6 hours ago, Turner said:

ask jack fitpatrick about tunnelball-gate

I'm talking plural.

14 hours ago, jnrmac said:

Just checking the stats in Rd 24 v Brisbane he had 13 disposals and 5 clangers. Might be a place to start if you are interested....

I'm not claiming he has good disposal, but I'm wary of clangers as a measure for this.

Clangers are an error made by a player that has a negative impact on their team, such as kicking or handpassing the ball directly to an opponent, dropping an uncontested mark, or conceding a free kick or 50-metre penalty.

Not just fluffed disposals.

In fact a direct turn over can also be an effective disposal, if it's kicked more than 40m to a 50/50 contest (assumable assessed based on numbers at the contest) but marked by an opposition player.

2 hours ago, deanox said:

I'm not claiming he has good disposal, but I'm wary of clangers as a measure for this.

Clangers are an error made by a player that has a negative impact on their team, such as kicking or handpassing the ball directly to an opponent, dropping an uncontested mark, or conceding a free kick or 50-metre penalty.

Not just fluffed disposals.

In fact a direct turn over can also be an effective disposal, if it's kicked more than 40m to a 50/50 contest (assumable assessed based on numbers at the contest) but marked by an opposition player.

Yeah agree its not the best measure just that it was a place to start if you want to see how he plays.

I watched the first quarter of the rd 24 Bris v haw game and his positioning for a defender was terrible. was beaten a few times simply because he was standing in the wrong place.

He might develop and I can see why they want backup for an athletic running defender (keep in mind we lost Joel Smith as well from back there) but I will wait to watch him more closely before firming any judgement