He is quicker than Mitchell, but that's not hard. Even Brett Kirk was quicker than Mitchell. But cleverer? Mitchell is one of the smartest midfielders going around (in a football sense, not an academic sense). Parker has a huge way to go to even warrant being compared to Mitchell in terms of demonstrated footy nous.
I must admit I see very few similarities in the styles of Mitchell and Parker. They are both inside mids and both blonde but that's about where the similarities end as I see it.
The only swan who reminds of me Sam Mtchell is Tom Mitchell, that's from what limited vision of I've seen of Tom. Parker, I dunno, maybe a bit of Joel Selwood ?
Maybe you're right about the Joel Selwood comparison. Both are pretty good kicks for goal as well as doing all the hard stuff.
With all the emphasis on speed, it's quite remarkable just how good some 'slow' players are, like the few mentioned on this page.
the funniest video footage recently was Joel Selwood and Mitchell chasing for the ball..........and both so slow in the contest that Selwood dived forward at Mitchells knees so he could win the race
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