Changes v GWS

[Macca19]

I think Mitchell in is fair enough. He's probably playing for his career this week.

 

[1954]

Mitchell had to get a gig with the numbers he got last week.
Clurey unlucky, O'Shizenhauser very, very lucky.

Not sure what to say about Yonas's inclusion , or how the selectors could justify it, except that maybe his at least 12th ring kicking for the year may only be days away!

 

[chachi11]

Not sure why we would trade in Dixon, our coaches have a midget fetish and would probably play him in the maggies.

 

[port_adelaide_1870]

I think Mitchell in is fair enough. He's probably playing for his career this week.

He could play like shit for the next 4 weeks and Ken would still be keen to extend his contract for another 5 years.

Friendship determing selection. For some reason Mitchell and Sam Gray get treated so much more better then the other fringe and young players. That's gets me so angry

 

[Macca19]

I reckon Butch will be a late in and play down back

 

[SupportMe]

Clurey out is one of the worst decisions under this current regime. Could vent but who really cares - all I know is there are some very fortunate players suiting up come Saturday afternoon.

 

[x_les_x]

Might as well just delist Frampton and Harvey. They'll never be ready for AFL footy.

lol, Frampton is in his first year and was picked up as a project player. Bit over the top

 

[mic59]

The ins and outs and a quick take on them :

In: Ah Chee - playing well, deserves a try but no sub please
Jonas - wasn't doing well before, not too great against North, why is he back after one SANFL game?
Krakouer - played well on his return, the crisp passer we need
Mitchell - again a good SANFL game but has to be sub to have any impact
Monfries - deserves to be called back up after he showed he is a level above SANFL, now needs to translate that to AFL.
Out: Clurey - beat Crameri and then Stringer, must be wondering what you have to do
Colquhoun - why was he sub last week? Had it tough when he came on but should have had a good run against GWS
Lobbe - has not set the world alight this year but was dropping a ruckman a good idea for this game? GWS have Lobb(205cm) and Phillips(202cm) and the commentators would have got tongue-tied when Lobb and Lobbe were rucking against each other.
Moore - has not taken his opportunity
Young - ditto

 

[El_Scorcho]

I think Mitchell in is fair enough. He's probably playing for his career this week.

Geez we really like to give our players who clearly aren't up to it a lot of chances.

If only we did this with our talented players

 

[x_les_x]

I reckon Butch will be a late in and play down back

Then you realise its ken and he'll bring in sam instead

 

[Changaneen]

As a side note, I wonder what Lobbe was really suffering from when he missed that month and a bit. I don't buy that it was a quad.

Scared of leather maybe?

 

[PAFC66]

lol, Frampton is in his first year and was picked up as a project player. Bit over the top

Agree about harvey but not Frampton he's barely SANFL ready.

 

[mando235]

I love TJ but Clurey out for 2015 Jonas smells of tanking

 

[Grandaddy J]

Tom Jonas stats from last two weeks: 20 disposals, 5 marks, 6 tackles
John Butcher stats from last two weeks: 25 disposals, 9 marks, 4 tackles

How can we justify selecting a player who is statistically being outworked by a forward-cum-defender we are actively pushing out of our club?

 

[snozulu]

I think we should have at least played Redden as a like for like sized player

 

[CharlieKelly]

we're tanking for a higher draft pick


.......right?

 

[Doctor Feel]

I think we should have at least played Redden as a like for like sized player

Redden isn't actually playing at any level this week.

 

[bomberclifford]

I reckon Butch will be a late in and play down back

No THAT I'd like to see.

 

[Dylan8]

I reckon Butch will be a late in and play down back

Are you a sadist? Hope

 

[port_adelaide_1870]

we're tanking for a higher draft pick


.......right?

Honestly what is the point? We will either get the draft pick and ship it off to Gold Coast or pick up a young talent with a future and never play them, whilst continuously playing playing spuds like Mitchell, O'Shea and Jonas

 

[Changaneen]

I reckon Butch will be a late in and play down back

Haha can only hope. He'll push up forward in the game of his life and kick ten. Give a middle finger salute to Scott Cummings

 

[edgie]

Butch will be spanked by the GWS forward line with no Carlile. Hell, look how much Hombsch has struggled.

If he plays, it is forward or nothing.

 

[edgie]

Maybe Ken and Koch think we need the best possible pick for gold coast so we don't trade unfairly.

 

[bomberclifford]

Tom Jonas stats from last two weeks: 20 disposals, 5 marks, 6 tackles
John Butcher stats from last two weeks: 25 disposals, 9 marks, 4 tackles

How can we justify selecting a player who is statistically being outworked by a forward-cum-defender we are actively pushing out of our club?

Tom Jonas: member of the Medium Rares.
John Butcher: NOT a member of the Medium Rares.

 

[Janus]

*wades through the goo*

What seems to be the problem? You're all losing your shit because some rookie who was pick 30+ doesn't get a debut game when our forward line hasn't functioned with the structure of three talls in Schulz/Ryder/Westhoff all year? Or is it the fact that we've given a young defender a taste of AFL level football - like we did with Jack Hombsch - and don't want him to pick up bad habits and think that the way our shit defenders have been playing is the way he should play? Oh wait...no...it's the fact that Kane Mitchell is getting a game over spuds like Moore and Young. Well, Mitchell may be a spud too, but at least he gives 100% effort, which is more than the other two can say.

Premierships are decided by more than just who plays what player in a particular position. Our problems this year are nothing to do with selection in terms of skill level. It's all to do with form and heart. If we don't turn it around with the players that get selected every week, we're not going to win anything with this squad, because they are ALL THERE IS. Playing Harvey isn't going to magically improve the running of players. It's not going to magically improve their decision making.

The only selection that is a bit odd is Jonas, but he's in our best 22 when in form and improves the rest of the back six, and he can't possibly qualify for SANFL finals so I don't have a problem with his inclusion. As others have said, we're going back to the 2014 structure and not the 2015 'let's play another key forward because that'll improve our side!!!!111!' rigid, glacial shit that we have been doing by not playing another tall. Imagine the side with the following changes:

Mitchell out for Wines
O'Shea out for Polec

And it's pretty much the 22 that lined up to play against Hawthorn in last year's prelim, with Ryder replacing Lobbe. Krakouer gets in ahead of Impey.

Not sure what you guys are actually wanting from the selection panel. We're supposed to be gunning for a flag with this list, not babysitting players and bringing them up to speed when they don't deserve it.