Dave McNamara wrote:What do you mean by "not every players wins the same own ball", Pluggs?plugger66 wrote:And what a silly comment about if players could win their own ball then ranking would come to disposal and work ethic. That's plainly wrong because not every players wins the same own ball.Dave McNamara wrote:- I can't agree with re "every single player in the AFL can win their own ball".plugger66 wrote:Every single player in the AFL can win their own ball but we want players who receive it more than win their own ball.Dave McNamara wrote:I only want blokes who relish scrapping for the footy when necessary. That's my non-negotiable.
If every player could win his own footy, then none of them would be struggling to get a kick. By definition that'd have to be a given.
Hence, players would then be ranked on 'hunger' (how often they could be bothered to go and win a kick) and 'disposal efficiency'.
Because Dave some dont read the game as well and some also have other attributes to their game. Some players win 60% of contested ball and others like Billings win about 25% of their own ball. Watts is just higher than that so even he wins his own ball. If everyone won 60% of their own ball as you seem to want then it wouldn't be given out to the runners like Smith and Stratton at the Hawks. We need more outside running players especially like the 2 I just mentioned. We have enough inside players especially when we get Petracca. Surely it isn't that hard to understand Dave. I don't even get what you want. Do you want all our recruits to play like Armo. I want 3 out of our next 4 mids recruited to play like Billings who is clearly an outside player. And there is nothing wrong with that.
Wattshegoodfor in particular, is proof that some blokes in the competition can't win their own footy. If he could actually win his own contested footy, combined with his skill set, then he would actually be a champion! So why is he a dud? Not coz of any lack of skill or pace. Because he can't actually win the footy! 
