CHANGES VS THE SINNERS.

[FreoRicci]

Hill out again is a concern... club need to do what they did for Sandi and give him an extended period of time off to get him right.

Only 27. So got plenty left in him, can get to 250+ games. Another 2-3 weeks off should be okay for him. Another chance for Grey/De Luca to prove their worth

But two speedsters in Langdon and S. Hill out really hurts us, particularly for as long as they have been. Would've been a better idea to bring in D. Pearce to counteract that.

 

[Wally Walpamur]

Balkely's gone from playing in the seniors on a fine but cool day on Sunday to a cold, windy day pissing down with rain and possible thunderstorms and small hail... serves him right. Expect Kersten not to get a touch in those conditions either

 

[Deathly]

Hill management this year has been pretty poor by the club and himself. He should of been coming back into the side now after having more appropriate time off. He's an important senior to have in the side (when he's fit) with our current list - can't be bouncing him in and out when he's at 50-60% in desperation for points.

 

[jerms]

I like the forward line

Walters - Fyfe - Grey
Ballas - Darcy - McCarthy


McCarthy gets to be the 3rd tall.

Next week:

Walters - Fyfe - Bennell
Ballas - Darcy - McCarthy

 

[FUS_RO_DAH]

Next week:

Walters - Fyfe - Bennell
Ballas - Darcy - McCarthy

Jesus.... Please?

 

[ydraw]

Chucking a sickie is a great aussie tradition and any boss who sacks a worker for not coming in tomorrow is a mug

 

[_F7_]

Can we all for a moment just appreciate afl.com's superb headline reporting the Blakely blunder... "Surf and turfed"

 

[estibador]

We lost to ******* Brisbane by 10 goals three weeks ago a bit more professionalism for a player on a six figure salary isn't much to ask for from the coaches.

Those coaches you're bagging have just dropped our best performing youngster to teach him a lesson about professionalism. I'm not sure what more you could ask from them.

edit: might have misinterpreted your criticism of the coaches as being meant for Blakely

 

[Grape Bear]

Think that was a fair call from the club, particularly for an emerging player, to know he can't flout standards and still be picked. Can't have him thinking he can do whatever he wants as long as he plays well. Don't think that's the sort of culture you want to encourage, given how young our playing group is currently.

 

[im_a_lazy_sod]

I like a tough stance by the club - no BS

Mob up the road could learn a lot from that

 

[scon]

It's not even hard and fair,it's just fair.
I guess the leadership/player group have to rubber stamp it?
It'll just help fast track him toward FULL CHAMPEEN status.

 

[Unique Name]

Happy they made the call. It's going to hurt us though. Blakely is an important part of the side now.

 

[PapaJ]

Happy they made the call. It's going to hurt us though. Blakely is an important part of the side now.

Yeah he is. Has emerged as one of our more consistent ball winners and users this year. Annoyed at the news, but this is a good situation to be in to teach these things to our future core. For sure it won't be just Connor who gets the "where it's at" lesson, many of his young peers will get a little wake up call as well in case they ever think of pulling some silly buggers.

I'm also glad they've stopped the SHill charade. The guy is clearly not right and it's just looked stupid to put him out there. I know we want his skills, but he can't keep up with the game and it's just been sad to seem him line up and under-perform in recent weeks.

 

[StingBitten]

Hes in the Peel team

He wasn't named?

 

[DudleyDocker]

He wasn't named?

I think the Peel team was named before Connor was boned, hopefully he comes in like the others that didn't make the cut.

 

[Reynolds Number]

Those coaches you're bagging have just dropped our best performing youngster to teach him a lesson about professionalism. I'm not sure what more you could ask from them.

edit: might have misinterpreted your criticism of the coaches as being meant for Blakely

Their decision has my support and understanding, some people have no idea how some of these workplaces work.

 

[beetz]

In my opinion, the Blakely suspension is a load of horse shit.

Didn't see Johnno get a week for belting a bloke and didn't see Bennell copping a week when he got booted from a flight for being pissed.

What's good for the goose is good for the gander.

 

[salim malik]

In my opinion, the Blakely suspension is a load of horse shit.

Didn't see Johnno get a week for belting a bloke and didn't see Bennell copping a week when he got booted from a flight for being pissed.

What's good for the goose is good for the gander.

Pretty hard to get a week when its pre season and there are nil games or you've been out injured for 18 months.

 

[meima]

Pretty hard to get a week when its pre season and there are nil games or you've been out injured for 18 months.

Poor kid , he just want to had fun . He can take three day off and skip peel match .

 

[beetz]

Pretty hard to get a week when its pre season and there are nil games or you've been out injured for 18 months.

Seen it happen before. Suspension starts when fully fit or round 1.

Just think Blakey was hard done by a bit.

 

[theGav56]

So over the next few weeks our INS will include :
S Hill
Blakeley
Bennel
Langdon

 

[ChimpaWompa]

Missing a game for something relatively minor like going surfing might seem harsh, but it's an absolute no brainer. It's just about the one universal team rule for clubs that if you shirk training you don't play, simples. If its good enough for Luke Hodge in round 1 it's good enough for Blakely.

 

[The Joker]

An extremely deflating forward line they have listed!

 

[Joao]

Geez I am annoyed at Blakely... boys will be boys I guess. Hope he learns from it.

Happy that Hughes is back and hope that Sandi/Darcy can contribute in the forward line. They should at least bring the ball to ground so Ballas, Croz and Grey can have an impact.

 

[Kram]

So over the next few weeks our INS will include :
S Hill
Blakeley
Bennel
Langdon