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Jacob Townsend
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Menzel has impacted far more at afl than Rohan who averages 9p a game and less than 1g , he’s lucky to still be listedTOT70 said:
Whether people think that he is good enough, or whether he has improved or not is incidental to the reality of what he can deliver. Everyone keeps saying that he can only tackle?...I think on occasion he can also kick a few goals from memory
If in doubt you should re-watch our last 6 games of 2017 and just appreciate his performances. I can tell you that I'm much happier having him on the list as our possibly worst player given that we only have to rookie list him.
If in doubt you should re-watch our last 6 games of 2017 and just appreciate his performances. I can tell you that I'm much happier having him on the list as our possibly worst player given that we only have to rookie list him.
Whatever...like I said if he's the last and worst player on our list then we are in pretty good shape.daniel30 said:
Plenty of players have had crap seasons, and insignificant careers. Towner is a premiership player who hit a purple patch which means he is capable of doing it again.
So this year the alternative to Towner is us spotting five new rookies in one draft year who will all be better than Towner and indeed better in 2019?
To quote Christopher Lambert - "I don't think so!"
To quote Christopher Lambert - "I don't think so!"
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Brettstigers said:
Obviously it is doubtful all 5 would give a better return, but the less we take the less chance there is of getting the one who is a success.
As an aside our last 9 picks, over the last 4 years have been:
Baker
Stengle
Moore, Chol, Marcon
Short, Castagna, Lambert, Arnott.
I would take all of them before Townsend as a rookie, besides Arnott- who was re-rookied, and perhaps Marcon, though he probably performed better in his 2 games than Townsend did in his games in 2018.
Townsend kick 12 goals in 10games this year. 9 of them came in 3 games against the Blooze, lions and Dockers. so in games against teams better than VFL quality he kicked 3 in 7 games. in those games he averaged about 8 disposals.
he had a purple patch in 2017, after a consistent VFL season. Based on every other season he has had in the AFL though he probably isnt worth a spot on the list.
ahyeahnah said:
Not necessarily. How many times have we seen a player come in and take the opposition by surprise? Then the next year they fall back in performane because the opposition has spent more time deciphering and counter-acting their strengths. I believe this is the Townsend scenario. If Townsend was not so immensely accurate at shooting for goal in 2017 (and stats say you can never keep anywhere near that level of accuracy up over time) he would have been mediocre. Thankfully he did though as there is no doubt he contributed greatly to our 2017 premiership.
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Tames said:
Except his overall pressure in 2018 was average. Only managed 3 tackles a game, less than Rioli, Butler, Townsend and just above Castagna who had 2.91. So really he didn't excel in that department and too slow to apply manic pressure. Sure he is an able bit depth player and still valuable as say a rookie player but the sort of player you can always look to improve on.
