desertsaint wrote: ↑Thu 01 Jul 2021 9:48pm
pretty sure scollop was very much to gue in cheek, but yes, i'd ignore the fantasy ratings and values and just concentrate on the game stats. even they are open to some debate, but at least its a more objective measure.
I was going to let this thread die, but after watching Foxfooty, it’s time to revive the discussion and re-examine a genuine comparison of
Hill versus Hind in season 2021. It’s significant and pertinent in terms of where St Kilda has been playing Hill for the majority of this year.
I wonder whether people actually looked at the website to see the comparison between Hind and Hill (based on stats for the current season). Here’s the link again;
https://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/ft_ ... 1=S&fid2=S
On The Couch (Foxfooty) showed the top 5 kicks so far this year - where they get the footy inside 50 - and a mark is taken by their teammate. These were the best 5 kicks inside 50 starting with McLuggage who hits a target 36% of the time. Next was David Mundy at 33% followed by Tim Kelly at 32% and last was Jarrod Lyons (Brisbane) who went at 25%. The fourth spot was Nick Hind.
Hind hit a target and a teammate
marked the footy inside 50 with 31% of Nick’s passes. That’s impressive! Hind is definitely going to be high up in Essendon’s Best and Fairest too
Last two years at St Kilda it was always Hind that was finding himself on the outer. You could see that this kid had an asset that was a weapon and somehow St Kilda couldn’t develop and nurture and utilise his speed and allow him to flourish. It’s disappointing and it highlights again with a guy like Dunny that we always had the asset there and we went and picked up Crouch even though we had a player with similar ability right under our nose
No doubt that when Geary is fit they’ll find a spot for him in the team. Seb Ross and Jack Billings somehow get slotted in ahead of others, even when there’s no perfect role for them to play. When Brad Hill had 2 or 3 stinkers the coach and Simon Lethlean came out and publicly declared that Hill was not going to be dropped.
The thing that coaches need to learn is that a team has to evolve and change and you can’t rely on the same players getting the job done each week if they’ve shown time and time again that they’re not up to it.
It annoys me that team selection is based on past history of a player or his reputation or his draft pick or his current salary.
I’d love for DMac and Long to cement their place in the side. Both are tough. Both have speed and both have unique assets that need to be utilised for St Kilda to get back into finals.
