Quote Originally Posted by Danjul View Post
In round 12 against Fremantle Gardner came back from injury and had 3 possessions. He clearly wasnÂ’t match fit but was lauded for meeting all his KPIs. Can someone please explain how. That will help this contributor understand selections.

Just donÂ’t do it by simply saying each of his possessions is worth 4 of YoungÂ’s.

Similarly, Against Sydney
Young had 13 possessions, 9 hitouts, 6 one %ers and a goal.
Bruce had. 8 possessions, 0 hitouts, 0 one %ers and a goal.

And I am the only person who canÂ’t see how YoungÂ’s performance is vastly inferior.

On second thoughts, donÂ’t bother.
The issue isn't about possessions.
If it was Dale Morris would not have got to 20 games.

Selection is surely about meeting the team objectives and the assigned individual role.

Gardner, when he plays is clearly meeting the requirements as a tall defender with an ability to negate. Our small rebounders seem to play better when Gardner plays.

With Young, it seems that others need to cover his competitive deficiencies and that reduces their positive impacts.

These nuances will not show in stats and without a comprehensive understanding of team requirements, we are all guessing.

Personally I see Young's best efforts occurring when he rucks, but he is way short of what we need for that position.

He may find a side that plays him to his strengths, but that won't be a side coached by Luke Beveridge.