Or Wright sits on the bench like other 2 man ruck rotations.
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Iām thinking hard about this - and I just canāt see a world in which Cox or Perkins offers more in the front half then Edward.s
Edwards has the footy IQ and goal scoring efficiencyā¦.when he isnāt on the wing.
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We should play McKay as a forward in the twos.
Train him up to replace 2MP who is clearly our only decent ruck option.
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I missed the game against the Lions (humblebrag)
Did Tom Edwards really play wing again? I thought Iād heard he was much more in the forwardline..?
I know this sounds a bit conspiracy theorist to say this but I reckon kondo only came in last week so that Brad could say we have our first four draft picks playing today
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I see it a bit differently.
I donāt think Kondo and Johnson were competing for the same spot ā Kondo was playing taller and Redman comes in for him. Johnson replaces El-Hawli as more of a rebounder.
I think May replaces Langford in the forward line, who returns to the wing or goes to half back (depending on where Jaxon Prior plays). That allows ADW to play forward in place of Gresham.
I think Perkins replaces Edwards in the high half forward role. Edwards has really struggled there, and in my view his strengths only really suit a key forward role. Heās not going to play ahead of Caddy or May, so itās he or Cox ā Edwards has more goal sense, but Cox was more physically competitive last week and is more versatile, so not a crazy call. Iām sure Edwards will be back at some point. Itās fair to question the Perkins call given he played midfield in the VFL, but itās not like we have others in the VFL that have been playing a high half forward role either. To be honest, I really struggle with what Scott is trying to get out of that high half forward role ā it feels like a role that gets stuck in no manās land too much. Itās probably partly execution, but I think thereās a design problem too.
I agree with your take on Bryan ā donāt think heāll play big minutes and Wright will remain number one ruck. I think weāll see Wright play a bit more forward than when Blakiston was supporting him, and theyāll just roll Cox up to the wing (which heād done a bit of when he was in the VFL).
I might be an outlier, but I actually donāt mind these changes. Iāve been concerned about Blakistonās form though, so not totally sold on him replacing McKay, but it seemed like McKay really needed a reset.
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For all the talk that people donāt care about the club, things sure get heated at team selection.
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There are certain people that would never admit to being satisfied with team selection.
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Scott literally dropped our 4 worst players after a 11 goal loss and people still arenāt happy.
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At this point donāt matter who he brings In or drops supporters just want him gone
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by what metrics were they "the 4 worst " ? excluding the obvious in mckay
and by happy, you mean you want people to be happy for stuffing up team selection last week, in picking say a guy like kondo, who played poorly in the vfl, isnāt ready in anyway shape or form, shouldnāt have been picked last week, plays poorly, and NOW you want people to be āhappyā that the coach drops him ?
gresham was dropped for a reason, then comes back in for one game, then dropped again for you guessed it, not playing well.
edwards would going ok in the forwardline, they then move him away, last week to accomodate cox, to which on paper their games look similar, but edwards makes way so cox can keep his spot.
parish comes back, despite us all knowing he wouldnāt be held accountable.
and perkins is just bog ā ā ā ā ā ā ā average.
but you want people to be happy with that, right ā¦
that there is why the club is so ā ā ā ā ā ā ā cooked, such low expectations to what people should be happy about.
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No real problems with the outs although Edwards has been stuffed around.
Iām not sure Redman and Bryan are ready yet but not going to complain too much about their inclusions. Perkins should be nowhere near this team though
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100% this is pretty much the team he thinks will save his job short term
Experience and talks everywhere, his favourites in the team
Brad loves a quick sugar fix
Iām just staggered he didnāt pick setterfield as well
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Give us some sensible team changes on a weekly basis, and I will very satisfied
If he was picking a team to save his job heād drop all the fringe senior guys and play kids. Hide behind investing in youth argument.
He knows he needs wins or at least competitive losses to save his job
He is going with what he thinks will do the job. Amusing part is, itās actually showing once again how he has no clue what he is doing. He is just too dumb to see it
Donāt rule it out just yet, heās an emg.
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Someone showed him Brisbaneās whiteboard and he based the outs on that
This is veering dangerously close to excessive tinkering for mine.
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