does highlight how out of favour shiel, menzie and davey are though
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Right, ok I misunderstood the first part as being an EFC position.
For the AFL role, I have no idea if there has been a more qualified person in the role. Iām not sure how that negates the fact that Brad is part of the boys club.
Scott was only the obvious choice to replace Rutten if you were mates with him.
That doesnāt explain not being played in the VFL last week. You missed a third option, he loves Parish and wanted to justify his inclusion.
I see a player who is BOG for us virtually every time he pulls on a VFL shirt. Who performed better than Shiel, Hobbs and Setterfield when all three were also playing VFL along side him last year in the VFL.
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My cattle dog can kick a football better than Tsatas to be fair.
You mean the one who missed a huge chunk injured, and only came back 4 games ago? The one who had a high of 21 disposals in his first 3 VFL games back from injury?
Collingwood traded for Mitchell because they saw a need for that type. He helped them win a grand final. Heās not playing now because he was injured (6 games last year, out until VFL round 7 this year), heās 32years old, and Ned Long has stepped up in the role while he was injured.
It will be interesting if they bring him in now heās finding some VFL form (29 disposals last week) in the second half of the year. But if anything, Mitchell is evidence that top teams do rate this type of player.
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Not that Iām necessarily questioning if Parish played an āaverageā game, but how much game time did he play? VFL match report doesnāt even mention him
Tsatas doesnāt impact. Heās yet to prove even at VFL level he can do so. At senior level to date heās been miles off. Parish is a previous AA, a proven performer. He was better in his early days that Tsatas, maybe not in terms of cumulative possessions but impact. He had better running power, had a bigger tank and could impact the scoreboard as a half forward.
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Tsatas pulled the most votes in the Liston Medal (VFL B&F) last year for Essendon players
J.J. Liston Trophy: Elijah Tsatas (12 votes), Nick Bryan (9), Saad El-Hawli (5), Archie Roberts (5), Will Setterfield (5)
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I know that but do they get seduced by the stats sheets? Again, for me I want to see more impact before Iād play him each week. Otherwise Iād rather Martin, Caldwell, Durham as the priority mids with Merrett, Setters and Paridh rotating / assisting. Hobbs gets games as heās better physically and has shown he can impact the scoreboard. And then secure a trade A grader in the next 3 years to round out a strong midfield combination.
Happy Tsatas dropping day everyone
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This thread gonna be lit around 5pm.
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Brad Scott loves dropping Tsatas.
Also evidence that top teams provide the opportunity to the developing player rather than rushing the veteran back.
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Youāve got nothing better to do at 11:45 on a Friday than posting this garbage?
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Well now, hang on, letās not start saying things that arenāt true. Hobbs has played all 11 games, hasnāt bothered the scorers at all in 7 of them, has 4.4 for the season, and isnāt in the top 10 goal scorers at the 16th ranked scoring team in the league.
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And you have nothing better than to do than reply?
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Out - Tsatas (Forever) 
What makes it garbage?
Pretty sht thing to take the ā ā ā ā about when this kid is getting ā ā ā ā ā ā around by our coach and selection committee
Great investigative work here, can we put you on to figuring out why the club wont play Lij now?
My issue is, Scott clearly hasnāt learned from his gross mismanagement of Mass. he is doing the same thing all over again with tsatas
If parish is brought back in for tsatas,after not playing great in the VFL. It just shows once again the double standards Brad has when it comes to selection
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