AFL Rd 23 2024 Pre Game Prognostications Carlton vs West Coast in Perth

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Lemmey shadows Harry at training and he works against Weiters et al at training.  His running patterns are good and he is a good mark.  His kicking for goal is generally very good. 

He can play in defence and he’s a competent ruckman.

I’d say that he’s still a work in progress, but he’s a much better chance of having an impact as a key forward than Hollands, E, Kennedy, McGovern, Kemp or Young.

Yes he is a WIP, his biggest shortcoming at the moment is aerobic capacity, and when he fatigues his competitiveness drops away the same as anybody who is fatigued. But that's common for young KPPs, Harry was the same early, Lemmey is just a kid we need patience. Young would have him covered in this regard.

A key AFL KPF craft is repeat efforts, lead after lead after lead with often the last one being rewarded.

Running the KPFs around the ground is a tactic used by opponents to take repeat efforts out of a KPF's legs, we do it to our own when we have them up the field or in D50 filling B or C-Grade roles, they aren't midfielders. If we ask that of Lemmey he'll blow up before 1/4-time!

If running deep does no harm, why aren't McGovern, Kemp or Weiters in the F50 goal square attempting and taking the odd contested mark? It's because it's impossible to be at both ends in a timely manner, and still be fresh enough to compete strongly.