Centre clearances. Hes 4th for us by ave.
1.3 per game. Same as gary ablett.
73rd in league. And on that list above him maybe only a dozen guys under 24yo.
Also ave 3.4 stoppage clearances.
21st in league.
Cripps, oliver, wines and Macrae only guys younger than 24 above him.
Maybe he doesnt improve. But improving the midfield will take pressure off him and he will look better.
We're always going to disagree, for me it will always be what he does with what he gets the ball, if we improve the midfield, with players coming in from above and improvement in those below then Dunstan as the slowest, with poor skills and the least versatile, is the first one out. In a midfield that is the worst in the competition that is lamented for it's lack of speed, skill and vision, Dunstan is a big contributor to the problem.
Yes I see the competitiveness and the will to get the contested ball, these attributes are just the starting point for a good mid, they can't be his only attributes; too often when he gets that contested ball he creates another contested situation which he fights for, we go backwards to another fifty/fifty situation and so on.
The game against GCS is pretty damning. Regardless of what you and I think a broken down Armo picked and way out performed him, when of all the players Dunstan should be replacing, Armo is top of the list and first year Clark was preferred when the game was won and out performed him. The actions of the club are pointing in one direction.