Post Game Analysis: AFL 2021 Rd 8: Carlton vs Western Bulldogs

[kruddler]

Give me 5 occasions where pit tapped the ball to put mids clear advantage. Just 5 is all I’m asking for.  Give me the quarter and the time. Issue is you
can’t do it cause it didn’t happen.
Taps without ‘to advantage’ is rubbish talk.

Spin it anyway you want, they had their starting ruck and their backup ruck both out and out guy was still unable to give our mids any tap to advantage.

He is miles off AFL Standard and this is the 2nd week he has a unknown kid as an opponent and he failed to assist us.
Sorry but I call it as I see it not as the stats tell me.
I know you like him and that’s fine- he does compete hard at ground level gives but he is miles off the standard as a tap ruckman - miles off it.
Our mids have to fight and slog it out for every possession they win in the middle. Be nice if they got a few easy takeaways like most other mids receive but it won’t happen till TDK comes in.

Hitouts win rate
Pittonet - 50.8
Sweet - 25

Hitouts to advantage
Pittonet - 8
Sweet - 4

Hitout to advantage rate
Pittonet - 24.2
Sweet - 23.5

So he got his hand to the ball more.
When he did get his hand to the ball he found a teammate as often as Sweet did when he got his hand to the ball. That is, they were equally effective finding a teammate when they got their hand to the ball......but Pittonet did it more often, and thus had more 'to advantage' than Sweet.

So stats are clear as day.

I like him, but i'm not suggesting he is an elite ruck across the board.

However, as far as tap work. Last year he was listed as 'Elite'.
This year he is listed as 'above average'.
You know what, i'll take that. Thats why i stick up for him when someone calls for his head because his stats are not as bad as the 'supporters' are making out. Quite the opposite in fact.