Pre-Game Possibilities: AFL Rd 4: Carlton vs Gold Coast

[WASurfer]

DJC....hate using footy cliches but sometimes there are blokes that can just "play taller" and Sexton is one of those. Plowman probably gets first crack at him but both he and Newman need to pick up their game.

[PaulP]

Alex Sexton averages less than 1 goal per game. Playing your entire career at the Suns would not help matters I guess........

His current form seems to have emerged from nowhere.

[flyboy77]

DJC....hate using footy cliches but sometimes there are blokes that can just "play taller" and Sexton is one of those. Plowman probably gets first crack at him but both he and Newman need to pick up their game.

WAS, win the midfield battle, takes the heat off the defenders....and the forwards need to extract a digit too. A few tackles wouldn't go astray!!

[flyboy77]

Alex Sexton averages less than 1 goal per game. Playing your entire career at the Suns would not help matters I guess........

His current form seems to have emerged from nowhere.

And guess what - the bloke is 25 and has played exactly 100 games - the sweet spot!

[PaulP]

And guess what - the bloke is 25 and has played exactly 100 games - the sweet spot!

If we can keep someone like Buddy to 2 goals, surely our back 6 can handle Sexton ?

[LP]

If we can keep someone like Buddy to 2 goals, surely our back 6 can handle Sexton ?

Sexton is a known unknown, Buddy is a known known.

At this stage we do not know how our D50 will handle him.

[PaulP]

Sexton is a known unknown, Buddy is a known known.

At this stage we do not know how our D50 will handle him.

He played in both games last season. R2 he kicked 0.0 and from the stats looked like he did sfa. In R19 he kicked 0.3. I'm not sure he's an unknown. I think there's enough in our previous games, plus 3 games this season, to know what he's like with and without Lynch.

[PaulP]

I do note he's currently 2nd in the Coleman Medal.

[LP]

In the context of being aware of your opposition, kids are known unknowns until they attract significant attention or they get 2 or 3 years and 40 or 50 games into their career.

Once all the other clubs have had a crack at them a couple of times, and video analysis has exposed all their strengths and weaknesses, then I think they become known knowns.

A good example is Schache, he's only really becoming a known known.

Sorry for the heavy handed use of Rumsfeldian phrases.

Liam Jones is pedantic about preparation, he heavily analyses his opponents in the week prior to a match, but he won't have much material to work with for a few GC forwards so I wonder how that may affect our D50 performance this week. The sample size isn't big enough yet for their habits to be exposed.

[Thryleon]

Alex Sexton averages less than 1 goal per game. Playing your entire career at the Suns would not help matters I guess........

His current form seems to have emerged from nowhere.

For a comparison, its worth looking at Andrew Walker and how he emerged in a similar capacity once Fevola left us.

This is no different.  Goodbye Lynch, lo and  behold a smart athletic forward all of a sudden is kicking goals.

Tim Membrey from St. Kilda has his 5 minutes of fame too, and then he got worked out.