Stats are great things...can be construed in many ways. (
Think Yeti has gone to work...so I think I can sneak this in...)
When Tabs starts 'clunking 'em' , then he's doing the thing we want.!!
If there's a stat out there telling us that Tabs is the best contested mark in the AFL , then so be it, and well done to him! But irrespective of stats, when I think of contested marks, I think of Joe Daniher jumping over blokes clunking 'em, or Reiwoldt backing back into packs to clunk em', or unfortunately, bloody Mcgovern just nudging his opponent aside to 'clunk it'.
And interestingly, this link :
www.footywire.com/afl/footy/ft_player_ra...ear=2017&rt=LT&st=CM
tells me Tabs was ranked 42nd for contested marks (22m)....Mcgovern 1st with 61. -( Fyfefy best Docker with 38 (ranked 12th). )
But yes, certainly commendable that for all those who played 8 games, Tabs was the highest - (and higher than a lot who played 20+ games...!)
So, I'm not getting too excited until I see the boy bustin' through packs, and knockin' blokes over, and "jumpin' through them" to take a grab. You can show me all the stats in the world until then, but what we need Tabs to do is show some presence, and take some clunks!!!! Get that big body of his, and run over and through a few blokes on the way to getting the ball !!.
The great thing is, is that all the preseason reports from D/L's suggest he is exerting some influence on the game, and that's great to hear, and will be greater to see.!!!
I really hope he has turned the corner and finally worked it out.! And if he has, well, there'll be no stronger supporter of Tabs than me!! (
although taking out Yeti will take some doing, because he has far and away been Tab's greatest fan!)
