This isnt the guys you call Alpie. Im a former player of Coach Graves at CN who went to play at Hampton Sydney. I play with Graves on indoor teams and mens league. I help out at some of Heathwoods practices and attended most of there games and i would argue that Alpie was a strong defender who in most games man marked the top forward on each team. I would agree his ball skills arent the best but I said he was going to be an impact player which doesnt always have to relate to his skills, he is a very strong leader and dure to there youth many of the younger kids look up to him. But to move past that whole thing the CN keeper was weak in the games i saw him in. He could have prevented two goals against HH if he would have just picked up the ball instead of letting the defender making the move. He let in 10/10 PKs against HH and if BL would have put there PKs on from im sure they would have won also. Not to be negative that is my alama matra and i fully expected them to win the Championship last year but it shows how much the keeper influences a team.
