07-10-2017, 11:37 AM
(07-10-2017, 11:02 AM)jeza link Wrote:Without wanting to be petty about it Jack is 19 not 18. Comprehension skills still intact then.
Losing Betts, Garlett, Waite, Fevola, Everitt... and every other forward of any note is not a strategy that has served us well to this point in my opinion. You clearly don't share that view but I'd say having the lowest score in the AFL at the minute is in some way not helped by losing all of our forwards. Losing Casboult would be a disastrous continuation of that problem. Complete and total disaster. Keep him and add to him. Don't lose him to FA for FA.
Stringer, both Reiwoldts, Bruce, Franklin, Toby Greene, Fasolo, Zorko, Sam Reid, Lecras, Martin, Tom Lynch, Waite, McCarthy, Peter Wright and yes Jack Silvagni....... all worse goal kicking accuracy than Cas this year according to the AFL website which I believe takes into account all shots at goal not just goals / behinds.
See this is what i don't get.
People justify keeping casboult because there are 'players worse than him'. Does that sound like a model for success??
OK, you listed 17 players (Tom Lynch x2) who all have worse %'s at goal this season. Fair enough. But, is that the exception or the rule?
You know how many of those same 17 players have a career GA% WORSE than Casboult? Two* J. Silvagni and D. Zorko.
*This doesn't include OOB shots. So when taking that into account, you might find that they all are better than Casboult in GA%.
I'm not making a judgement on Casboult based on this season alone. Its over his whole career. Yes, his % has improved a little this year. It has to improve sometimes, it won't be down every year. However, next year? Year after? Can he EVER be relied upon to kick the goals we need of him.
TBH, a lot of Casboults goals come from big marks in the goals square, or close too. His % should be much higher than most.
I think i read he is 13th for marks inside 50. Given that, you'd think he'd have more set shots than all but 12 players in the league.....which would put him close to the pointy end of the goal kickers list if he could convert. Alas, nowhere near it.
Yes, he is the best we've got.
Yes, he tries hard.
No, he is not a player we can rely on to win us games (through goals) and be a focal point clubs fear.
At the end of the day, its the last point that a player playing his position should be judged on, and that how i'm judging him.