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Brian_45
Debutant
- May 31, 2022
- 81
- 181
- AFL Club
- Melbourne
- Banned
- #1
First and foremost let me just a say what an incredible achievement it is in this day and age for somebody his size to be playing AFL football, it's no small feat but to me that's really where the plaudits should end.
He offers literally nothing in the air because of his size (teams exploit this regularly) and is not overly quick. The argument that his kicking skills are so exquisite (as one fawning commentator put it) that it makes up for his inability to defend doesn't take into consideration a lot of factors.
He can barely kick it over 35m and when he does he is just bombing it long, it's not a pin-point pass like the elite half-backs off the competition. Most of the elite kicks in the league (Salem, Rich, Lukosious, Duncan) are all capable of nailing passes 40+ metres and doing it regularly, Caleb Daniel
simply can't do that yet some commentators label him the best kick in the league?
Yes, he does take quite risky kicks and pulls them off frequently but more often than not they are a dinky little ones that travels about 10-25m and leave it up to the next player in possession to break the lines.
So in summing up - you have a player that can't defend in the air, is average on the ground, can barely kick it over 35m but can nail a point point pass between 10-25m.. to me that doesn't sound like the hallmarks of an elite half-back.
Personally it seems to me that the media and a lot of supporters have become carried away with the novelty of someone his size playing the game and overstate his ability massively.
I'd much rather the ball in Bailey Dale
's hands any day of the week if I was a dogs supporter
He offers literally nothing in the air because of his size (teams exploit this regularly) and is not overly quick. The argument that his kicking skills are so exquisite (as one fawning commentator put it) that it makes up for his inability to defend doesn't take into consideration a lot of factors.
He can barely kick it over 35m and when he does he is just bombing it long, it's not a pin-point pass like the elite half-backs off the competition. Most of the elite kicks in the league (Salem, Rich, Lukosious, Duncan) are all capable of nailing passes 40+ metres and doing it regularly, Caleb Daniel
PLAYERCARDSTART
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Caleb Daniel
- Age
- 28
- Ht
- 171cm
- Wt
- 72kg
- Pos.
- M/F
Career
Season
Last 5
- D
- 21.3
- 5star
- K
- 11.5
- 4star
- HB
- 9.8
- 5star
- M
- 3.5
- 4star
- T
- 2.9
- 4star
- CL
- 1.4
- 4star
- D
- 19.5
- 4star
- K
- 11.1
- 4star
- HB
- 8.4
- 4star
- M
- 3.6
- 4star
- T
- 2.0
- 3star
- CL
- 1.0
- 3star
- D
- 16.4
- 4star
- K
- 7.2
- 3star
- HB
- 9.2
- 5star
- M
- 3.4
- 4star
- T
- 2.6
- 4star
- CL
- 0.2
- 2star
PLAYERCARDEND
Yes, he does take quite risky kicks and pulls them off frequently but more often than not they are a dinky little ones that travels about 10-25m and leave it up to the next player in possession to break the lines.
So in summing up - you have a player that can't defend in the air, is average on the ground, can barely kick it over 35m but can nail a point point pass between 10-25m.. to me that doesn't sound like the hallmarks of an elite half-back.
Personally it seems to me that the media and a lot of supporters have become carried away with the novelty of someone his size playing the game and overstate his ability massively.
I'd much rather the ball in Bailey Dale
PLAYERCARDSTART
31
Bailey Dale
- Age
- 28
- Ht
- 188cm
- Wt
- 85kg
- Pos.
- Def
Career
Season
Last 5
- D
- 13.2
- 3star
- K
- 7.6
- 3star
- HB
- 5.6
- 4star
- M
- 3.1
- 3star
- T
- 1.6
- 4star
- MG
- 117.4
- 2star
- D
- 9.0
- 2star
- K
- 5.1
- 2star
- HB
- 3.9
- 3star
- M
- 2.3
- 2star
- T
- 1.7
- 3star
- MG
- 117.4
- 2star
- D
- 8.0
- 2star
- K
- 5.0
- 2star
- HB
- 3.0
- 3star
- M
- 1.4
- 2star
- T
- 2.0
- 4star
PLAYERCARDEND