AFL Rd 17 2023 Post Game Prognostications Carlton vs Fremantle

[kruddler]

He'll get a run, once fit, while Pittonet is injured.
But if we don't play him for the rest of the year once Pittonet returns we can probably kiss him goodbye.

I'm also having a bit of a problem with the 'hit-out to advantage' being a useful stat either.
We had 4 in 120 minutes of football and won the game by 50+ points
That's as useful as breasts on a male bovine.

Ruckmen are an endangered species.
They'll go the same way as the 'Rover'

That is an anomaly, i'll admit.
The main take away from that, as i stated earlier, is that our elite pressure essentially overcame that result.
The pressure we put on Freo, for a full 4 quarters no less, is also an anomaly.
Even when Freo got the HTA, the subsequent possessions were under so much pressure that they soon lost that advantage.

The coverage i watched flashed up the 'pressure rating' a few times and each time we were in the elite category.
Now, for a quarter or so, sure, but all game? Unheard of.

I wish i could remember which game it was, but there was a goal directly from a hitout to advantage, from Pittonet, about a month or 2 ago. He hit the ball back over his shoulder, into the breadbasket of a teammate who kicked truly from 35m. It was all over before anyone else could take a step. Thats something that a good tap ruckman can provide.