05-03-2017, 05:19 AM
(05-03-2017, 04:26 AM)blue4life link Wrote:I think we are going a bit overboard on Alex Silvagni, 50 games in 7 years with Freo then delisted, and Franklin had 19 touches on the weekend after all.Buddy had 7 of those in the back half of the ground, and only 4 of them inside f50. On the premiere forward of the comp, who has a history of having a party against us, it was a massive win for him and the team that he needed to get up the ground so much to try and find the ball. He only had 11 kicks for the day.
If one of our key forwards had that much of the ball we'd have him pencilled in for a Brownlow.
Good luck to him and he seems like a solid citizen, but easy on the hype.
I think the other thing is the structural impact that it had in allowing Simmo and Doc to get further up the ground and get more of the ball and create opportunities. Simmo had 8 score involvements, and Doc had 6, and both went at over 85% DE. Those are enormous numbers.
Maybe it was just coincidence, but bringing in more experience to the backline I reckon had a huge impact into how we were able to play and our transition out of defence was markedly better than it had been the week before. I think Smedts had a positive impact on this as well. He had to Goal assists and 7 score involvements as well.