Groggyk
Premiership Player
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- #26
Round 2 v Collingwood
Stats can be a funny thing in footy. Sometimes a guy can rack up 25 disposals and a few dreamteam points which looks great written down on a sheet, but sometimes they cab be a little misleading.
Now we're delving into the area of quality. When a guy gets the ball, how he uses it and the influence of his possession is really the true guide to whether or not you can say "yeah, he was good today".
Which brings me to Ben.
Today he played permanent midfield on Luke Ball and would have received a nice little education from a very hard working midfielder. Ball racked up his usual 20/25 disposals but didn't appear to have a huge influence on Collingwood's complete control of our midfield, so whilst he clearly got more of the ball, it was by no means a complete domination.
Last week Ben was quiet for 3 qtrs and great for 1. This week he put in an even performance over the four qtrs.
He also appeared to spend a lot more time on ground this week which will further his fitness base.
Stats:
Kicks: 5
Handballs: 6
Marks: 1
Goals: 1
Tackles: 5
I50's: 4
He does do some nice things Cunnington. He always puts his head over the ball, gets his own pill and generally uses it to good advantage when he does gain possession. One thing that does is impress me is his ability to free the arms in a tackle and still dish off to a target. He's working hard overall, judging by his tackle count (second only to Swallow) and is coming along steadily, ala last year, where once he was match hardened, his stats went up. He needs to maintain his current workrate for that prediction I made last week (that we won't see a marked improvement in his performance for another 4/5 weeks or so), to be realised.
At the moment the biggest criticism (for want of a better word) is that he just needs to get more of it. He did have one error which resulted in a Collingwood major when trying to create run out of defence, he was collared by a Blair tackle which resulted in a turnover and subsequent goal. I won't be caning him for trying to create some drive on this occasion.
Here's a little clip from this week:
[YOUTUBE]Cf7wRV585WM[/YOUTUBE]
Summary:
Not our best player by any stretch, but by no means our worst. Probably the best description I can come up with is satisfactory, a word I would use for very few of our blokes this week. On close inspection his performance wasn't too bad overall and one guy who could take a few positives out of the game.
Stats can be a funny thing in footy. Sometimes a guy can rack up 25 disposals and a few dreamteam points which looks great written down on a sheet, but sometimes they cab be a little misleading.
Now we're delving into the area of quality. When a guy gets the ball, how he uses it and the influence of his possession is really the true guide to whether or not you can say "yeah, he was good today".
Which brings me to Ben.
Today he played permanent midfield on Luke Ball and would have received a nice little education from a very hard working midfielder. Ball racked up his usual 20/25 disposals but didn't appear to have a huge influence on Collingwood's complete control of our midfield, so whilst he clearly got more of the ball, it was by no means a complete domination.
Last week Ben was quiet for 3 qtrs and great for 1. This week he put in an even performance over the four qtrs.
He also appeared to spend a lot more time on ground this week which will further his fitness base.
Stats:
Kicks: 5
Handballs: 6
Marks: 1
Goals: 1
Tackles: 5
I50's: 4
He does do some nice things Cunnington. He always puts his head over the ball, gets his own pill and generally uses it to good advantage when he does gain possession. One thing that does is impress me is his ability to free the arms in a tackle and still dish off to a target. He's working hard overall, judging by his tackle count (second only to Swallow) and is coming along steadily, ala last year, where once he was match hardened, his stats went up. He needs to maintain his current workrate for that prediction I made last week (that we won't see a marked improvement in his performance for another 4/5 weeks or so), to be realised.
At the moment the biggest criticism (for want of a better word) is that he just needs to get more of it. He did have one error which resulted in a Collingwood major when trying to create run out of defence, he was collared by a Blair tackle which resulted in a turnover and subsequent goal. I won't be caning him for trying to create some drive on this occasion.
Here's a little clip from this week:
[YOUTUBE]Cf7wRV585WM[/YOUTUBE]
Summary:
Not our best player by any stretch, but by no means our worst. Probably the best description I can come up with is satisfactory, a word I would use for very few of our blokes this week. On close inspection his performance wasn't too bad overall and one guy who could take a few positives out of the game.
