Retired #49: Matt Dea - calls it a day, retiring at season's end - 2/9

[eth-dog]

McNiece is that guy who is just quick enough, just has good enough skills, just good enough defensively but fades out of games and can make some horror decisions with ball in hand.

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

McNiece is that guy who is just quick enough, just has good enough skills, just good enough defensively but fades out of games and can make some horror decisions with ball in hand.

Don't think he'll make it.

 

[jmoo wan]

i think McNeice was our lame attempt at sticking it to the man with being a little bit dodgy with the category b draft pick. i don’t think we were serious.

we weren’t serious were we?

 

[TheFrenchCut]

McNiece is that guy who is just quick enough, just has good enough skills, just good enough defensively but fades out of games and can make some horror decisions with ball in hand.

It's not a coincidence that McNiece looked capable (at least in the lovable foot-soldier sense) on debut last year when he was playing in a team that wasn't completely mentally-gacked.

 

[Lore]

i think McNeice was our lame attempt at sticking it to the man with being a little bit dodgy with the category b draft pick. i don’t think we were serious.

we weren’t serious were we?

free hit

 

[Bombers36]

I tipped he'd come in earlier in the week - makes sense especially now with Hurley out to bring him in. Provides experience and has generally been pretty decent when he plays. Will probably play on Crameri or Parsons as our 3rd defender, and do a good job.

 

[yaco55]

Thought McNiece displayed a better attack on the ball in the last 2 weeks - Still has a way to go but would play him in front of Baguley.

 

[Bombers36]

He was good against the Cats, but Hurley has to come in so will likely go back to the reserves


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[gdaytiger2001]

Thought he was very good last night, will probably go out for Hurley next week but is becoming a very good break glass in emergency type player.

 

[Old Stuckup]

Solid depth but no more than that. You can guarantee that he will give his all.

 

[Doss]

He's not a star but he's a very solid option and as far as backup goes, you could do far worse.

 

[Colonelmot]

Onya Dea! Shove it right up em!

 

[eth-dog]

Oddly enough saw him just amble defensively when he could have gone harder to push back and affect the contest. Very unusual

 

[DERO]

Stays in the side.

 

[Red Black and Blue]

Is out. Clearly lacks the talent to be viable long term. Play those who will be part of our future.

 

[Lore]

Is out. Clearly lacks the talent to be viable long term. Play those who will be part of our future.

Dea has played every game this year when not injured or returning from injury, but really I think he's best as depth. Redman should be in his spot, only question I have is whether Redman can shut down a small the way Dea is supposed to (I don't watch Redman play enough to make a call on that either way).

 

[YoboD]

Dea has played every game this year when not injured or returning from injury, but really I think he's best as depth. Redman should be in his spot, only question I have is whether Redman can shut down a small the way Dea is supposed to (I don't watch Redman play enough to make a call on that either way).

Can’t be any worse at shutting down smaller players than Dea is.

 

[BrunoV]

I doubt that I'll watch the replay because it would seem that anything to be taken from the game was pretty obvious.

My initial impression of Dea was that he was a liability.

 

[yaco55]

Dea was very solid tonight - The issue will be when Francis returns in two weeks it will be him or Ridley who plays VFL.

 

[eth-dog]

I would have omitted him either way because he doesn't really have a match up for Brisbane.

 

[Runk]

As I said in the game day thread, a saving slide does not make a game.
Can’t play again.
He was beaten over and over last night. In the one moment when he actually won a ball in a contest he drilled it straight to a Tiger.

Why persist with him when kids are waiting in the wings?

 

[Red Black and Blue]

Dea was very solid tonight - The issue will be when Francis returns in two weeks it will be him or Ridley who plays VFL.

He really wasn’t go watch the highlights and you’ll see the Hurley and Dea show for nearly everyone of their goals.

 

[Highly Evolved]

His diving smother on the ball was pretty sweet. Gut ran a fair bit to get there.

 

[BOMBERS 4 LIFE!!!!]

As I said in the game day thread, a saving slide does not make a game.
Can’t play again.
He was beaten over and over last night. In the one moment when he actually won a ball in a contest he drilled it straight to a Tiger.

Why persist with him when kids are waiting in the wings?

What has this club come to when the only thing we can hang our hat in was a goal saving smother

 

[madrigal]

His diving smother on the ball was pretty sweet. Gut ran a fair bit to get there.

To be fair he was only in that position due to his lack of pace and attack on the ball that let his opponent who started a fair way behind to run past him.