Post Game Pandemonium!: AFL 2020 Rd 8: Carlton vs North

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Yep..have to agree, one of my fav players but this isnt the old Willo, he looks thinner, not as quick and doesnt have the awareness
like when he first played. Maybe a role on a wing where he can build confidence and ball handling errors are not as vital.
Down back he has leaked goals and is a bit of a liability....Newman if fit would probably have his spot.

Ignoring Simmo they are still quite a young backline, Plowman is probably 2IC, so I understand they make some rookie mistakes.

Some Willo criticism is unwarranted, twice in two weeks he dished off to blokes calling for the footy, when they shouldn't have called for the footy, and once he's been given the footy to his surprise when he was just running through to draw a defender away. Walsh who has been OK was two out of three in those incidents, but he escaped media and fan heat because he had a good game.

I agree Willo looks lighter/leaner, doesn't mean he lost strength, perhaps it's deliberate part of getting his back sorted. He still looks like a player worth persisting with.

Is it a mistake to play him so deep in defence? To me he has always looked most dangerous forward of center.