Selection committee dont know wtf their doing. The selection of the team week in week out has Scotts written all over it.
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So is it the selection committee or Scott?
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Selection committee dont know wtf their doing. The selection of the team week in week out has Scotts written all over it.
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It's not "rubbish".Rubbish. Talented kid, has been s**t for a while and not working hard enough defensively and was deservedly dropped. Had a great 1st half in the Bs then dropped off and was barely sighted afterwards. I'm a big fan but he doesn't deserve to be playing AFL football at the moment.
Or he could continue to 'under-perform', lose confidence and we'd be saying he wasn't managed well.It's not "rubbish".
I'm not saying he didn't deserve to be dropped. I'm saying he gets dropped regularly when the standard plan seems to be to keep people in the team regardless of their form. How long did it take to drop Swallow and Thomas? Petrie last year had immunity. Goldstein has been a shadow of his former self, Atley til recently gave us nothing, Garner couldn't kick a set shot to save his life, Wood has been mostly pus, Daw.... Don't get me started.
What I'm saying is he doesn't get afforded that immunity that most others get. He is rightfully dropped, and it's a way that the coaches can say "We dropped someone".
If they're going to play underperforming players, Clarke would be one that I would afford that luxury, he needs games to adjust to the different flow and tempo, he's proven he can accumulate at AFL level.
Then start dropping others that need dropping.Or he could continue to 'under-perform', lose confidence and we'd be saying he wasn't managed well.
Selection committee dont know wtf their doing. The selection of the team week in week out has Scotts written all over it.
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Older players are generally given more time to turn it around or, in Goldy's case, there are other factors at play.Then start dropping others that need dropping.
Inconsistency is the frustrating thing.
Goldstein doesn't deserve to be within 10km of the ground this week (yes I'm aware Preuss failed his medical)
A lot of the inconsistent picking has come from our middle aged players to be honest, we've played that band of players from 2009-2013 ahead of all else trying to build a core and neglected the younger players at times.Older players are generally given more time to turn it around or, in Goldy's case, there are other factors at play.
Which other younger players are being given more chances, or that you feel the selection committee is being inconsistent with? (Not a loaded question; just asking.)
Just noticed your comments above re Atley, Garner, Wood, Goldstein. I'd leave Atley and Goldstein out of this, as I don't think they're in the same 'younger player' category. They're going to be sent back to learn. There is more trust in them to turn things around or, to try different things positionally or tactically.Older players are generally given more time to turn it around or, in Goldy's case, there are other factors at play.
Which other younger players are being given more chances, or that you feel the selection committee is being inconsistent with? (Not a loaded question; just asking.)
See my post above, drafted at the same time as this.A lot of the inconsistent picking has come from our middle aged players to be honest, we've played that band of players from 2009-2013 ahead of all else trying to build a core and neglected the younger players at times.
Guys like Mullet etc have been persisted with when giving nothing, luckily Mullet has come good this year.
Dumont another one.
Simpkin, while I love the kid has struggled to crack double figure possessions when he's been in and for a forward hasn't exactly kicked a bag.
Wood is another while promising has been given too much leniency in regard to inclusion, has been saved by red time goals more than once in games he may as well have been sitting on the bench for 90% of it.
Clarke seems to be dropped after big/bad losses where we get smashed in the clearances, but comparing him to other guys around his age he's going alright.
Then start dropping others that need dropping.
Inconsistency is the frustrating thing.
Goldstein doesn't deserve to be within 10km of the ground this week (yes I'm aware Preuss failed his medical)
Garner is one.Older players are generally given more time to turn it around or, in Goldy's case, there are other factors at play.
Which other younger players are being given more chances, or that you feel the selection committee is being inconsistent with? (Not a loaded question; just asking.)
Then start dropping others that need dropping.
Inconsistency is the frustrating thing.
Goldstein doesn't deserve to be within 10km of the ground this week (yes I'm aware Preuss failed his medical)
Goldstein had more contested possessions than anyone except Jack and Ben10 last weekend against Freo. He also had more contested marks than anyone except Brown and Hunter. He may have had some s**t games this year and be nowhere near the form he was in 2 years ago but he was among our best players on the weekend (and got no votes from here) and if he had kicked that goal he would probably be called our best player.
He's a ruck, I'd hope the majority of his possessions were contested. He disposed of those possessions at about 45%.
He had THREE marks. Only 6 players had less. He was beaten in the ruck by a guy most people wouldn't even realise was on a teams list.
What this indicates is he's not working hard enough around the ground, something that's supposed to be his strength.
He's getting possessions from the ruck and that's about it, and as such his possessions are rushed and innefective.
He wasn't as bad as he has been in previous weeks but to say if he'd slotted that goal at the end he would have been our best player is way off the mark. A goal which anyone over the age of 5 should have been able to slot.
How long is he signed for?