KermitJagger
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- May 17, 2017
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1. Of course list managers would disagree, they think about the list in terms of now and the future. Battle is a fine player and a good 4 or 5 years younger. The contention is that here and now he's comfortably ahead of Frost.It's ok for you to have that opinion, but I reckon 18 list managers in the AFL would disagree with you.
Battle rarely gets touched up by his oponent, and it's undeniable that he's a better mark, kick, and decision maker. Frost may be a better tackler, spoiler and quicker, not sure how the stats would show that up but very possible.
Unless you're looking for a fullback, no other position on the ground would Frost be the better option.
2. Frost's defensive stats are better than Battle's and he gets the tougher assignment every week, given that he's the primary tall and Battle is 2nd sometimes 3rd.
3. You said specifically that "he would comfortably be ahead of Frosty" which means that we're talking about in terms of his role - a full back. If we're talking about other positions it's not Frost he needs to be better than, it's Weddle, Scrimshaw and Sicily who are all either significantly better or younger and more promising.
That's all without mentioning the advantages that Frost gets from knowing the system and the built cohesiveness with his teammates.
Frost is easily the most overhated player on our list and possibly in the league, he's playing too well for it to be assumed that a person who plays a different role in a different team could come in and immediately be comfortably better.