I wonder if Parish is getting the Langford treatment. Maybe Woosha has plans for him but needs him to hone new skills in the twos like Kyle had to last year
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He reads the play well from an inside midfielders perspective, knows his way around stoppages and spreads from them well.
Iād say he has average skills and average pace, neither are weaknesses or strengths. He is just a very good a natural footballer.
At his size and with his attributes he needs to look at players like Tom Mitchell; High possession counts and high clearance counts need to be the feature of his game imo, spending the early portion of the season in the VFL playing in his natural position may not be the worst thing for him tbh, it certainly helped Tom Mitchell.
Edit - meant to say average footskills, he has very good hands.
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Can we get him back? His account says heās been banned for 100 years. I only knew him for 2 weeks but had grown very fond of him.
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Holding up the new message board?
I think youāre wrong on those two counts.
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Pretty sure he has more accounts.
And different personas.
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Iām imagining itās just me on this forum with one guy who has 300 different accounts.
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Heās a unique individual
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hahahaha
There are a handful of posters who like to play both ends and have different personas. And then there are others who have back-up accounts for when they inevitably get banned, since just about everything they post is to incite and upset.
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I had absolutely no idea what i was getting into. Iām not sure whether to leave or open a few emergency accounts for when i inevitably get banned.
Take 10mins before replying to anyone youāre upset with 
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And stay out of the politics/current news threads - too late for me now!
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Youāll never see me in there 
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I know. And itās a shame because there is some topics that I would honestly like to know what you think.
But hell who am I kidding - I like you now and you would probably lose that pretty quickly if you started posting in there.
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Fair enough, all entitled to their opinion.
My definition of āexceptionalā well and truly means you get a game in an AFL side, even if you have deficiencies elsewhere. For reference, Smith and Hepp have exceptional levels of mongrel/effort and ability to read the play that make up for their lack of size and speed, respectively. Dyl and McGrath have exceptional speed, Zach and Lang have footskills etc.
Parish is playing VFL. The guy is a good player, has upside, and could prove exceptional in time. ā¦ but he aināt there yet. Iād suggest members of the selection panel, wiser heads than me, might also agree with that assessmentā¦ he was out of the side for extended periods last year and out again Rd 1.
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If I were a selector, I would consider the entire team, what players were available, their suite of skills/talents, their flexibility, how well they complimented the required balance of the specific team for the upcoming game and then balance things out to give it the best chance I could. That could include consideration to the future, to a certain extent. I donāt think Iād weigh up three or four skill sets and choose based on who scored the highest.
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Donāt disagree, but also stand by my post. Thereās 40 players in the squadā¦ fit players with exceptional key qualities should be walkup starts for the best 22.
And I agree that Parish doesnāt seem to have exceptional physical qualities. Youāre right in my opinion - he is not exceptionally fast, exceptionally tough - or exceptionally anything, really. But that does go for a number of best 22 players. Not only is it the ācomplete packageā in the player, but also the package in the team.
Apply the āexceptionalā criteria to players like Zaka, Riley, Brown, Hurley, Heppell, Langford, Baguley, Myers and Guelfi. All good players. All usually best 22. Not many have what youād call āexceptionalā skills in any one thing. But their combined skills/traits make them our best 22.
My point being, even though Parish may not have many exceptional physical skills, he may still be a player that fits within the best 22 list.
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Fair enoughā¦ and good discussion, sincerely.
Just looking at the midsā¦ Hep is an elite reader of the game, good engine. Shiel has elite burst running, Smith has exceptional pressure, mongrel and read, Zach and Langford elite kicking and decision-making, (Lang a work in progress.) Myers has exceptional size and core strength for a mid, Stringer too. Raz and Tippaā¦ footskills etc.
Parish? Elite handball over 5 metres? Just not enoughā¦ he needs a weapon to get a game in that midfield. Iād like to see him get mentored by Smithā¦ if he can bring the tackle pressure every game at somewhere near the level Smith brings it, thereās a spot for him.
Hurley?? 