Round 7 - 34 disposals, 4 clearances, 2 rebound 50s, 6 inside 50s
Round 8 - 34 disposals, 9 clearances, 10 inside 50s
Round 9 - 26 disposals, 4 clearances, 4 rebound 50s
Round 10 - 32 disposals, 6 tackles, 6 inside 50s
Basically has been good in the defensive and offensive halves all season.
Good ? How is that All Aust...got any idea how many midfeilders there are playing top level ?..and how few get picked ?
Lets just see if his return even over the last month has been AAworthy to make the midfield.
We'll comapre him to a guy nobody even mentions (including me), and is building but only borderline squadworthy right now.
Anyone have JPK as AA right now ? But you would treat Pendlebury's last month as terrific ?
Last 4 games.
.......................Disp......................Cont Poss.............,....Clear...................Tkls
JPK...........30,40,26,35(131).......17,16,20,22(75)........5,11,7,7(30).........4,3,7,12(26)
Pendles.....34,34,26,32(126)........14,17,13,15(59).........4,9,4,3(20).........7,3,4,6(20)
Before the last 4, almost identical possession averages, but one was playing in the guts and the other getting touches as much across halfback as anywhere.
I am in no way spruiking JPK as AA right now, he's likely equal 3rd best mid at our mob, possibly 2nd best now with Parker off the boil (and somehow forgotton already along with Sam Mitchell and plenty others)
Does picking Pendlebury as one of the top 7 MIDFIELDERS seriously make any sense right now ?
Has he even been playing in the guts or even on a wing for more than maybe 6 games so far ?
Was he AA quality HBF after 4-5 rnds ? I don't recall anybody even suggesting that much. He wasn't in the running for the best of the flankers, and now he's miraculously AA midfield...despite not even producing numbers in line with other A graders that nobody rates All Aust playing in the middle all season.
Apples with Apples as examples. Both serious A graders working their way thru a season.
It is very easy to buy into a story, but there are only 7-8 mids that will be picked. He is still off the pace. So is JPK for that matter.
I don't wish to diminish Treloar's season by suggesting a name player next to him can somehow do far less, yet miraculously make All Aust as soon as he has a run of good games.
I like the guy and would agree if he had earnt it...but the fact is right now he can only get a run due to short term memory syndrome, and being a name player.
I've even seen someone in here claim Dangerfield is now out of the team. It aint about the last month.