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Ladies Lounge / Re: AFLW 2025 Preliminary Final Carlton vs Brisbane in Brisbane
Last post by kruddler -
I feel the need to say this now while i remember.

Vescio. Has 6 possessions, 6 kicks. 100% DE and 234m gained.  Seems impressive.

I'll be conservative with facts first...
2 disposals (at a minimum) were from kick ins (i think it could be 3, maybe even 4)
1 disposal was from a free kick out on the full.

All 3 (perhaps 4-5) were long 50m kicks to a contest, i don't think we won any of them, but it all counts as an effective disposal nonetheless.

Vescio had the ball at half forward, in play, and got tackled, holding the ball.

The one positive was Darcy got a well timed fist to a ball in a marking contest.


This is a trend i've noticed all year.
Darcy is basically used as a specialist kick in player. As a result, disposals and disposal efficiency are very much inflated.
Ultimately, had zero influence on the game.

Very talented.
Very smart.
Very good by foot.
Having no influence.
Same story more often than not this year.

At the end of the day, there will be a dozen disposals for 500m gained and 90+% disposal efficiency....but will be little if any influence on the game. Awesome stats....but simply stats.

Get Vescio up the ground where they can have an influence on the scoreboard.