So, you are agreeing with me that it may be parish. Lol. It will probably be one of them though yeah.
It may not be too. They both deserve a game ahead of bags, its so fkn obvious that it should be bags because he is literally the most ineffective player at the moment. But i dont reckon it comes down to who’s played VFL or not. Guelfi was really good yesterday too, probably better than darcy
I think given the game Guelfi played and given that Baguley has been just going it should be:
In: Zaka, Smith
Out: Ham, Bags
Guelfi plays the harassing half forward role. He’s quick enough,he tackles hard. There’s no reason why he can’t do as good a job and if needed can join the mid rotation at times.
Parish should never have come back into the team in my opinion.
I said it at the time that if you get dropped you need to do 4-6 games at VFL and then get an extended run at AFL level.
I hate seeing players that are in their 3rd or 4th years getting bounced. I don’t think that philosophy has produced anything more than fringe players.
His kicking was pretty bad and it’s a real possibility with two senior mids coming back that he may miss. However what I’ve seen over the past few weeks his running ability and positioning especially when playing half forward/ outside has been great so it may save him.
People will notice the howler and ping his skills on that one kick. Then they ignore the bullet pass onto the chest of the leading forward.
He is not an elite kick but his disposal isn’t as bad as people will make out at times.
He certainly wasn’t at his best yesterday but after two very good weeks that is going to happen, it happens to all young players and quite a few old players. You can’t be in the best every single week. He wasn’t the worst player out there. He just needs to find a way to lesson the worst games so that he is a more consistent player. That takes time and experience though.
Will be a little nervous this week, that turnover at half back that had Woosh with his head in his hands and some other dropped marks & poor use might see him in the gun with Zaka and Smith back.
Especially as Guelfi ripped it up and is better outside player than Parish and Ham was a freak show with his running and pressure on debut
Pies have Phillips as elite endurance running winger so if we wanted to set Ham a task we could.
The problem with his kicking is not just his execution, which is erratic, but decision making also. Feel he chooses the wrong option by foot too often.
By contrast he’s great with his hands and I’d be happier if his option is to dispose by hand.
He’s an interesting case. When he’s good he’s great, as he was a couple of weeks ago, but then he has those performances where he bombs. In a dominant team yesterday I thought he was one of our poorer players.
Needs some consistency and I think it’s a combination of getting his head right and playing within his limitations.
I didn’t think he was that bad… He made a couple of mistakes but was right back into the thick of it to try to make up for it.
I would be very disappointed if he was dropped…
I disagree strongly that his decision making is a concern. I’d argue it’s one of his best traits especially when it comes to a really quick decision is required and right up there with others at the club.
I know it’s not how we roll, but it might be worth considering finding a team that wants the kind of player he is instead of trying to turn him into the kind of player we want.