{"id":75343,"date":"2021-05-24T12:38:46","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T12:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=75343"},"modified":"2021-05-24T14:01:22","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T14:01:22","slug":"afl-greats-massive-call-on-oliver-petracca-duo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=75343","title":{"rendered":"AFL great's massive call on Oliver-Petracca duo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Port Adelaide great Kane Cornes says Melbourne duo Christian Petracca<\/a> and Clayton Oliver<\/a> could go down as one of the greatest midfield duos of all-time on current form.<\/p>\n

Having both committed to Melbourne on new long-term deals, Petracca and Oliver have been in sensational form for the Demons and key cog's in the club's 9-1 start to the year.<\/p>\n

Despite his side's one-point loss to Adelaide in Round 10<\/a>, Oliver enjoyed his best game of the year, tallying 38 possessions (27 contested) and kicking three goals. <\/p>\n

Oliver is averaging a career-high 32.1 disposals per game through ten games, while Petracca has also averaged a career-high 29 disposals per game.<\/p>\n

\"Clayton<\/p>\n

Cornes noted that Oliver's career-high mark in kicks per game (14.8) made him a more damaging player and said his shift could vault the Melbourne duo among some all-time midfield combinations.<\/p>\n

"What I think he is doing, taking a page out of Lachie Neale's book last year, Neale made a conscious decision to kick the ball more than he handballed it, and he's now a kick-first player," Cornes told Nine's Footy Classified<\/em>.<\/p>\n

"There's no doubt he's made made a shift to kicking more and going forward to use his height and strength. He and Petracca could be one of the great duos in the midfield. <\/p>\n

"We can compare them to (Simon) Black and (Michael) Voss or (Daniel) Kerr and (Chris) Judd. I think they are in the conversation to be that good if they keep going like this."<\/p>\n

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