Team selection disection

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It does in my opinion.
Elite players have all of the skills of the game, which is why there are so few of them.

I don't think there is any player who has all the skills, it's just not the case!

I think most elite players excel at a few skills, and are passable at the rest.

Older more experienced teams are better at structuring the game plan around strengths and weaknesses, they are experienced at making things happen that favour them and avoiding situations that don't!

If you think that is not true, I suggest getting hold of the heat maps for players like Martin, Ablett Jnr, Selwood, Dangerfiled, Franklin. They all avoid specific areas of the ground and certain circumstances, they play to their strengths.

To me this requirement to all-skill every player is a bit of a furphy, and it's a contributing factor for the slow progress of young players like Weitering. Maybe long term they will be better off for it, but we can never really know!