Miguel Sanchez
(Unique injury) TBC
In the end I've shifted it to the existing Garlett thread because I thought E_C may want to keep the debate going.
Sorry, carry on.
Sorry, carry on.
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Yeah, but Harding also saw fit to not play him in the midfield, which bemused a few of us.....The one pushing for selection for Swans last week was Dayle Garlett. Different class. Why isn't he in? Oh, that's right ... we rate clean skins ahead of talent every time - which likely explains our midfield issues ....
In the end I've shifted it to the existing Garlett thread because I thought E_C may want to keep the debate going.
Sorry, carry on.
Yeah, but Harding also saw fit to not play him in the midfield, which bemused a few of us.....
Agreed 100%.
You agree he looked different class?
And, how the heck does Embers get a look in on the back of his game?
Agreed 100%.
You agree he looked different class?
And, how the heck does Embers get a look in on the back of his game?
Did Murray Newman play and if so how did he go?
I hope that Embers does not get another game unless he starts applying defensive pressure (and puts his body on the line) rather then just running ahead of the ball.
Did Murray Newman play and if so how did he go?
I hope that Embers does not get another game unless he starts applying defensive pressure (and puts his body on the line) rather then just running ahead of the ball.
Still out with his knee atm. It's been at 3 weeks for the last couple so not sure when he will be back.
Agree, it seems one of those never ending "3 week" injuries. Our club are masters of passing on meaningful information to us the fans
Agree, it seems one of those never ending "3 week" injuries. Our club are masters of passing on meaningful information to us the fans
And the opposition.
Maybe but again it's old school amateur hour stuff. In an age of legal gambling under which the AFL and it's clubs benefit there should be greater transparency around injuries.
Again, have a look at the NFL and see the difference in professionalism in this area. The era of trying to get one over someone by pretending a hurt player was fit or vice versa should have ended in the 80's. You really think not being honest about the injury status of Murray Newman benefits the club at all?
Maybe, if his 'knee injury' is in fact time off to deal with personal issues relating to his GBH charges, for example. (That's just a theory I pulled out of the air, by the way, I have nothing to back it up).
In relation to giving the opposition information, you can see why the club would want to give no info/misleading info out to screw up their planning - hiding when players will be back, what their injuries are etc. They've also been known to give out false information on the nature of a player's injury to avoid the opposition targeting the injury.
At the end of the day, the club is there to win games of footy, not help bookies frame markets.
On the subject of Newman, once he has match fitness, I'm all for putting him straight into the team for three or four games straight.
He entered a plea of 'not guilty' and has his hearing coming up in June.
It's a punishable offence in gambling dependant sports (see Horse Racing) to mislead the public. The AFL already punishes sides (in a very minor way) for misleading with its named sides and they do so in large part because of gambling and also for reasons of professionalism. I'm not sure injuries should be any different.
It might be a punishable offence in horse racing but I don't think that's the case in other sports. Some states (not WA) have recently passed legislation making it an offence to use inside information, or to corrupt the outcome of an event, but I don't think those provisions would extend to sporting teams giving out misleading information.
The other possibility is that his knee's just not responding to treatment.
He entered a plea of 'not guilty' and has his hearing coming up in June.