Whoever said he is a chance to be delisted may have been onto something.
Coaches clearly dont rate him.
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Iām at the stage now that I reckon even if 2MP got suspended or injured this week that Voss still wouldnāt get a game. I was sure heād be in this week with both Stringer and Weed out.
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Bloody hell selectors!
We could have 12 fit players, ala West Coast, and Brad would recall ā ā ā ā ā ā ā Ryan Crowley from retirement over playing Voss.
Most conservative coach / selection panel weāve ever had.
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Voss probably porked Mrs Scott and this is his payback
Will finally get a crack against west coast after Sydney end our season
Will never play a game for Essendon
Scott: your not ready VOSSY
I cannot play you and Baldwin in the same side.
I know I said you could play the stringer role, but Menzie hasnāt trained all week and now says heās good to go.
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That was me.
Heās clearly not rated by the coaches. No Weideman, Jones or Stringer from earlier this year and heās not even an emergency.
Heād be better off elsewhere.
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This isnāt correct.
There are a lot of players in the VFL that arenāt being picked, itās doesnāt mean they arenāt rated.
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Itās crazy no playing him.
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Must get a game before the end of the year for mine.
Gets a one year contract too.
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Now we have Redman locked away, guys like Menzie, VOSS etc should be announced soon too.
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I suspect contract extensions of rookie listed players will be kept towards the end of the season.
We donāt know if theyāll be upgraded or not, opposition clubs can force our hand that way and itās in the best interests of the player to handle it that way.
In my mind, Menzie should be on the senior list. Voss hasnāt gotten games, so for his best interests, Iād do a one year contract only and see if he gets a look in next year.
Vossā form hasnāt been as good as the first month of footy, but I think he should have had a 2 game patch to see where heās at.
It doesnāt look like heāll get that opportunity this season.
If clubs donāt come sniffing around Voss this pre-season, then something is definitely up with him that us fans donāt see but the rest of the industry do.
Interestingly Paul Cousins said on podcast that Baldwin is the best key defender in the VFL that heās seen this season.
Its a bit surprising he isnāt getting his chance especially when he performed ok when got his chance earlier in season.
Scott obviously has his preferred 22 and makes it very hard for the younger players to squeeze into it. which is ok, but He shouldnāt be putting injured players on the park like Stringer.
I would have thought given Scotts first year he would have given more of the list a go by now, hopefully if we go down to the bin chickens we see some actual changes.
Itās important to get a taste of AFL level and know what they can work on. Feel VOSS will step up at the next level. Baldwins ball use far exceeds LAV, Kelly, Weideman in defence, and we do need good kicks down there.
Massimo too 28 disposals, uses the ball well, has hardened up his defensive side of the game and is a great kick.
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Scott: āHey Vossy, remember when you made that joke on the day we met that Iām the ugly twin. Well whoās laughing now ā ā ā ā ā ā ā ā ā ā ā ā !ā
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Baldwin is highly rated internally.
He has the āfootball IQā.
I wouldnāt use the hesitance in playing him meaning that the coaching group donāt trust him.
I think what heās missing is having time to work in the back six during training sessions so that the combination works well together.
I noted during pre-season that the back six of Laverde, BZT, Ridley, McGrath, Kelly and Redman all communicate incredibly well to hand off opponents and try and set up plays. It is a key driver why the back six has performed well given the amount inside 50s we allow the opposition. Last year, that connection and resistance within the back six just wasnāt there from the start.
Iām hoping that Baldwin has the opportunity to to play with the other defenders during pre-season so he can slot in a lot better and hopefully he gets the opportunity through training. Playing him back in the forward line at VFL isnāt going to help.
The same was happening with our forward line through pre-season, but it was screwed when Guelfi and 2MP were injured, Stringer was subdued and Langford was still finding his way. Insert Baldwin and Voss there and theyād get in the way of others (or others would get in his way). Sometimes, things came off well, other times it didnāt. It worked better when Drapes started pushing forward and helped out as the marking target.
Iām comforted that it sounds like Voss is playing alongside 2MP at training which means heās getting closer to fitting into the forward combination. Hopefully that becomes the pattern at training and that continues into the pre-season.
Voss deserves a shot. Hopefully he takes it whenever itās presented to him.
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this has no place at Essendon
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Not highly enough unfortunately
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If Voss doesnāt get a game before yearās end and is then moved on, where would he sit amongst the most talked up Essendon players never to have played a game?
Who else would be in that conversation? I imagine he has the likes of Danny Chartres covered.
Chris Ladhams used to kick bags in our 2ās didnāt he? But never got a game for us. I imagine if Blitz was around then heād have had his supporters.
Stephen Milne was never actually drafted to us was he?
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