alır is well ahead of weltering. even today where Dixon was well held for a chunk of the match it was the 3rd player to the contest wrapping up Dixon while a free weitering went at the ball by himself. the only reason weltering was near Dixon was to be where we would kick the ball.What are people's thoughts about the CHB postion and Jacob Weitering v Allir Allir ?
Most people seem have locked in Weitering very early in the season, but I reckon Allir has been bloody good this year and would also be deserving
I realise it's an individual award and team success shouldn't matter, but the history of the All Australian awards has proven it DOES matter. Do people really think the selectors will name just one player (Wines) from a top four team and pick 2 or 3 players (Walsh, Weitering, McKay) from a bottom six team?
Port have one of the stingiest defences in the AFL and Carlton have one of the worst. Are we just gonna ignore that?
Weitering seems to come out ahead in the stats, but these can be misleading with defenders. Harris Andrews is statistically better than every defender except Lever, but I don't see anyone putting his name up for AA in 2021. Besides, I don't think Allir's dominance is always reflected in the stats. e.g. He was huge against Hawthorn a few weeks back - he KILLED us - but you wouldn't know from perusing the stats.
Every time I watch Port play, Allir always looks to me like one of the most dominant players on the ground.
alır also tends to zone off and play the ball rather than a shutdown role but dominates games when he's on.
the last time I looked at it I had Andrews, lever , and tight between may and alir for AA. Alir would be very very tough to miss. having said that I haven't paid attention to the lions and Andrews last few weeks so don't know if Andrews has kept that form up across that period.