Dan Thomas

And they're ready.

to make something happen themselves.

You know, he's not running around thinking, oh, it's not my day today, things are not quite going for me.

He's running around going, get me the ball, because I'm going to separate us from this team.

And then he gets it, and he doesn't panic.

Composure, accuracy, picks his spot, delivers it.

I mean, that's what being a superstar is.

And there's no question, this guy is a superstar.

Yeah, you can see he's already got his career-high season goals and we're, you know, three calls deserve the way through.

From a defensive point of view, Stevie, just tell me what he does to put the defender down.

What's going on there?

Well, with somebody like him, and there have been similar types of players before him, where you know they want to go on the left-hand side, and so...

The obvious thing would be to show him down the other side.

Yeah.

The problem you have with him is that regardless of what side you show him, he's still going to be as good.

And so you end up trying to cover both sides and he's too good.

1v1 is too good that you can't cover on both sides.

And so that's why he's got the numbers he has because...

Unless you kick them early, unless you double-team them, triple-team them, all of these things, you're going to come off second best.

And in that position, in the opposition's penalty box, you're a dead man walking.