Why do our fans hate this bloke so much? I agree he has been disappointing this year and clearly he isn't LOVING his footy at the moment which isn't helping the situation, but he has kicked 260+ goals in the past 6 years for us at an average of 2 goals a game.
He also cost us a bag of 2nd hand rollerblades at the trade table back when we snared him from Essendon.
He isn't Josh Kennedy, but he was never going to be.
He was our best forward, literally last season.
His bad is bad, but his good is real good. And generally speaking he has been pretty consistant as a 2nd forward / 2nd ruck for 6-7 straight years.
This being said....
I think he needs a few weeks in the 2's just to find a little form and possibly change his attitude towards his career. If he doesn't take big steps in the next month, I would say we should trade him at the end of the year, BUT and it's a big BUT - he has been a great servant of the Adelaide Football Club.
He also cost us a bag of 2nd hand rollerblades at the trade table back when we snared him from Essendon.
He isn't Josh Kennedy, but he was never going to be.
He was our best forward, literally last season.
His bad is bad, but his good is real good. And generally speaking he has been pretty consistant as a 2nd forward / 2nd ruck for 6-7 straight years.
This being said....
I think he needs a few weeks in the 2's just to find a little form and possibly change his attitude towards his career. If he doesn't take big steps in the next month, I would say we should trade him at the end of the year, BUT and it's a big BUT - he has been a great servant of the Adelaide Football Club.
It always takes far too long and often only occurs at all when they get injured.
It's doubly confusing because they generally respond quite well to a stint in the twos when it finally happens.
People just want to see a meritocracy without all the gold passes for senior players who don't deserve a monopoly on their spots.
When we get served up gold pass football and see senior players continuing to spud it up and cost us games like Jenkins did against North people tend to get sick of the sight of that player I think. Carrying on like an entitled brat after finally getting dropped doesn't endear to him to anyone either.

