07-10-2017, 04:55 AM
(07-10-2017, 04:18 AM)kruddler link Wrote:Firstly,
Jack Silvagni is 18yo.
Levi Casboult is 27.
As such, we expect more from Levi than we do a teenager. Levi didn't play a game until he was 22.
Secondly,
Your %'s are out of whack. AFL website includes missed shots altogether.
Jack (15.14.4(oob) = 45.5%
Levi (23.13.7(oob) = 53.5%
8% difference between them, not 30.
Thirdly,
I've pointed out that it was one of Casboults best games. I have often said that he has the best hands in the league. When i evaluate him, i take all that into account.
2 things really rub me the wrong way with him.
- He's been in the system for long enough now. He is still struggling with the basics of the game. Mental or otherwise.
- He simply cannot be relied upon with the ball in his hands to win you the game. Who was the last bloke with a shot on goal for us yesterday? Could've put us 9 points up deep in the last quarter.
Finally,
There is no hatred of him.
Just want for the best for the club. Having a below par key forward will not take us to the ultimate success.
This is not a whack at Silvagni - I know he's 19. You're selectively choosing what to compare though to suit a completely bogus argument is what I'm talking about. Ignore the good - embellish the bad.
SOSOS: 29 shots for 4 oob = 12% of his shots go oob
Cas: 43 shots for 7 oob = 16% of his shots go oob
3 oob's in front but has taken 14 more shots... but who really cares when you're leading the comp for contested marks - except some real misery guts with an ax to grind.
Lastly - I know you hate Casboult. I can tell because instead of just acknowledging an excellent performance and leaving it at that you can't help but pick out an irrelevant rubbish stat to make a case against him. He's not perfect but he'd get a game at any other club in the comp right now and if he wasn't there we'd be properly stuffed.