07-26-2022, 11:10 PM
(07-26-2022, 10:03 PM)LP link Wrote:I didn't get to see all of the last VFL game, I should watch the replay, but from what I've seen this season Dow still plays more like Motlop than his other AFL team-mates / counterparts, and I suspect that holds Dow back. It's not what he does when the ball is in range in front of him, it's what he doesn't do when we do not have the footy that I think is costing Dow a spot!
Fans won't see it, they see the contest at the footy, but coaches won't miss it because they see everything!
In this regard you and I had this very same discussion about another Carlton player who was a bit like this in years gone by, how things have changed, I agree they can change for Dow as well. He won't find a better example of that the person he should look up to!
If Dow played like Motlop, he’d be in the 22. Motlop is always at or near the top of the pressure acts tally, along with Durdin and Honey (in Owies absence).
Dow had a relatively quiet game against GWS but kicked two goals (he was tagged). His clearance work is generally good, he links up well but his disposal sometimes lets him down. Clearly, there’s something missing that he needs to address if he is to make the 22. I think that it’s lack of defensive effort and a one dimensional game that’s got him 7th or 8th on our midfield pecking order.
O’Keefe had him playing as a high half forward earlier in the season but that didn’t work.
I’m sure that Dow knows exactly what he needs to do to get a game. He must be pretty close if he’s regularly named as an emergency (although there weren’t many other options for a while) but there must be a box he hasn’t ticked yet.
“Why don’t you knock it off with them negative waves? Why don’t you dig how beautiful it is out here? Why don’t you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?” Oddball