Mollythedolly
Norm Smith Medallist
- Oct 21, 2021
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All good points. But if you look at the league leaderboard for goal average, you'll see Sam Day at 13, who played 5 games at similar game time to Reef. Day has been delisted despite averaging 2.0 goals per game. I'm just not sure goals per game average is a good metric for players that only play a handful of games in a season
Day was a very good footballer whose career was largely derailed by injury. Has limited him to 18-20 games in the last 4 years. He’d have played a lot more footy over that period if not for the injuries. At 32 the time is right. Reef is at the other end of the spectrum, trying to find his place in the senior side. Sam Day is also a genuine KPP playing (averaged 66%tog) as a KPP, Reef is more a flanker playing as a KPP due to team needs.
The merit of stat subsets is always a curious one, Schultz according to some didn’t have a good year because he didn’t kick enough goals even though he did everything else, Reef didn’t have a great year and doesn’t have a future because all he did was kick goals. I’m happy with my opinion.