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My 3 word player analysis V The mellow and hack

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Trengove - inability to inspire

Grimes - succumbed to pressure

Jones - can stand tall

Bartram - loose and careless

Watts - just a game

Bate - had little effect

Frawley - had Riewoldt's measure

Morton - surprisingly poor attitude

Clark - only mediocre performance

McKenzie - probably on field

Dunn - made an impact

Garland - continued disappointing season

McDonald - still learning game

Rivers - no key defender

Seller - had some moments

Martin - a headless chook

Tapscott - was rarely sighted

Davey - tried but failed

Howe - a continued success

James - tried but lacking

Bail - had no impact

Magner - was well controlled

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    Bravo!

    Although i thought Clark was good, and again had to make the most out of limited opportunities and/or atrocious delivery.

    Agree. Made two errors but always looked dangerous and was certainly putting defensive pressure on the opposition.

    And FWIW, I am not sure Davey effort was fully there at all. Poor form and worse body language.

    I would have thought there were about 16 "Had no impact"

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    Mediocre? Clark has been worth every one of those considerable number of pennies so far. I feel sick just thinking about what we'd look like without him at the moment.

    100%!!

    The poor bloke isn't getting enough every forward movement they plonk in on his head while he has 3 people around him. All correct bar Clark who I would have had as tried, yet clumsy.

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    Trengove - inability to inspire

    Grimes - succumbed to pressure

    Jones - can stand tall

    Bartram - loose and careless

    Watts - just a game

    Bate - had little effect

    Frawley - had Riewoldt's measure

    Morton - surprisingly poor attitude

    Clark - only mediocre performance

    McKenzie - probably on field

    Dunn - made an impact

    Garland - continued disappointing season

    McDonald - still learning game

    Rivers - no key defender

    Seller - had some moments

    Martin - a headless chook

    Tapscott - was rarely sighted

    Davey - tried but failed

    Howe - a continued success

    James - tried but lacking

    Bail - had no impact

    Magner - was well controlled

    James = Jamar, I suppose? Predictive fail? ;)

    Pretty good effort, joeboy.

    Pretty harsh on Martin and McKenzie, who is working his way back into some kind of form. Also, Watts and Clark where probably a little better than mediocre. And, I thought Howe deserves some more superlatives; a really fantastic game in a mostly insipid side.

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    In what world did Frawley beat Reiwoldt? JR kicked 1.3 with two OOTF. If he was kicking straight that would have been 6 goals. None of them were overly difficult chances.

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    In what world did Frawley beat Reiwoldt? JR kicked 1.3 with two OOTF. If he was kicking straight that would have been 6 goals. None of them were overly difficult chances.

    I agree, and this is a common mistake with footy watchers. A defender's success can't be measured on how accurate their opponent kicks. Riewoldt also ran off him quite a bit and set up some goals. I still thought Frawley did alright though

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    Just thought i'd add my two cents about Howe, who came in for a lot of praise from the commentators on Saturday. Yes there are some real positives about his game, but his disposal has been very ordinary. I noticed it early on Saturday, but given the praise he received, I went to the stats to see if my eyes were deceiving me.

    AFL website puts his stats so far this year as 17.7 disposals a game running at 57% efficiency. On Saturday he got the ball 24 times, but had 50% efficiency.

    In contrast, the 5 other highest possesion winners so far this season have been Jones (72%), Magner (59%), Trengove (70%), McKenzie (67%) and Watts (81%). Magners game in Perth really effected his stats, and he is only playing his 3rd game.

    I think he can turn it around but I am a bit over the rose coloured glasses being put on. I hate reading and hearing guys like Bartram and Jones continually get whacked for bad disposal (Bartram has averaged 12.0 at 78%) while others get talked up.

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