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He just gets better and better. 

Start pulling those screamers down and we've got the perfect human highlight reel. 

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    4 minutes ago, Deestroy All said:

    He just gets better and better. 

    Start pulling those screamers down and we've got the perfect human highlight reel. 

    J.Howe was one of those... never a match winner - Hunty is well on the way to that.

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    If he possessed better foot-skills, I'd back him as a future multiple AA half-back. 

    I hope he improves his kicking, but I'm not sure he will. 

     

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    3 minutes ago, stevethemanjordan said:

    If he possessed better foot-skills, I'd back him as a future multiple AA half-back. 

    I hope he improves his kicking, but I'm not sure he will. 

     

    I think he's already improved his kicking quite a bit this year. His short kicks often the right option and hitting targets. 

    Hasn't made the clangers Vince and Lewis have made off half back this year. 

    Seems like a bit of a perfectionist to me too, very visibly disappointed with any mistake, I'll back him to hone his kicking skills. 

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    1 hour ago, Deestroy All said:

    I think he's already improved his kicking quite a bit this year. His short kicks often the right option and hitting targets. 

    Hasn't made the clangers Vince and Lewis have made off half back this year. 

    Seems like a bit of a perfectionist to me too, very visibly disappointed with any mistake, I'll back him to hone his kicking skills. 

    I also like that he's a perfectionist. Against Geelong he was visibly angry about missing some of those marks he flew for. It was pleasing.

    I think he is much more aware of the short option this year compared to last and in that sense his decision making has improved. Maybe I'm asking for too much. I know it's a list problem. We are short on quality users big time.

    I love Hunt and I think he'll be a quality player in time, but his kicking will always be his weakness in my view.

    Against Geelong, he had the ball at half-back with 40-odd seconds to go in the third quarter and for whatever reason he decided to play on and kick long down the line. The ball went straight to Selwood (I think), and eventually landed in the lap of Menzel who kicked a goal after the siren. It was a massive momentum killer because we were around 8-9 points up at that stage.

    These things will happen to young players. But I still wish at that point in the game, he'd try and maintain possession or at the very least kick to a contest rather than a one on three/four. 

    I love him because he now knows he can play at the level and is hellbent on improving. 

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    1 hour ago, stevethemanjordan said:

    I also like that he's a perfectionist. Against Geelong he was visibly angry about missing some of those marks he flew for. It was pleasing.

    I think he is much more aware of the short option this year compared to last and in that sense his decision making has improved. Maybe I'm asking for too much. I know it's a list problem. We are short on quality users big time.

    I love Hunt and I think he'll be a quality player in time, but his kicking will always be his weakness in my view.

    Against Geelong, he had the ball at half-back with 40-odd seconds to go in the third quarter and for whatever reason he decided to play on and kick long down the line. The ball went straight to Selwood (I think), and eventually landed in the lap of Menzel who kicked a goal after the siren. It was a massive momentum killer because we were around 8-9 points up at that stage.

    These things will happen to young players. But I still wish at that point in the game, he'd try and maintain possession or at the very least kick to a contest rather than a one on three/four. 

    I love him because he now knows he can play at the level and is hellbent on improving. 

    We had a choice of continuing to attack or running the clock down and did neither. When he kicked that ball I was amazed, it was the worst possible option, I would have preferred he tried to take on the opposition and run the ball out of defence. 

    He will learn and I doubt it will escape review.

    Love the way he plays, love the way he takes the opposition and the game on and hope they play him in the middle at some stage, imagine him running in to the forward line ala Judd when he was at West Coast. 

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