That's not what I did though. I am discussing Gardner is a thread devoted to him. I'm not singling him out as to why we lost.He made a couple of mistakes, he wasn’t alone these things happen dozens of times every game. He also had some good moments where he looked quite composed. Singling out Gardner as the reason we lost is just lazy and unfair
I said he isn't up to the level required and if you replaced him with someone who is AFL standard like Cordy we would have won. It's not his fault we lost It's those who pick non-afl standard players. It's an endemic problem bigger than Gardner himself.
Another example would be play Toby Maclean instead of Smith we win too. Obviously not possible with Tobes' injury.
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