Josh Battle dropped

[Devilhead]

What has Battle done to deserve promotion?

Do you know the exact reason why he was dropped?

[magnifisaint]

Should come in for Billing’s really. Billing’s is costing himself dollars every time he plays at the moment

I don't think so. Billings is a much better player than Battle.

[B.M]

For a starters

One is 184cm 78kg and the other 193cm 92kg
So they are very different player types

Billings averages around 21 disposals 0.7 goals 2.8 tackles 0.7 goal assists and has polled 30 Brownlow Votes
Battle around 12.5 disposals 0.5 goals 2.5 tackles 0.15 goal assists
Yet to poll a Brownlow Vote

My thoughts are this
Billings is better than Battle, by the length of the Flemington Straight

[shanegrambeau]

And the other side of the coin is that Wood has been very decent.
That is 60% of the reason Battle doesn’t get back in.

Highmore decent too.

Battle joins, Butler, Billings, Ross, Kent, Long, Lonie, Clark, as players who have fallen away this season.

[B.M]

Yes, Wood has been handy

Highmore very good, and has tidied up his disposal. Early games may have been nerves.

[tony74]

What has Battle done to deserve promotion?

Do you know the exact reason why he was dropped?

Poor disposal

[B.M]

Isn’t kicking one of Battle’s strengths?

If poor kicking was a selection priority
There’d be half a dozen butchers omitted