06-22-2023, 01:11 PM
(06-19-2023, 07:13 AM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:Martin has to get more than eight possessions a game...last week he had eight as well with only four finding a target. Been subbed off twice which doesnt help his stats but I guess thats easing him back in given his injury history so he probably needs a few more games to assess properly.
Dow needs to be played for 4 quarters to see if he has improved, coming on for junk time last quarters when games are over doesnt really tell us much. I still think he will be struggling to maintain his spot on the list.....
No, Martin doesn’t have to get more than 8 disposals provided that he uses each one as effectively as he did against Gold Coast: two goal assists and five score involvements is a decent return from a small forward with no pre-season.
The intangible with Martin is that the opposition can’t give him a sniff and that means one less defender to run interference on Charlie and Harry. And then there’s his defensive pressure when the opposition is trying to get the pill out of their backline.
Martin’s stats against Essendon are hard to reconcile. He scored 1 goal and 2 behinds and had four score involvements. In other words, half of Martin’s disposals resulted in a score. I’d happily take that from a forward with no pre-season.
Who are you going to drop to enable Dow to play four quarters?
Dow is an inside mid with no other strings to his bow and, on form, he’s way behind Cripps, Kennedy, Cerra, Docherty and Walsh … and probably Hewett and Ed Curnow as well. Paddy’s doing OK as the sub and I’d leave him there.
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