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(03-19-2019, 03:09 AM)LP link Wrote:I don't think anyone has made a comparison between Fasolo and Poulson.
Fasolo is probably competing with SoJ for a spot, maybe Garlett if Garlett plays forward but it looks like he is pegged for the HBF.
Others like Cunningham and SPS who might be effective HFFs have Fasolo covered in the midfield by some margin.
Fasolo is a good finisher, that is a plus for him, if he gets the football. I think Fasolo needs to kick roughly 50+ goals to break even on the cost of his average defensive abilities, less than 2 goals a game won't cut it! The game is very different to just 2 or 3 years ago, clubs like Nthmond tear you apart if you have just one player coasting.
Wow, really? :o :o
When two blokes are competing for one or two of the few spots in a forward line, comparison is exactly what has been (and should be) going on!
More correctly, Polson or Gibbons - the latter every day of the week.
Fasolo can take a grab, is a clever footballer, uses the ball extremely well and finishes.
Polson (noted he's still young) offers none of that.
Hard to run with the 'if he gets the pill' line when Polson has averaged 7.2 disposals and 3 tackles a game in his brief career (Fas 13.8 and 2.5 respectively).
Oh and 1.3 goals to Fas, 0.2 to young Cam.
There's a bit of comparison for you! 
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(03-19-2019, 04:26 AM)madbluboy link Wrote:https://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/ft_p...1=O&fid2=O
I'm glad somebody gets it.
I'm sure someone will try the same for Carrazzo! ;D
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(03-19-2019, 04:32 AM)LP link Wrote: I'm glad somebody gets it.
I'm sure someone will try the same for Carrazzo! ;D
Gets what? That is meaningless when answering the question Fasolo or Polson (or even Gibbons) in the 22 for Thursday. Entirely irrelevant.
Polson may well become a fine player (one day) but right now he's several miles behind either of Gibbons or Fasolo imo.
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I reiterate, I think Fasolo's big problem is his lack of defensive pressure, for which he needs to average more than 2 goals a game. To break even he probably has to get close to 3 goals a game under the current player conditions, just to break even, because he will leak goals going the other way. He's only averaged 2 or more goals a game(2.1) once in an eight year career, his career average is 1.3 goals a game!
To me Fasolo is the offer of a sip of water to a man dying of thirst, we need a waterfall, I appreciate our circumstance is somewhat unique!
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Agree with the logic LP but anyone averaging 3 goals a game is going to kick 60-70 goals in the season.....that would've got you close to winning the Coleman Medal last year and I doubt anyone expects Fasolo to kick that many goals for us. When did we last have anyone kick more than 50....I doubt anyone has since Fev departed. The scoring may well be higher this year with the new rules but have to wait and see how it pans out.
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(03-19-2019, 03:47 AM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:Carazzo wasnt a hacker at all even in the early stages......comparing the two in their second year.... Carazzo(20 games) averaged twice as many possies, 16 to 8(rounded up).....Polsen(12 games) is a ball butcher with a quarter of his possies in his second year as clangars...Carazzo averaged around 1.3 clangars per game....
Carrazzo in his 3rd year was good for 20 possies a game and in his 4th year went at 25......hardly D grade hacker material.
Polsen isnt even close to Carazzo.......Carazzo could tag effectively and find the ball........Polsen can tag, but cant find the footy and butchers it better than most........
The kid tackles ok and gives effort but has a substandard skillset and isnt a natural ballwinner.........
Carrazzo started in 2002 and couldn't get a regular game until his fourth year in the system at the age of 21. Polson is about to start his third year in the system and has just turned 21. At the same age, Carrazzo had played two games (3 seasons) to Polson's 12 (2 seasons).
Carrazzo developed into a very good player, but he was a D grade hacker at the start of his career.
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(03-19-2019, 05:15 AM)WASurfer link Wrote:Agree with the logic LP but anyone averaging 3 goals a game is going to kick 60-70 goals in the season.....that would've got you close to winning the Coleman Medal last year and I doubt anyone expects Fasolo to kick that many goals for us. When did we last have anyone kick more than 50....I doubt anyone has since Fev departed. The scoring may well be higher this year with the new rules but have to wait and see how it pans out.
Yes, true for last year as you mention, and as I mentioned we are a special case no doubt.
I suspect the new rules will see several players getting up towards 100 goals again, with small forwards who got 30 goals last year perhaps needing 40 to 50 this year. If you were a 1 goal a game type you need to be targeting 2, if you were 2 you need to be targeting 3. Guys who got up near 3 a game are probably looking at a ton! I don't think this is unreasonable, what I can't get my head around yet is the split between small forwards and KPPs, no club has shown it's hand so the JLT is next to worthless.
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Except Fremantle LP.....no Hogan, Cox or Taberner!!! Leaving only Lobb and McCarthy and McCarthy couldn't get a kick in a stampede at the moment.
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