caesar88
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- Apr 26, 2016
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Just can't agree with this at all, its an absolute misnomer that old footballers are required for on field direction
Not only are the young guys full time footballers who spend hours every week receiving tactical instruction, but any so called on field authority or leadership would be diluted by the fact that the person providing it isn't contributing and probably doesn't deserve to be out there
And then the youngsters have to work twice as hard to make up for what the ageing bloke can’t contribute.
Ask Hawthorn how helpful Roughead’s leadership was late in the game last week when he was being edged out of contests with ease while Gawn, Frost etc were marking everything in sight. Oh wait, they already told us how helpful he was at 6.20 last night.