Pre game postulations: AFL 2021 Rd 5: Carlton vs Port Adelaide at the MCG

[ElwoodBlues1]

Understood, however I’m saying that we should persevere with him in the AFL. I think he’s close to a breakout game and is just getting stuck running to the wrong spots more often than not, which may be a result of not having much time on the ball over the past couple of years. Pretty sure that Dow will come good.

SPS is a good example of perseverance - he has been roundly criticised on this site for a lack of defensive ability/losing his forward (including by me) however he’s turned it around and is now playing a much stronger contested and assured brand of footy. Couldn’t be happier for him.

The difference between SPS/Dow and Setterfield is that the former two give their all and I can’t say the same at the moment for Setters, and a lack of effort should not be tolerated.

SPS needs to be tested vs teams better than Freo and GC. He can't be missing vs the top 6 teams and lighting it up vs the easy beats who don't apply the same pressure. That goes for any of our established players.. He should be at the same level as Saad who has that consistency that all the top small defenders have.