Carlton Supporters Club

In the modern game, the winger is a low-possession role with tons of unrewarded running as wingers keep their width and are therefore out of the contest. The rebounding defender role is the high possession one. Yes, there are teams with star players on the wing (e.g. St. Kilda & Hill) and those teams tie themselves in knots trying to bring those star into the play which undermines the role of the winger.

Collingwood are prospering with Lipinski, Sidebottom and Josh Daicos going very well on the wings.

Ed Langdon is probably close to the best pure wingman in the game....non-stop running from defence to forward line....gets plenty of it and usually pretty effective with it.

Sidebottom is averaging fewer disposals per game than LOB this year. Both average in the teens as is the case with most wingers. Langdon is the exception, averaging almost 22 disposals per game. But remember he’s on the ground for 100% of his matches which is crazy given how hard he runs. Being in the centre square crew is a better way to rack up possessions.

Setterfield has 14.6 disposals per game, but 2 of his 10 games were either wiped out by injury or being the injury sub. Considering only the other 8 games, he has averaged 18 disposals per game. That’s the same as LOB and slightly better than Sidebottom.

That’s just 1 aspect of their performance this season, of course. Clearly, Sidebottom has been better than Setterfield. But that’s not because Setterfield has racked up low possession numbers for a winger.

Im not sure what the MC sees in Setterfield.  As a winger he has height as an advantage, but he is generally a bit of a one paced player, who doesnt exactly get leather poisoning to make up for a lack of any endearing attributes.

I suspect that Voss values height or the ability to play tall, which might be why Dow is struggling a little.

It was reward for effort. He played some decent games in the 2's.
He played a decent game the week before, i think he had 24 touches.
Problem has always been, he can't perform at his best consistently enough, and doesn't really have a best position.
In terms of tall slow mids, we have Cripps and Kennedy, with Silvagni an option too.....all ahead of Setterfield there.
In terms of wingers, we have LOB, Cottrell, Walsh, Newnes, Fisher....all ahead of Setterfield there.
In terms of back pockets/hbfs, we have Docherty, Saad, Newman, Plowman, Stocker, McGovern, Marchbank....all ahead of him there.

He hasn't grown into a role like we would have liked, and the roles he has performed for us, we have better options.
He is not as bad as people make out....but he isn't as good as he should be either.

Collingwood are prospering with Lipinski, Sidebottom and Josh Daicos going very well on the wings.

Two of those wander around doing whatever they want without an opponent.