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Lord Nev
Premiership Player
- Feb 14, 2023
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- 4,222
- AFL Club
- Melbourne
Who cares if they hit some nice passes if it costs us as many goals back the other way cause they lose one on ones. Having Bowey and Salem down back means that May or Lever have to intercept every game or we get none. Bowey especially. Can't trust him to play in the goal square against an opponent
Ok, so:
May averages 6.6 intercept possessions per game, Bowey averages 6.0
Bowey (4.8) and Salem (5.6) average the most ground ball gets out of all the defenders. They are both in the top 7 with Oliver, Trac, Viney, Brayshaw and Hunter.
McVee (11.8) and Bowey (12.5) have the best defensive one on one loss %.
Salem is the highest rated defender for pressure acts with 12.8 per game.
Salem is the highest rated defender for contested possessions (6.9), next best defender is Lever, and then guess who? Bowey (5.5).
As for Bowey playing in the goal square.... Far out... I mean that's like saying we should be worried about May because we can't trust him to play on an opponent running inside 50, like imagine him trying to chase for example Rohan or someone like that, might be trouble hey?