Agree with your ins and outs 100%.I'd like to see Fagan just tear them to shreds and make them accountable. Tell them you guys want to take this jumper for granted, you are out. Set some standards, tell the team I don't care who you are, I'm not going to accept that anymore. Then stick the team sheet to the board with:
Out: Prior, McCluggage (he is not dropped on effort obviously), Rich, Gunston, McCarthy and Berry (Bailey on notice)
In: Fletcher, Ah Chee, Coleman, Forte, Lohmann, Zorko
Fletcher and Ah Chee to play the wings. Clug to replace one when he returns from his injury and stay out on the wing. Bailey to play forward full time alongside Lohmann and Cameron. Dev to play the midfield minutes Clug was getting. Our small defenders to be Starc, Coleman, McKenna and Wilmot. Daniher and Hipwood our two keys up front with O and Fort rucking. We lose so much midfield firepower with Daniher getting dominated in the ruck. We need Fort to back up O.
Berry and McCarthy been cruising along, they need a wake up call. Rich and Gunston are past it. Prior simply did not perform to the required standard yesterday.
Guys like Ah Chee, Lohmann, Fort and Fletcher who have consistently performed their role in the reserves deserve a chance.
I’d love to see guys like Dev and Lohmann get a run of 5-6 games in the seniors. They may just start to flourish as Payne, Wilmot and Ashcroft have with consistent senior games and become an upgrade over guys like Berry and McCarthy who are solid clubmen and players but haven’t helped us get to the grand final in 4 straight seasons now.