flyingmagpies
Rookie
- Sep 16, 2023
- 23
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- AFL Club
- Collingwood
I reckon people are more and more realising the opposite that large disposal numbers dont mean much on their own (goal kicking from mids is the opposite though and is always highly rated). Im not meaning this to be disrespectful, but I wouldnt be surprised this year if Daicos doesnt poll well in a bunch of games that he has a bunch of touches. Losing team and maybe not as effective as he could be might mean he gets some 1 or 2 vote games when people have him down for 3s.
I don't rate disposals either; I typically value clearances/contested possessions/goals as key stats for mids. I'm not expecting him to get it. He doesn't poll in games Pies lose, regardless of his performance. Many people aren't expecting him to poll in games where he had a lot of touches. Just look at the first two games - he led the games in possessions, clearances, contested possessions and kicked goals - but no one expects him to poll at all for them. You need to be able to poll votes in losing games to win the Brownlow. Look at last year: Cripps got about 10 votes in losing games, Neale about 8, and Daicos didn't get 1. Including the Brisbane game, where he had 12 more disposals (at 80% DE) than the next player, kicked 2 goals and led contested possessions. If you don't poll in losing games, you rarely win.