**** lonergan is out!! Geelong's chances just increased even further.
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Devils advocate, but could Monfries be serving an in-house suspension for his role in the Impey incident? Conspiracy theory, but i'm pretty triggered they picked Young over him.
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Does Young deserve a recall? Dropped for poor form, plays an okay game in sanfl. Does that mean Gus's time is done? He's been good now for 3 weeks. Would have thought he his game style should be well suited against Geelong.
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It is perplexing that Gus wasn't picked as he certainly is there abouts. Voss said 'he's close' and 'loved by the other players' lel, but I'm expecting Young to go go above and beyond this week (at least I'm hoping)
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Monfries was slow and couldn't kick 40 metres last few games I saw him play. Maybe that remains the case?
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Regardless, Young shouldn't have been the one to come on.
AJ and Palmer both could have come in, whilst young could have been told "you where dropped for a reason, now earn it back !"
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I feel it maybe young is more afl match hardened after playing all year compared to Angus or another younger player and is more prepared to be able to back up coming of a five day break.
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Unpopular opinion, but I'm pleased.
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I reckon it's just that Monfries is further down the pecking order and probably won't get a look in unless we have more injuries.
If he wasn't suspended last year, it probably would have been his last year at Port, he was borderline best 22 by the end of 2015.
I would have gone with Eddy, Gus or Palmer to replace Wingard.
But you make a good point, Young may be the best to back-up from the maggies game.
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Yeah that's it. We've got Young, Palmer and Johnson to persist with these days.
Unless Gus is bashing the door down to play, I am more than comfortable with him having a mentoring role at the Maggies. It took the club quite a while before they offered him a contract so suspect that is the case.
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What if the above mentioned get picked & have stinkers? You'd then have to gift Young a game. I don't think Kenny has faith in those two players. I'd play AJ over Young any day.
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If that was the case, then Hinkley is clueless. Monfries is a proven match winner, an excellent defensive forward that excels at targeting the opposition half back and a proven set shot for goal, and he deserves the opportunity to play in a functional forward line with a fit Dixon instead of a crocked Jay Schulz, where he would flourish. He's a superior forward to the vastly overrated Young in every single aspect of the game. The two aren't even in the same orbit in terms of talent and forward craft.
If we want to win a flag, we play Gus. It's that simple. No one is scared of what Joe the Goose Young can do in the forward line.
I would say it's more that Monfries missed the entire preseason with his shoulder and then the first four weeks with his hamstring and so needs to get up to match fitness with a mini-preseason. With Young and Ah Chee missing, Gus should go into the midfield for the Magpies this week and dominate. He's played wing, he's played forward, he's played down back - all that's left is the midfield. Once he can prove himself in the middle, he'll come in to the AFL side with Wingard in two weeks time.
Guess who we are playing then? Those campaigners from Essendon. You couldn't write a better script, because it was those ********* that told him not to take any deals and stick together. You better believe he'd be fired up for that game.
Monfries form in the SANFL has been excellent.
I agree with the majority here that he should have been picked over Young.
Lets not forget he kicked 7 against the Cats at Kardinia Pk in 2013.
That sort of experience could have been pretty handy.
At least they didn't pick Matt White
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I agree with the majority here that he should have been picked over Young.
Lets not forget he kicked 7 against the Cats at Kardinia Pk in 2013.
That sort of experience could have been pretty handy.
At least they didn't pick Matt White
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Young has played one season at a forward for a goal tally of 37. Monfries has played eleven seasons as a forward and he's bettered that goal tally once.
I would've liked Monfries in ahead of Young this week because Monfries is in better form, but this paragraph is ridiculous.
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Ridiculous is rating Young as a better forward from one garbage stat stuffer season where he constantly pushed forward and was defensively unaccountable, scoring off of the back of the hard work of others. At least Aaron is trying to play defense this year (he's actually having a better year this year than last year as a forward), so I'll give him that.
I don't mind Young playing because I don't think Gus is ready (even though I would have taken the risk), but anyone thinking Young is even close to Monfries as a forward if both were in full flight...pffft.
You realize that when you say "Gus" you aren't referring to Lance Franklin, yeah?
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I wouldn't be bringing in Young myself but let's hope he plays like his career depends on it because we need a big game from him
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Yeah? I never said he was the best forward in the league. I didn't even say he was the best forward in our side. He's just a better forward than Aaron Young at this stage of his career.
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