Past #5: Ben Jacobs - delisted after 64 NM games/10 NM goals - thanks Benny

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shintemaster said:
His season was over before it even started IMO.
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It's hard to disagree with this. I remember attending the intra-club game on a balmy afternoon and noticing BJ standing by the bench but not kitted up. My inner-scrotal source informed me he'd had some foot troubles.... The rest is history. Was he rushed into Brads 'magnets glued to the board' 2016 dream team too soon? I would be leaning hard to yes.
 
Hannem said:
It's hard to disagree with this. I remember attending the intra-club game on a balmy afternoon and noticing BJ standing by the bench but not kitted up. My inner-scrotal source informed me he'd had some foot troubles.... The rest is history. Was he rushed into Brads 'magnets glued to the board' 2016 dream team too soon? I would be leaning hard to yes.
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I'm not generally in the habit of hammering the match committee / selections because leaving aside the whole what the hell would I know thing, there is obviously a big difference when it comes to having the inside information on injuries etc. BUuuuuutttttttt....

I agree 100% with (your assessment) of him being rushed (and said so pretty early on in the year). I rate what Jacobs does for us, but at the end of the day you shouldn't be rushing a tagger in the first handful of games for the year. Rushing a player for finals because you think they might be the difference - sure. If we roll the dice on say Waite or Higgins and it goes wrong costing us a final so be it if we think that's our only shot at a flag this year. But not at the other end of the year IMHO.
 
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shintemaster said:
I'm not generally in the habit of hammering the match committee / selections because leaving aside the whole what the hell would I know thing, there is obviously a big difference when it comes to having the inside information on injuries etc. BUuuuuutttttttt....

I agree 100% with him being rushed (and said so pretty early on in the year). I rate what Jacobs does for us, but at the end of the day you shouldn't be rushing a tagger in the first handful of games for the year. Rushing a player for finals because you think they might be the difference - sure. If we roll the dice on say Waite or Higgins and it goes wrong costing us a final so be it if we think that's our only shot at a flag this year. But not at the other end of the year IMHO.
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Yeh good thoughts.

I will disappear from the Board for my own well being if the injured return and go lame in a Final.

The meltdown will be pathetic.
 
Gasometer said:
Yeh good thoughts.

I will disappear from the Board for my own well being if the injured return and go lame in a Final.

The meltdown will be pathetic.
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There's a fine line though yeah? Returning and having no impact = rolled the dice and lost. Returning and suffering a serious recurrence or maybe unrelated but maybe not serious injury = not acceptable. That's why they get paid the big bucks eh?
 
Gasometer said:
Yeh good thoughts.

I will disappear from the Board for my own well being if the injured return and go lame in a Final.

The meltdown will be pathetic.
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Won't happen, Gaso. We're too professional to play players who aren't fit and ready to go.
 

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Horizons_00 said:
He hasn't been seen at training since he pulled up sore. Won't play this year, I don't reckon! Hope I'm wrong though :(
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He's 1-2 weeks away isn't he?
 
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