(03-31-2021, 10:07 PM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:Those stats don't tell you how many goals he gives away or how he gets beat up in one on one's. We all have seen it and now the media have seen it and other teams will continue to isolate him and play through his man IMHO.
I'm no fan of the "eyes test" and I think the media long ago abandoned analysis in favour of lazy cherry picking, pandering to the prejudices of noisy fans. Folks with outdated ideas will tell you that the eyes are objective, and see "what is there", but I don't think that's right. In a complex situation like football analysis, the eyes will see what your biases, preferences etc. guide them to see. We all watched the "reality" of the R2 Blues v Pies game, yet we see different things. How can that be ? Do some of us need a visit to Specsavers ?
The Pies had 48 Inside 50's, but only took 13 marks I50. If, as you say, the ball was always directed to Plowman's opponent, how can we account for this discrepancy ? Plowman had 91% game time, so he was out there virtually the whole game. 87 AFL fantasy points places him third for the night.
Quite apart from any of that, you'd be lucky to find any defenders that have prevailed in a 1-on-1 with DeGoey. The ball was coming in almost as if our mids and forwards weren't on the field.