Opinion Could Ainsworth play a subtly important role in finals?

[YippeeYiYeo]

I've already pencilled him in for the important role of Team Whipping-boy & Scapegoat for this finals series. He's got some big shoes to fill off other such West Coast luminaries as Masten, Swift and Hutchings.

Swift and Hutchings dont hold a candle to whipping boys Priddis and Hill.

 

[Dark Sharks]

Negative.

We have Redden.

 

[Dale Doback]

I think Ainsworth's ceiling is on the Damien Adkins level. If we're lucky that is and things pan out

 

[dkalphy]

Should have seen how badly my eye was twitching after that 1v1 with Polec.

That was so bad, if you get moved by Polec like that it says something

 

[BeornJ]

Well i don't think it's very subtle winning the norm Smith medal, so no

 

[Ochre]

Crazy subtly important role

 

[WCErevival]

I want Ainsworth to be a premiership player for the lols.

Imagine the look on the kids face when he hands him his premiership medal. "Aren't you supposed to be handing these out with us?"

 

[eaglesnutcase]

NO!!

 

[ioppolo]

I want Ainsworth to be a premiership player for the lols.

Imagine the look on the kids face when he hands him his premiership medal. "Aren't you supposed to be handing these out with us?"

Only to be delisted after the flag celebrations

 

[campaigner___]

Does Ainsworth remind anyone else of Judd?

 

[Chris_6678]

Nah Ainsworth gets the Normsmith and North come sniffing and offer a top 10 pick.

 

[WCErevival]

Does Ainsworth remind anyone else of Judd?

Oscar Judd

 

[Tugga27]

Does Ainsworth remind anyone else of Judd?

I think Ainsworth might have him for pace TBH.

Other than that, it's close.

 

[THE A5]

Only to be delisted after the flag celebrations

Only for north to pick him up

 

[bzparkes]

Negative.

We have Redden.

Having Redden isn't really a negative...

 

[xInfected_Virus]

Only for north to pick him up

And pay him their whole cap lol.

 

[Hell Yeoh]

Weirdly I feel more confident playing Ainsworth as a tagger this finals series then I do Hutchings. Hutch came off a long stint with a hammy and then pulled it again a couple weeks later. If we're in a tough EF/SF and Hutch gets injured again it would be a horrible result. Lets go with Ainsworth.

Agreed.

Rather go with Ainsworth over Hutch (sacrilege I know, but Hutch too injury-prone).

 

[THE A5]

I agree about Ainsworth and Hutch but I'd go with neither tbh. Ainsworth with the body of a 12 year old school boy will struggle with physicality of finals. After all this was the kid that made Dusty out of Polec.

 

[The Passenger]

Only to be delisted after the flag celebrations

Has a player who played in a premiership 22 ever been delisted a few weeks later?

 

[ioppolo]

Has a player who played in a premiership 22 ever been delisted a few weeks later?

Not a premiership player but Xavier Richards was dumped by Sydney pretty quickly after playing in their 2016 loss

 

[THE A5]

Not a premiership player but Xavier Richards was dumped by Sydney pretty quickly after playing in their 2016 loss

We delisted Kasey Green after the 05 gf. He was a kick away from being a premiership player.

 

[suntagonal]

We delisted Kasey Green after the 05 gf. He was a kick away from being a premiership player.

He also played a good game on Micky O from memory.

 

[THE A5]

He also played a good game on Micky O from memory.

Wrong o. It was Ryan O’keefe

 

[ChampRevesby]

I have never knocked the kid but im not sure he is AFL quality, happy to be surprised if given more opportunity.

 

[Dark Sharks]

I've got a feeling our list management is going to be sucked into the 'roles' he's done on a B grade crab like Jones or slowing down a midget like Caleb Daniel.

He's not AFL quality. An improvement in his past couple games as a tagger doesn't suddenly gift him a 2 year extension, that's ridiculous.

A tagger is the least important role you consider on your list. Any of our young mid depth (O'Neil) could do the roll if required.



Keeping Ainsworth because we "need" to have a tagger on the list, just no.