(07-25-2024, 02:20 AM)LP link Wrote:He could be injured, nobody knows, maybe that ankle roll caused a loss of confidence or increased caution, finals approach.

He could equally be playing a role to a modified set of instructions.

It could be an effect of BigH having a change of form, or TDK, Cripps, etc., etc..

Is it possibly related to different MC team tactics for different opposition, a tweak here or there?

The asymmetry of the AFL season doesn't help anybody decipher this as we have numerous one off games, and changes in opposition selection, lots of potential drivers of change that fans will be ignorant to and aren't depicted in any set of stats.

As always, the way a set of numbers can get analysed and interpreted by humans will often frame conclusions that aren't represented in the numbers alone.

(07-25-2024, 02:26 AM)LP link Wrote:It would untenable for a ruck, even a ruck as mobile as TDK, to be competing in F50 one moment then 80m away competing with Dixon in D50 seconds later, rinse and repeat. This is an example of the fantasy expectation that fans develop when arguing stats alone.

(07-25-2024, 02:35 AM)kruddler date Wrote:This is an example of fantasy all right.....you making things up again.

Nobody suggested any ruck would have to do that, but don't let logic get in the way of your fantasy.

(07-25-2024, 02:38 AM)LP link Wrote:Of course they have to, that is why they are called solo, whether it's sustainable is another issue.

Not much point playing a solo ruck if they were to only stay in one half of the ground.

(07-25-2024, 02:41 AM)kruddler date Wrote:You know, the blokes we are constantly talking about who take ruck contests when your solo ruck cannot for whatever reason.
I'll give you a hint, their names start with McKay, Cripps, Kennedy.

(07-25-2024, 02:48 AM)LP link Wrote:In the past you have constantly argued you don't want TDK at a reduced number of ruck contests that is caused by playing two rucks, and that the number of ruck contests he gets to directly reflects in his good stoppage figures.

(07-25-2024, 02:51 AM)kruddler date Wrote:100% false claim.

(07-25-2024, 02:07 AM)PaulP link Wrote:https://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/C/Charlie_Curnow.html#20240

Whatever other information may be available, the numbers from AFL Tables suggest that his two poor games were Tigers and Giants. A post earlier from MBB asserts that a drop between Rds 1-11 and R12 onward is most likely due to injury,and if so, then his performances since R12 are all the more remarkable IMO, even allowing for the 2 poor games.