Does that include the weekend? or will we not find out until the middle of next week?
Analysis Scott Selwood Debate
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Does that include the weekend? or will we not find out until the middle of next week?
pretty sure i read somewhere along the way that he actually hid the extent of the damage/pain from the club medicos in order to keep playing or get back out on the paddock sooner. a brave and well-intentioned act, no doubt, but not helpful to anyone in the long run.
agree with the rest. wish him only the best if he does end up elsewhere.
I spoke to him at the GF. He was keen to be out there and downplayed the ankle injury.
yeah i'm talking about the original injury, at least a year back.
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He wants to join his brother.I know, it was such a quality thread going before I jumped in then
Not trying to bag him out, just making a prediction. Even if his ankle improves I can't see him moving past Caddy, Guthrie et al next year. And I think Geelong have a bunch of great young players in development that have a better chance of solidifying a best 22 spot that he might otherwise take. He lacks the versatility that most of their mids have, unless they want to develop him in a defensive role that I dunno he's suited for.
Geelong haven't made too many mistakes in trading in players recently, so there's that going against my prediction. Like him and wish him well, but have trouble seeing why the Cats are interested if not purely for depth.
We lack tough inside mids.
We lack taggers.
Caddy not quite up to it yet.
We have made several recent trading blunders retrospectively
--HMc, and still waiting on M Clark, Stanley, Delaney to come good.
Can we have Caddy in exchange for Scooter then?
HMc was a failure I didn't think of. Jury still out on Clark and Stanley, but I thought the latter was looking in great form before getting injured (much better than I saw him at the Saints). Can't expect much of Delaney as a rookie pickup.
Maybe I rate Geelong's younger mids higher than others, lots of development still there.
Yeah, I know. I wasn't contradicting what you said, was just adding to it. I asked him how it was carrying the injury all year, he said wasn't as bad as some had been saying, just recurred a few times.
I think what's also very important is he suits your game plan more than ours. We saw in the GF what turnovers do under our game plan, whereas Geelong's game plan can handle a few more. Any Selwood gives you are more than offset by his tagging or ball winning ability.
Note, that with Selwood you normally only get one or the other. When he plays as a tagger, he doesn't get much ball. He's no Kane Cornes.
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biggest myth is Selwood being a tough inside big bodied mid. Was bullied off the ball far too easy.
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True. 2-3 years without injury may have changed that though.
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I think you`ll be surprised how hard he goes trying to out-do Joel in the hardness stakes.
Apparently these guys used to go at it a lot in their junior days .
Unfortunately, not often enough
best to wait a year before you get your gloat on
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A fresh start may be just what Scotty needs to get his career back on track. Good luck to him.
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I hope the change of scenery allows him to get back to his absolute very best, but be warned that even at his very best he can't hit the side of a barn by foot from inside.
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Where do you guys train?
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great question, but strangely, in no hurry to find out.
If WCE match, he will have a better chance of a flag staying in WA
