finalised side for sunday

[thatday]

So maybe I was a bit harsh on Reid. I just remember sitting there in the North game expecting Reid to at least put up a contest only to see him fall over and watch his man run away with the ball. I hope he can prove me wrong tommorow, at the moment I am a bit worried about his size and finishing off skills, but as has been pointed out many times he is young and he will get better. If he puts in a good contest then I will reconsider my opinion on him.

 

[Thommo 42]

to put it in perspective, a handful of first round picks from this most recent draft are actually older than Ben Reid, including Rhys Palmer. Add to that, talls take longer to develop and this all points to people having no clue.

 

[favourites]

Ive never said I dont rate Reid.

Just the fact they are rushing a young player into the team for the sake of it. He will be underdone in terms of game time this season and therefore you wouldnt think he wont be able to put his best foot forward.

The question RE Rocca is completely different. He is a senior player 200+ games, he knows what is expected. Reid is <10 games and therefore should be earning his spot with performances at VFL level. You can train all you like but as players would say there is nothing like match fitness and Reid cannot have this as he has only played 3 games in the last 8 weeks.

Im all for giving him a crack but if he comes out and struggles again due to lack of match fitness (ie the Kangas game) it will affect his confidence and if Mick just drops him straight away we are further behind in development terms.

My question to MM is why didn't he play last week??

 

[CENTERMAN]

I like the kid and my expectations are that he will be a good player in the future, so I'm not bagging him here i am referring to selection. I'm just a little concerned about his lead up form/prep to this game. It's true he does need chances i just didn't think this week was right. Trial and error is ok when your down the bottom rebuilding but we are after a top 4 spot ATM. It's true we may not have a 2nd tall forward ATM so a window has opened there, but our form has been fine without Rocca. Having said that (about selection), good luck to him personally and i really hope he cuts it up on Sunday.

 

[Dynamics]

Ive never said I dont rate Reid.

Just the fact they are rushing a young player into the team for the sake of it. He will be underdone in terms of game time this season and therefore you wouldnt think he wont be able to put his best foot forward.

The question RE Rocca is completely different. He is a senior player 200+ games, he knows what is expected. Reid is <10 games and therefore should be earning his spot with performances at VFL level. You can train all you like but as players would say there is nothing like match fitness and Reid cannot have this as he has only played 3 games in the last 8 weeks.

Im all for giving him a crack but if he comes out and struggles again due to lack of match fitness (ie the Kangas game) it will affect his confidence and if Mick just drops him straight away we are further behind in development terms.

My question to MM is why didn't he play last week??

Maybe a journalist will have the nous to ask Mick why Reid came in this week.

 

[pies4eva]

Yep ie Reid. Did anybody watch the Kangaroos game. That selection basically cost us the game because he wasnt match fit. And MM has done it again. Let him play some VFL before we bring him in.

Couldn't agree more Fav's. Needs to get a few games under his belt to get the confidence up before he comes to the seniors.

 

[kevind]

VFL form shows nothing, especially for big forwards in a bad team,\

the collingwood staff obviously see something in him, they re-signed him for a 3 year deal recently

so why not give him as many chances as he needs to show something at top level. he is very young and with a team doing so well across the park, we can afford to blood these new players...

Why not??? Well he is still very young, very dependent on taking uncontested marks, is a poor kick, has shown no real form this year, has a question mark over his fitness, was diabolically bad against North. Not the sort of player to take into big games I would have thought.

Nine times out of ten these sort of moves end in disaster. I sense a little panic in the camp.

 

[Optimax]

So if Rocca is fit next week, you wouldn't bring him in?

co,pletely differnt.

redi is 18, and as such would need training behind him, rocca knows what he needs to do to get up for matches so he would play.

Although a wekk in the seconds may help rocca if he is out for much longer

 

[alfiiee]

I know the price of meat is going up, but...

lmfaooooooooo!!!!

thats hilarious! top stuff..