Quote: jonnythesaint "I'm not sure he has the explosive pace, like Long and Eastmond, to be top drawer. A couple of times he's had his nose in front of everyone only to be caught from behind.
He's coming along just fine, though, and if he continues to improve wemmight have a good player on our hands.'"
He's a halfback, he doesn't need explosive pace to be top drawer. Look at the best halfbacks in the last 15 or so years: Lockyer, Johns, Cronk, Thurston - would you say any of these have explosive pace? He is a threat running the ball and that is enough to keep the defence honest in a way that someone like Walsh doesn't. Theo needs to work on his passing a lot but he's got loads of potential.