a few in the know would suggest that with conca and loydy gone and with jackg in the rehab group that ellis will be the man given first crack at making that 2 way hard running mid spot his own who gets his hands dirty in a similar fashion that has seen lambert go from a bits n pieces mid to a star.
I’m expecting mav Weller will be given a chance too while our draftees gather strength
Yeah the forgotten man...Mav Weller!
And that means what Marcel.
Graham supplies other stats like pressure and tackling that some of the other guys who get more possessions do not. So he compliments the team and is an intricate part of the jigsaw. If you don't understand that, you don't understand the game.
I understand the better players going around have well rounded games and provide both aspects of the game if you cant see that then you dont understand the game. Less than 14 possesions a game is not good enough even for an all out tagger how much better would our team be if we had players who provided both the defensive and the offensive aspects of the game.It really is not much to ask for you know getting your hands on the ball.
When and if we have players that can do all the defensive things that Graham does AND have better offensive aspects, then he will obviously struggle to get a game. The thing is, we do not have such a player as yet. So Graham will continue to get games based on the traits he gives the team for team balance purposes. I would have thought that was obvious.
He still thinks Corey Ellis still plays for us.
How hard is it to do nothing but chase tackle harass even you could do it.
You obviously don't actually bother understanding what other people post or how teams work. The only expectation of our players is 100% clear. Each is to carry out the orders their line coaches and head coach give them. If Graham is told that his primary role is to defend, then he is doing what he is told. If he is being told to get more of the ball then he is failing. He keeps getting games and so I assume he is carrying out the former to the satisfaction of his coaches. So the expectation of all players is different depending on who you are and where you are playing. A team is like a living entity. You cannot have a body with 5 livers and no heart or brain.... FFS it's pretty basic.
Your right its pretty basic and very obvious your making excuses for a bloke who is clearly failing in one half of the game.
Life isn't black and white. It's full of shades of grey. Nobody has said that the coaches don't want him to get more of the ball but they probably do not want him to drop off in the defensive part of the game to get more ball. Get with it man.
Reckon the truth is somewhere in between. Even though he does his job, he needs to up his ball getting. A bit like Grimes, for years he did his job, then all of a sudden he started marking the ball and getting more rebound and he is an AA.
Any fool can see theres more to the game than just running chasing and tackling thats not being black or white its plain old common sense get with it bud.
I want this kid to succeed as much as the next bloke but what i dont get is why we sugar coat his game. He has areas he must improve in the same goes for most of the second 22 and some getting a regular game.
