Navy Blue Horse wrote:
JImmae was going well until he potted Carazzo
His job on Harvey was great, but he held onto to the ball for too long and didn't pressure any other North players when without it. For a bloke who can read the game superbly, it was a very myopic effort from him on Harvey.
Rexy wrote:
I find the Hadley bashing that's going on quite amusing.
20 disposals, 11 contested possessions, 6 clearances, 7 tackles are good numbers for the in and under role.
Time to drop the silly agenda's and give due credit.
Hadley has one of the most specific and tactically unhindered jobs in the team: win the tap & feed, if not block, pressure and harass in the clinches. After that, push outside after the stoppage and present as an option while mindful of an opponent/zone.
What those stats don't tell you is that those were 7 effective tackles out of 9 attempts, which are part of the 1%ers stat that Hadley had 8 of. So outside of his effective tackles, he had one shepherd/spoil/knock-on to his name. That is beyond poor.
What it also doesn't tell you is that of his 14 handballs, he only had an efficiency rate of 70%, his numbers being boosted by dinky footy passing. If you don't know how to read them, the stats can and do lie.
Removing effective tackles, the team head-to-head on 1%ers was 65-43 in North's favour. That is a damning statistic, and he's not alone in our midfield with regard to that. He is the weakest link in all other areas, however.