03-19-2019, 08:56 AM
(03-19-2019, 06:19 AM)kruddler link Wrote:Carrazzo was largely a BP player early in his career. Obviously turned into a mid later on.
Polson is basically a defensive forward now. His job is to stop his opponent getting the ball and pressure opponents. His job is not to get the ball and win us a game. Maybe it will be later on, but not now. He is doing his role.
The moment he stops running, chasing and tackling is the moment he'll get dropped. Even if he gets 20 touches a week, he'll get dropped if he fails to provide the pressure he does now.
Its like expecting Fevola to chase. He might do it occasionally, but he wasn't in the side to chase. He was in the side to kick goals....and despite all his on-field flaws, he kept getting picked in the side because he kept scoring goals.
Do what is asked of you and you get picked. EOS.
Rubbish. He was a mid from go to whoa....All Australian u/18, runner up in the Morrish....
As for the rest of your blurb, your analysis is fundamentally flawed as it discounts entirely the opportunity costs of picking a Polson type over a (say) Fasolo type.
And you'll never know if Fasolo had played whether his 2-3 goals might have won you the game....
Pick Polson, he'll lay a few tackles but also often butcher the ball.... there's another cost.
All that said, given Fasolo's misdemeanour, I am not overly fussed if he plays twos and earns his stripes....
Polson simply looks like he's way off the pace of the game more often than not. That spells liability....
Finals, then 4 in a row!