There are some nice quotes about him from Grundy and Smith in this article:
Great Dane's courage no surprise to former teammates
I liked "He’s just a little bit different to everyone else and good on him" from Grundy
The point I'm getting at is there is much excitement about young Rowbottom and what he can become, but it's most likely that at absolute best, he ends up as good as Parker, who people seem to nit pick at and find fault with for, I don't know what reason. Because he is not on Fyfe or Dangerfield's level? Confusing.
Just on the Parker debate. I hope nobody has taken my comments as suggesting that Rowbottom is better than Parker. I pretty much agree with what TheBloods wrote at #41, although there is a (small) chance Rowbottom will go past him eventually. Rowbottom is quicker and possibly a better kick. Conversely, he's got a long way to go in consistency, durability, leadership, toughness and levels of production.
My comments about Parker were to suggest that possibly he has passed his peak. However, after saying that, I wondered if I wasn't being overly harsh. Obviously he is absolutely one of our best handful of players at the moment and has been since at least 2014. JPK on the other hand, I am more confident in asserting has passed his peak. Both remain very important and good players and will go down as club legends.
All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated, and well supported in logic and argument than others. -Douglas Adams, author (11 Mar 1952-2001)
Apropos whatever:
https://twitter.com/sirswampthing/st...163521025?s=19
Bookmarks