Tweet
It seems the apple may not fall far from the tree. Here is a profile of Josh Dunkley, draft prospect: 2015 Draft Profile: Josh Dunkley ? Bound for Glory News.
A couple of choice excerpts, after discussing his strengths including rating his inside work, tackling and marking:
* "whats stopping Dunkley from being in that top five conversation is his clear inability to kick. Every facet of his footwork is below the standard he needs to be at. His ball drop is a bit too high, particularly in his set shot routine, which can throw him off a bit. As a result, the mechanics of his kicking action are all out of whack. In tight, he seems comfortable and makes the right decisions. But when he is in space and tries to get involved in kicking chains, he doesn?t back his kicking, and either puts up a long floater or tries to chip it. He lacks penetration on his kicking. When he has time, he probably over thinks it and makes the wrong decisions by foot.
He?s got a good feel for the flow of the game, which eases him up a little bit when kicking in general play, but he can still shank it at times. As a result, he?ll usually run at about 50% efficiency by foot, which is really poor."
* "Dunkley lacks speed and agility in all forms. The best thing going for him is his fend off, but he doesn?t have that Dustin Martin ability to stay composed and execute the kick after the fend off. Dunkley will need to follow in Angus Brayshaw?s footsteps and learn some evasive manoeuvres so he isn?t always exposed."
They also point out he needs to build a tank.
So, according to them at least (and I haven't seen him at all), he's got his pros and cons. The good news is that they reckon the cons can be fixed.
On the other hand, precision kicking and speed seem to be some of the things we need most and what Josh has got is already our strong suit: contested possessions and tackling.
A couple of choice excerpts, after discussing his strengths including rating his inside work, tackling and marking:
* "whats stopping Dunkley from being in that top five conversation is his clear inability to kick. Every facet of his footwork is below the standard he needs to be at. His ball drop is a bit too high, particularly in his set shot routine, which can throw him off a bit. As a result, the mechanics of his kicking action are all out of whack. In tight, he seems comfortable and makes the right decisions. But when he is in space and tries to get involved in kicking chains, he doesn?t back his kicking, and either puts up a long floater or tries to chip it. He lacks penetration on his kicking. When he has time, he probably over thinks it and makes the wrong decisions by foot.
He?s got a good feel for the flow of the game, which eases him up a little bit when kicking in general play, but he can still shank it at times. As a result, he?ll usually run at about 50% efficiency by foot, which is really poor."
* "Dunkley lacks speed and agility in all forms. The best thing going for him is his fend off, but he doesn?t have that Dustin Martin ability to stay composed and execute the kick after the fend off. Dunkley will need to follow in Angus Brayshaw?s footsteps and learn some evasive manoeuvres so he isn?t always exposed."
They also point out he needs to build a tank.
So, according to them at least (and I haven't seen him at all), he's got his pros and cons. The good news is that they reckon the cons can be fixed.
On the other hand, precision kicking and speed seem to be some of the things we need most and what Josh has got is already our strong suit: contested possessions and tackling.
Comment