06-22-2023, 01:37 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-22-2023, 01:38 PM by ElwoodBlues1.)
(06-22-2023, 01:11 PM)DJC link Wrote: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.No defensive pressure...didnt have a tackle and cant run anymore, 8 possessions isnt good enough.....his disposal against Essendon was poor, half of them went to Essendon players.
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.
He has been an overated, over paid player from day 1 who cant play a full season and you can count the number of good games he has played on one hand. If we want to improve and win premeirships we need to move on from players like Martin. GC away from home are like West Coast...an easy kill that we were expected to beat and if thats the best Martin can do vs bunnies then we need better.
Who am I going to drop to allow Dow to play four quarters??....I dont need any think music for this one.......S.Docherty would be returned to the half back line where he belongs and the Caleb Daniel wannabe in M. Boyd would be plying his trade in the VFL where his turnover skillset would fit in a with a few other notable turnover merchants in Plow and LOB.
Then I would delist the three of them at seasons end......