Happy to bookmark the post and remind you umpteen times over the coming years Bloods about your comments with Rowbottom
He is ticking along perfectly well - take a look back at what JPK or Parker's stats were at the same time in their career and you'll see he is pretty much at the same point they were. Took Parker till his 4th season to hit an average of 5 clearances a game, and both Parker/Kennedy averaged the same sort of level of performance as Rowbottom is now in terms of disposals in their first few seasons. For a kid thrown into a team at the bottom of the cycle, he is doing more than his fair share, and its already clear he has an ability to work hard in the scrimmage and find space and time where most can't.
Look at how Florent has flourished from an outside mid (at least that's how I saw him) to someone that can play both inside and out. He was immense in that last quarter on the weekend - as the AFL article showed, 9 touches and 6 contested possesions. He is up to what about 50ish games now - I think Rowbottom is somewhere well in front of him in his development to the comparable point in Florent's career (i.e. 20 games in). I have every faith Rowbottom is going to be an outstanding footballer.
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