2 hours ago, AdamPleb said:

Well, that's clearly untrue, because Tommy Mac is an attacking defender with horrible decision-making, who struggles to hit regular targets. I take it you're referring to Garland here. His problem is that he's not attacking enough. His instinct isn't to attack and when your offensive weapon is your ball transition from defence, a player like that isn't long for that game plan.

Didn't say he 'was' attacking enough. I'm saying he attacks (or attempts to at times) more often than Dunny. Agree that it probably isn't all that instinctive and he looks reluctant much of the time.

I am, in part, in agreement with you on Tmac. However, I differ in regard to his decision making (when to switch/run lines/pull trigger on 45s) being generally (but not always) better than Garlo's. Agreed Tmac lets himself down with poor excecution by foot roughly half the time (that's a guess based on observation as only the FD would have the true numbers of kicking efficiency over various distances). By not hitting targets at a high enough standard at AFL level, Tmac's decisions sometimes 'appear' horrid with the impact of resulting turnovers. He does take many more risks than Garlo here but they're generally good ones until it comes to the kicking part.

IMO Garlo has trouble with making good decisions AND disposal efficiency by foot...that's why the Coaches/FD prefer Tmac over Garlo (better decision making generally). I think the FD has more faith that if he can lift his kicking efficiency to somewhere around AFL average (approx 63%) and hit targets more often than present then they (we) are looking at a potential A grade attacking defender or very close to it.

Edited July 1, 20169 yr by Rusty Nails

On 7/1/2016 at 1:49 AM, Hogan2014 said:

Really??? Oliver has played what 9 games & was a rising star & played so well & your having a crack @ the club development .. Honestly people our expectation of our 1st yr players is over the top.. I scratch my head & wonder that some people have no idea 

Yeah, sorry. I should have added a