Dukes wrote:
Just wonder where all the critics of Pagan have gone. He copped it so much for being "too defensive" with Walks but yesterday showed how the change of position can really help not only him, but the team. Walker is big enough overhead to knock the ball away yet fast enough to pressure his opponent and break free and make an option moving forward. His two biggest deficiencies at the moment, holding his marks under pressure and losing his bearings when he has the ball, are not nearly as apparent when he is given a job to do.
Well done Walks ... and well done Pagan!
I've never been a pagan critic, but quietly I've always wondered if he'd lost the team, however, after seeing how hard we attacked the ball and the player in the Geelong NABcup game and Melb last night - i have to say you dont get that level of intensity and commitment from blokes who have doubts about your tactics and leadership. My mind is at ease.