‘He is the future’: Sumich lauds Allen in player ratings

‘He is the future’: Sumich lauds Allen in player ratings

West Coast legend Peter Sumich has labelled ahead Oscar Allen “the future” of the Eagles, as he builds on type regardless of the membership’s horror run of damage.

In his weekly participant rankings for The West Australian, Sumich gave Allen a 7/10 score for his four-goal efficiency within the 47-point loss to Geelong at Adelaide Oval throughout Gather Round.

“He just gets better with every game and is the future, maybe the Eagles’ next captain,” Sumich mentioned.

READ SUMICH’S PLAYER RATINGS OF EVERY EAGLES AND DOCKERS PLAYER AT THE WEST

Allen is within the membership’s management group and seems in a two-horse race with reigning membership greatest and fairest Tom Barrass to succeed present skipper Luke Shuey as captain, ought to he step down on the finish of the season.

Vice-captain Barrass has led the membership for consecutive weeks as Shuey recovers from a hamstring damage however has up to now failed to succeed in the heights of his 2022 season, which noticed him named within the All-Australian prolonged squad.

Sumich gave the stand-in skipper a 4/10 after Geelong spearhead Tom Hawkins kicked 4 objectives on him.

He mentioned Barrass “will always compete and set the right example.”

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Meanwhile, Sumich was filled with reward for a few Fremantle stars following the membership’s win over Gold Coast.

He gave midfielder Caleb Serong an 8/10 and mentioned: “I thought he and (Sean) Darcy were Fremantle’s best players”.

But there have been some stunning names down the underside of his rankings, with three Dockers gamers incomes only a 3/10 regardless of the membership claiming the 4 factors.

READ THE FULL RATINGS AT THE WEST AUSTRALIAN HERE.

Source: www.perthnow.com.au