Not vanilla enough
He has been okay at times and done a few good things, but while he is a fast runner, he doesnāt run like Durham with penetration or like Nick Martin with veer.
He is horribly predictable, and ultimately reverts back to the headless chook mode of making really dumb mistakes and generally his handling under pressure is atrocious.
He is not reliable and at his age the boat has sailed.
Maybe Hindy is too much of a resultist.
Playing the kids instead of Hindy?
Yeah he makes mistakes, but he also has a crack and you know what he doesnāt do? He doesnāt go missing when the chips are down, he goes harder. Wish we had a few more with that attitude.
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I know we have depth on the wing but maybe that could have been his best position, maybe another club will target him and play him on the wing next year, watch this space.
We have depth on the wing?
Whoās the better small/pressure forward for the next 12 months?
Nowhere else. Locked in as forward pocket for 22 rounds.
Oh, fine. Iāll do a poll.
- Hind
- Menzie
- Guelfi
- Davey
- Hobbs
- El-Hawli
- Gresham
0
voters
Minimum one, maximum two.
Actually no, letās look at what Bradās has tried to manufacture through that positionā¦
Dursmsa 
Cox 
Jones
Martin when he plays there
Roberts ?
I see Hind is playing the wing in the VFL, hell, maybe we should give him a run on the wing at Afl level.
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Iām am surprised that Menzie is at 0%, but I suppose that a negative % isnāt possible!
I canāt vote El-Hawli, cos I havenāt seen him play the role. But hopefully he can. I donāt have any hope for the rest of them.
Also, Kako.
If we have the 2 of them, it couldnāt possibly be worse, and fingers crossed itās a lot better.
Good.
As usual ā¦ Nick Hind the whipping boy and left out again when heās been playing well in the VFL AND we need his run and gun off HB. Even a late in as sub would be a more logical change for this 2024 do or die clash.
Annoyed heās being frozen out right when those ahead of him are soiling the bed. Like Heppellā¦ and Ridley is out too so we need an agile running back alongside Redders to counter fast.
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Hes finished at Essendon.
Hopefully the rest of the older guys follow.
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Might well be on the moneyā¦
Agree Hind would be a HUGE ASSET
Donāt get it at all
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I donāt think Hind would look great in a team that is down on effort.
Whilst I do agree he shows effort more often than not, he also makes a lot of mistakes.
If he was playing last week, weād get a replica of the Brisbane game last year. Just take a look at the posts in this thread in May last year. He will try and attempt something (which is great) but when it doesnāt come off, itāll look foolish.
He usually minimises his errors when the team around him isnāt such a basket case.
Thatās from someone who has defended him somewhat more often than not. Heās not a crumbing small forward. Heās more of a run up to the wing, wheel back to goals half forward which is closer to Greshamās role. He could take Menzieās spot, but I think itās fair to prioritise ADJ who has had a longer stint in the VFL waiting for his opportunity.
In my opinion, Hind was at his best this year on the wing. He was surprisingly good getting from pocket to pocket. But itās tougher to get him into that spot when youāre already pushing Jones out to the wing to get games into Caddy, pushing a resting midfielder out to the wing because we donāt have any spare spots ion our forward line at the same time as giving Cox and Duursma their time on the wing.
Itās pretty clear when Duursma got back from injury that Hind had a lesser role in the team.
Canāt have anyone with pace in this sideā¦
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Will be playing for another Afl club next year.
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He should just be our sub week in week out