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No "elite" players at Melbourne

Whispering_Jack
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Garland is a long way from our best player, in my opinion. Clark, Viney, Hogan, Tyson, Grimes, Trengove, Frawley, Dawes, Howe, Watts are all better than Garland.

I have never liked Garland, I never feel comfortable when the ball is in his hand. I was happy to see him take the game on last year, and when he was under pressure kicked the ball long, instead of trying to pin point a target. Because he doesn't have the skills to do it. I hate the way he always looks so lethargic.

I hope he changes my opinion in 2014.

Kick th ball long Garland when you are under pressure......simple!

Sorry but as of now you cannot possibly say Viney, Trengove, Tyson, Hogan and even Howe are better footballers than Garland. Either they lack consistency or have been around for 5 minutes.

Hogan hasn't even played a game yet.

Garland is the second best player at the club behind Jones at the moment based on 2013 output.

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    Sorry but as of now you cannot possibly say Viney, Trengove, Tyson, Hogan and even Howe are better footballers than Garland. Either they lack consistency or have been around for 5 minutes.

    Hogan hasn't even played a game yet.

    Garland is the second best player at the club behind Jones at the moment based on 2013 output.

    That is based on 2013 output, which means FA because half our team was injured or forced to play a 'role' because we needed them to. Colin Garland is not our second best footballer at the club. The further from him being our best player will result in success for our club.
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    Champion Data suffers from the same problem any statistical service in the public space suffers from. Statistics can be useful (very useful) for answering very specific, carefully worded questions, but they fall in a heap when you try to make a generalised assessment.

    See also Naplan, PISA, Aboriginal health indicators, official crime rates, and my personal favourite; Gross Domestic Product. Don't use them. Really. Please

    That last one, well, [censored], the guy who developed the concept said 'this is only a general curiosity and in no way should be used as a proxy for the measuring of national development, human happiness or prosperity'.

    What I'm saying is, it isn't Champion Data's fault that people keep wanting to use them for writing inane 'let's start an argument so we get click-throughs' articles.

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    Champion Data suffers from the same problem any statistical service in the public space suffers from. Statistics can be useful (very useful) for answering very specific, carefully worded questions, but they fall in a heap when you try to make a generalised assessment.

    See also Naplan, PISA, Aboriginal health indicators, official crime rates, and my personal favourite; Gross Domestic Product. Don't use them. Really. Please

    That last one, well, [censored], the guy who developed the concept said 'this is only a general curiosity and in no way should be used as a proxy for the measuring of national development, human happiness or prosperity'.

    What I'm saying is, it isn't Champion Data's fault that people keep wanting to use them for writing inane 'let's start an argument so we get click-throughs' articles.

    Spot on with the first part.

    Although I think Champion Data do feed the 'let's start an argument articles'. It's good for their profile and gives them the appearance of being experts in a field they are not.

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