Discussion 2022 AFL: Practice Matches & AAMI Community Series Discussion
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Bit delayed but better late than never.
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My take is he's in there as the defensive guy primarily as all of Brodie, Mundy, Brayshaw and Serong are better utilised as ball winners. Basically provides the balance, he's also a left footer which creates angles they otherwise lack, especially as that group of 4 are all fairly relatively one footed.
Was the same last week so will be interesting to see how many he gets in the real stuff but that would be my explanation.
Was the same last week so will be interesting to see how many he gets in the real stuff but that would be my explanation.
I think Dusty plays it primarily because he's not sacrificing too much scoreboard impact by doing it and they don't have to cover for his complete lack of defensive work in the process.
Dusty is still like other mismatch midfielders where he kicks more goals playing midfield than he does as a forward and has far more attacking impact but not having to have guys like Lambert sacrifice run to cover for him as a midfielder provides more overall balance with him forward.
Guys like Bont, Danger and Petracca, who are all a fair bit harder working defensively are just flat out better as mids as they don't have that relatively "hidden" aspect with their numbers.
Dusty is still like other mismatch midfielders where he kicks more goals playing midfield than he does as a forward and has far more attacking impact but not having to have guys like Lambert sacrifice run to cover for him as a midfielder provides more overall balance with him forward.
Guys like Bont, Danger and Petracca, who are all a fair bit harder working defensively are just flat out better as mids as they don't have that relatively "hidden" aspect with their numbers.