Think you need to come up with a better alternative than Jackson Merrett
Another player playing injured
no wonder why we are ā ā ā ā ā ā ā ā ā ā ā
2 players in our forward line playing injured
[nothing been confirmed but reckon he is playing hurt]
Itās all going to come out now.
Walla has been playing injured
Zerrett has been playing concussed
Goddard has been playing with anger issues
Heppell has been playing with the burden of leadership
Hopefully this is a chance to regroup. Make some serious personnel changes and get on the right track
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Myers has playing with Wooshas nutz.
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The large strapping in his knee that wasnāt there R1 and his limp kinda gives it away.
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And 3 others out injuredā¦
Ever since those fancy āWalla Socksā came out heās gone down hill!
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I think he needs a weekās rest. Then, when he comes back, he just needs to be allowed to use his natural football nous to do what he does best.
Nah. Letās wait until the media get their knives out, he plays extremely embarrassing football & he fully farks his knee.
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Whoād have thought our dynamite kick razzle dazzle hb would be a terrible chf.
Those 3 games in 11 days would have been a good opportunity to find a period of rest.
First of all I donāt blame Walla. Heās obviously been carrying an injury.
But Iād love to see the stat if how many times weāve spotted him up this year and due to his obvious lack of agility and pace (his trademarks) weāve coughed it up.
Embarrassing.
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Agree Boot. Zerk is definitely a project type. Ridley to me is more of a rebounding type, similar to a Vlaustin type, hardly a big key defender.
I kind of agree with Ben on Houlahan though. IMO, we have too many in between types. I think Begley will be a mid in time & obviously weāre trying to transition Langford into that as well, although I have doubts whether that will be a success.
To add Houlahan to a list that already features Begley, Langford, Laverde, Stringer etc I think Ess surplus to requirements.
IMO, we needed a small, quick forward for defensive pressure to release Fantasia into the midfield more than a Houlahan type. Also, a small defensive forward to play on the Betts, Garlett, Cameron types to replace a Baguley.
I donāt think McNeice fits that profile, I donāt think he was the speed or smarts to play on those types. Saad has been played on some of those guys with some success but I think the original idea of getting Saad was from an attacking viewpoint, use his run to break the lines off half back and penetrate the F50, not lockdown deep in the D50.
Obviously the recruiting team know more than I do but Iād have thought strengthening the midfield was the priority over the off season. I think Fantasia can do that but his role in the forwardline needs to be filled first and a player to help cover that wouldāve been near the top of my list. Ben is right in that we struggled towards the end of last year when Fantasia & Green were out with injury and too much left to Walla. I think these players are out there too, they shouldnāt cost a lot draft pick wise but theyāre most valuable in the current climate where pressure is key.
Another protected species.
This season 8 games, 8 goals averaging 53% scoring accuracy.
Averaging 11 disposals at 64% accuracy.
If Josh Green averaged these stats he would be burnt at the stake.
Needed a spell in the twos weeks ago, surely even Redman should have been given a go ahead of him???
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The credits in the bank have run out. Heās been FCKN SH*T bar about 3 collective quarters all year. OUT YOU GO.
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Yep. See ya
looks to have lost a yard of pace, injured? bad pre-season fitness program?
He looks slow.
Tippa looks slow, and has for a while.
I donāt think itās purely form. I think he needs a rest rather than to be playing VFL.
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I donāt reckon heās ever been that quick
This is definitely a case of form imo. Itās not the first times heās gone completely missing for a extended period
I think completely missing is a bit harsh.
He had seven tackles, which to me at least implies intent.
I agree he needs to get in the game more, I think if Daniher and Tippa have good games then weāre not going to lose very often, I just disagree on why heās not doing that.
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