Do players "steal" points off each other?

[Holz]

No. As every player in the match has to add up to a huge 3300 points, one player scoring 50 points more than their predecessor (eg. Danger 50 more than Kelly) will take just over 1 point away from every other player (eg. Selwood). In other words, it makes very little difference.

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Let's say Danger comes in for Kelly, for example, and scored 50 more. Then there are 50 less points to split among the other 44.

Therefore, it's just over 1 point lost for each player, which is not worth worrying about.

or Danger comes in for kelly and wins 10 more disposals then kelly would have. thats 10 less disposals for the ball winning mids of that 3-4 of them are selwoods. that 4 touches less a game and a drop of 10 points.

thats an extreme example of the other side.

This in unrealistic though, as Danger will not steal Selwood's disposals, but rather help Selwood gain more himself. Of Danger's extra 10 disposals, it likely that some will be handballs to Selwood, or they will be handball receives from Selwood.

The top midfields in the comp (eg. Freo, Sydney) help each other, as shown by the averages of Neale, Mundy, Fyfe, JPK, Hanners, Parker and T Mitchell. They all average 100+. The introduction of Neale only improved the averages of Fyfe and Mundy across the last 2 years, while Hanners lifted his average with the increased playing time of Mitchell.

Of course, if someone is forced to play forward (eg. Barlow), there scores will diminish. This is only likely to happen to the likes of Motlop, Guthrie and Caddy though. Selwood should play full time midfield as always.

didnt say i agreed just showed how its not the 1 point drop.

Danger could take away 4-5 touches selwood would normally get. but he could also provide 6-7 in other ways through getting him the ball or taking his tag away etc..


who knows. it will greatly influence him just not sure if positive or negative. he had a down year though so i look of him as a 115 mid. danger could drop him to 100-110 or increase him to 120+. he isnt fully healthy so thats the issue, im more then happy to wait on him.