I missed the first quarter tonight so I missed the part where Mayne was apparently the only one doing much. The rest of his game was pretty ordinary. He ran around chasing blokes like he always does but didn't do much else. I was astonished to see peole giving him votes in the best player thread
I've had a look at his stats for the season. His averages are:
Disposals 11.5 (about 50/50 kicks and handballs)
Marks 5.2
Goals 1.5
Behinds 1.5
Tackles 4.5
Goals Assists o.2
Don't get me wrong, I like Mayne, too, but he simply isn't producing that much. We play him predominantly inside 50 - more as key forward than a high forward so he needs to be converting his opportunities and setting up other players. Deboer and Crowls are out defensive forward types. He is not in that role. All the forwards are expected to run, chase, tackle and harass and while Mayne is really good at this, he is no better than Balla, or Deboer when he is down there.
Mayne seemed to drop his bundle last year after he had that appalling miss when he didn't pass over the top to a free player. He wouldn't take a shot for goal for weeks after; even if he was in the goal square he was trying to hand it off. I don;t think he has got over it yet. I don't think he is doing what he is in the team to do, which is kick goals.
Taking the enthusiasm for his enthusiasm out of the question, do others really thing his returns are good enough at the moment?
I've had a look at his stats for the season. His averages are:
Disposals 11.5 (about 50/50 kicks and handballs)
Marks 5.2
Goals 1.5
Behinds 1.5
Tackles 4.5
Goals Assists o.2
Don't get me wrong, I like Mayne, too, but he simply isn't producing that much. We play him predominantly inside 50 - more as key forward than a high forward so he needs to be converting his opportunities and setting up other players. Deboer and Crowls are out defensive forward types. He is not in that role. All the forwards are expected to run, chase, tackle and harass and while Mayne is really good at this, he is no better than Balla, or Deboer when he is down there.
Mayne seemed to drop his bundle last year after he had that appalling miss when he didn't pass over the top to a free player. He wouldn't take a shot for goal for weeks after; even if he was in the goal square he was trying to hand it off. I don;t think he has got over it yet. I don't think he is doing what he is in the team to do, which is kick goals.
Taking the enthusiasm for his enthusiasm out of the question, do others really thing his returns are good enough at the moment?