08-01-2021, 06:21 AM
(08-01-2021, 02:49 AM)LP link Wrote:See the last bit I was still editing when you replied.
Also it's basically a team tactic, it's not a direct assessment or judgement of individual player ability.
I'd say Jones gets this job, primarily because he is weaker at the very thing we commonly think is one on one contested marking, and that is wrestling at the fall of the ball.
That is not a commentary from me asserting Jones is either good or bad, it's just the way it is in our team.
As I mentioned last week, fans kybosh Plowman because he always seems to be on the losing end of contests, but that is because he's the one picking up the loose pieces that will allow Jones and Weitering to do what they do when they leave opponents and intercept mark.
You can argue that he is not #1, despite stats saying he is, but you cannot argue that the stats are so far out of whack that he is actually no good in that area.
Fact is, he is very good in this area, quite possibly the best. The point you are attempting to make is hardly worth it in the scheme of things.
FWIW, AFL stats use champion data stats, so its all the same thing and no differences between the 2.