD depth imo.
Young is actually very solid 1v1 and intercepting, his problem is in transition. It's visibly obvious that he doesn't want to be given the ball. Watching live I can recall him literally hiding during some kickouts. When he does have it you can almost hear the heart palpitations from the stands trying to hit a 30m switch.
Working on it at training is great start, but we won't know if he's made real progress until he's in front of 80K+ at the G.
Weiters is AA calibre because he has weapons both sides of the ball. But from a backup KPD all we need is lockdown traits.
I hope they're instructing the smalls to run past the second he intercepts, and if that's not available giving him license to just let him bomb it down the line.
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