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Norm Smith Medallist
- Dec 8, 2020
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You are too literal. And out of context.
My post was in response to a post saying Dusty kicked twice as many goals as some others. He didn’t.
I’m not arguing that Dusty wouldn’t get more possessions if he played in another position. He probably would. Just like Judd would probably have kicked more goals if he spent time in a forward pocket. He doesn’t have to kick 80. He needs to kick an extra 6 per year to match Dusty’s goal average.
I reckon he could do that. Me saying that does NOT mean that I don’t think Dusty could get possession average up if he played as pure mid.
That is what is known as a non sequitor.
Judd averaged 22.9. If he played forward more to get his goal average from 0.82 to 1.13, his disposals drop significantly.
Tony Greene the reverse … he can easily average 25 touches a game, but that requires significant midfield minutes and his goal average drops significantly.
That’s why 20 & 1, or whatever metric you choose to represent relatively high average disposals and goals is very rare.
Like we’ve said, doesn’t mean a season with 28 and 0.3 or 17 and 2.4 can’t be outstanding … of course they can. All it shows is winning the ball a lot and kicking goals in the process is difficult. How highly anyone chooses to rate being able to do that is up to each individual.
But given getting the ball and kicking it through the big sticks are without question the 2 most important components of AFL footy, I believe players who can get the ball a lot and kick goals are very valuable commodities.
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