- Feb 22, 2016
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We could be heading toward unprecedented 'selection melt down' territory, calls for Fagans head are imminent lol. I'd be happy to cover injuries which force a couple of changes and maybe 1 other change to add speed. As for Lyons (who is our second best tackler, a stat that should be treasured ATM, mind you) and a couple of others, they are now OFFICIALLY on watch (I saw Lyons declining after round 2 and put him on watch)..HOWEVER, these guys should now know, their output has not been good enough. Theres no point dropping 5-6 players at once. We all want heads to roll, but if what I saw from Ely in the JLT game is anything to go by, he is not ready for AFL footy (physically or mentally), his name hasn't been mentioned after most NEAFL games either, I strongly doubt rushing him in is going to help him or the team. At the end of the day, all of our issues are coming from a complete and utter fall away in our defensive pressure, which (bar Zorko) is a team wide issue. Our tackle numbers from the last 2 weeks are a disgrace. Fix that, create turnovers and start running in waves again, scoring will come. We went too far with this 'attractive style, we are the best scoring team in the comp'.. thing and it has caused a total lack of respect for defense which is a horrible by product of a few good weeks. Dropping half the team wont fix that.