AFL Finals 2024 Carlton vs Brisbane in Brisbane

[madbluboy]

Do you have the GPS figures on them?

[kruddler]

Do you have the GPS figures on them?

No, but i did actually try and find that info on the AFL app.
It only shows the best players on the ground, so its always Hollands (x2) and Walsh etc.

[PaulP]

Posters want to axe Fantasia when he plays a good game and even when he doesn't play at all.

Am I missing something?

Only that haters gonna hate. There's no point looking for rational reasons, there are none. He's just this year's whipping boy, like many others before him.

[Gointocarlton]

Motlop started the year like a house on fire but the series of injuries he copped knocked the stuffing out of him.  I think he's a player who needs a very good fitness base to produce anywhere near his best footy.  Yes, he'll jag goals here and there but he's not providing the forward pressure we need.

Started the year like a house on fire? Motlop got injured in his first praccy match and didn't play until rnd 20.
He isn't in my best 30 let alone 23. He should be traded if possible at the end of the year IMO.

[madbluboy]

I think Motlop and Durdin have a good future ahead of them but right now probably due to their injuries they are behind Owies, Fantasia, Fogarty.

If you remember last year we were dead and buried till Motlop and Durdin were replaced by Fogarty and Cunningham who brought the pressure.

[kruddler]

Only that haters gonna hate. There's no point looking for rational reasons, there are none. He's just this year's whipping boy, like many others before him.

Your defending of him is not rational either......but its your point of view so anything to the contrary MUST be irrational.

What is it that he offers us?
What does he do that the alternatives do not?
As a mature age player, is he worth persisting with over a younger alternative who MAY be slightly down on output by comparison.
Think TDK vs Pitto. People wanted TDK playing because of potential and needing game time.....and Pitto to make way for that.
There is nothing wrong with that logic, and example.
But it seems the when the shoe is on the other foot, peoples opinions on what is actually important seem to change as well.

[kruddler]

I think Motlop and Durdin have a good future ahead of them but right now probably due to their injuries they are behind Owies, Fantasia, Fogarty.

If you remember last year we were dead and buried till Motlop and Durdin were replaced by Fogarty and Cunningham who brought the pressure.

I remember Motlop kicking 14 goals from 8 games (all wins) leading up to the Prelim - He didn't play the GWS loss.
Including the PA game where he was basically plucked from the stands and kicked 4.

[madbluboy]

He came back a better player after a stint in the VFL midfield. Think his first game back he was a late in after a warm up injury.

[kruddler]

He came back a better player after a stint in the VFL midfield. Think his first game back he was a late in after a warm up injury.

Including the PA game where he was basically plucked from the stands and kicked 4.

[Lods]

Neither Motlop or Durdin have progressed this year.
But both have had interrupted seasons
When they have played, it's probably because of necessity rather than readiness.
Judge them with a full pre-season behind them and some extended game time.