AFL Rd 3 2023 Post Game Prognostications Giants vs Carlton

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As i said last week. If he kicked 2.0 instead of 0.2 he would've got in the bests.

His effort has never been questioned...his output was.
Sometimes things won't go your way and you'll have 'down' games, but as i showed last week, by comparison to every other forward short and tall, his output (statistically) hasn't been lacking.

This week he took some marks he dropped last week. Is that a droppable offense?

Not in itself...
I think what made it even a discussion was that he was subbed off last week.
He didn't appear to be injured.
Given that, at that point of the game it was determined he was the player we could most do without.
He'd had an average start to the year compared to what we know he is capable of contributing.
Now those two factors mean that if changes were to be made for yesterday's game then he may have been in the frame.
Not necessarily the one to make way, but maybe in discussions.
The match committee obviously saw him as a valuable component for the GWS game.
Really there was probably no alternative.
And as it transpired we're all pretty glad he played.
He's played well and probably earned himself a game next week.

Seriously though, when he's on his game he's in most folk's sides every week.