Can anyone who went to the game give an objective comment on Mansell's game as a defensive forward?
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Conspiracy I was told today was Dimma compared Dusty/Cumberland when really it’s either Jack or Cumberland and Dimma will run Jack until the wheels fall off before dropping him
Saad's output was down, in the first half Docherty just doing hack/dump kicks out of the backline for the greatest part. So we could set up across the midfield and get the ball back in. All forwards contributed but Mansell played his role, held his width and help prevent easy exits. In the 3rd quarter, when we dominated, the level of dump kicks by the Blues was very noticeable. For mine he stays. He's shown he can play to team rules. It's been noticeable all summer that he has accepted a role and will play it. @caesar and I will continue to debate this.
Out: Mansell, Short
In: Ryan, Cumberland
Clarke sub, Ross to get some VFL minutes after injuries.
In: Ryan, Cumberland
Clarke sub, Ross to get some VFL minutes after injuries.
It’s a fair question - if he had a job on Saad then he did his job.
It sounds like he played his role on Thursday night. I couldn't tell from watching on TV. Maybe Mansell's selection will depend on the running capacity of our opposition's defensive set up. What does Adelaide's look like?Saad's output was down, in the first half Docherty just doing hack/dump kicks out of the backline for the greatest part. So we could set up across the midfield and get the ball back in. All forwards contributed but Mansell played his role, held his width and help prevent easy exits. In the 3rd quarter, when we dominated, the level of dump kicks by the Blues was very noticeable. For mine he stays. He's shown he can play to team rules. It's been noticeable all summer that he has accepted a role and will play it. @caesar and I will continue to debate this.
Saad's output was down, in the first half Docherty just doing hack/dump kicks out of the backline for the greatest part. So we could set up across the midfield and get the ball back in. All forwards contributed but Mansell played his role, held his width and help prevent easy exits. In the 3rd quarter, when we dominated, the level of dump kicks by the Blues was very noticeable. For mine he stays. He's shown he can play to team rules. It's been noticeable all summer that he has accepted a role and will play it. @caesar and I will continue to debate this.
Simplifying this through another lens:
Saad + Docherty = ~15% of Carlton's salary cap... we negated that investment with a rookie
TBH I barely even noticed him at the ground. Not sure if thats a good thing or a bad thing. Ie. offensively he didn't get involved much (other than that last passage of play), but maybe he wasn't noticeable as he was keeping others busy and away from the footy, but he wasn't noticeable at the ground.
He did seem to have space a couple of times, but he never called for the ball, just sort of stuck his hand up, and jogged around.
May be a confidence/learning the role thing.
The one time he did call for it it was comical. Ball came across to the Shane Warne stand wing. Pickett going to take an easy mark, he drops his hands and Mansell doesn't take the mark. The only way Pickett doesn't take that mark is because Mansell must have called for it.