Wild conspiracy theory because I can’t think of a logical reason. Hamling asked not to play last week so he could be part of the 10 year premiership reunion. Cox moves him to the back of the backs queue as a result
So Melican is back ahead of Hamling in the pecking order, despite Hamling having a strong game in the VFL and polling coaches votes (albeit played some of the game as a forward).
We have to cut him some slack as it was his first game but no doubt if Corey Warner had that kind of performance last night the pitchfork brigade would be calling for his head.
Looking forward to this one!
Mal v AJ in the coaches box
Footscray 16 games in a row unbeaten but are down to only 10 listed players due to their injuries in the senior team.
See how Lachie Carmichael has been going
He really suits the way that Cox wants to play - as a pacy half forward who pushes high and then takes off when we break. Take a look at his heatmaps and he's getting the ball as much in the defensive half as the offensive half in the last 3 rounds. His ball use and decision making has also been...
The work rate by Serong is top notch up and down the wing. Also credit to Roberts on the other wing
Serong’s 16.7km is the third most by any player this season
So Hamling is dropped. What is Cox searching for in his 2nd tall defender that Melican and now Hamling aren’t providing? When Hamling played on King at Norwood I thought he was trying to engineer a situation where our best tall defender doesn’t necessarily play on the best tall forward of the...
Really curious as to what transpired with Melican
April 1 signs one year extension till end of 2028
April 4 plays in a side that wins by 128 points and only concedes 4 goals, gets injured during the game but reportedly taken off as a precaution
April 9 omitted from the Gold Coast game...
Wonder if some of the outs will be of the “managed” variety, like Rampe was last week, due to the back to back 6 day breaks. If so we would be looking at the older brigade such as Hamling, Cunningham, and Lloyd
Congrats to former Swans Harry Arnold, James Bell, Zac Foot, and Hugo Hall-Kahan for being named in the 43-man VFL rep squad (Also former Swans Academy graduates Ryan Hebron and Luke Parks). No current Swans were selected.
https://www.afl.com.au/news/1488111/smithys-vflw-state-team-squad-revealed
This article on Green's injury also mentions Ladhams could be in trouble for a bump. Anyone see the incident?
https://www.zerohanger.com/sydney-blow-as-ruckman-suffers-freak-accident-at-mcg-174354/#Echobox=1773980861
I understand the rationale for wanting to play in the same way as the seniors but with inferior kicking & handballing skills along with poorer decision making, it's going to very messy to watch this year.
Cleary’s 0% TOG in the first quarter has been brought up a few times but not accompanied by the fact he played 100% TOG in the second. As Liz said teams are still trying to work out how to use the 23rd man, and Cleary’s usage in the first half seems to be one of those experiments.
Other teams...