Player Watch Josh Rachele

[bringbackbucky]

I would've kept him in the side and made him play in the back pocket. Teach him some accountability, and some humility. Too good a player to leave out. What's he gonna learn at Dog Poo Park?

 

[n4sir]

Nothing to see here boys, Nicks just said he has Rachele's back in his press conference

Did he mention anything about removing the knives?

 

[DukeX]

Are we right to assume that when-
Murphy was allowing his direct opponent to constantly run off him during the Hawks game, to the point that it was highlighted multiple times by the commentary team, in a game we lost by 10 goals at home, this was putting the team first? Because it was never once addressed by the coaches or leadership group after the game.
Or Smith saying he was right to play with a crook back, and putting in one of his worst ever performances afterwards, was putting the team first?
Or playing a prized draft pick for 4 minutes was putting the team first?
And Laird and Smith both airing their grievances over Rachele's comments publically, is also putting the team first?
No wonder the kid doesn't know how to put the team first, because we've got weird ways of showing it

 

[Mutineer]

Are we right to assume that when-
Murphy was allowing his direct opponent to constantly run off him during the Hawks game, to the point that it was highlighted multiple times by the commentary team, in a game we lost by 10 goals at home, this was putting the team first? Because it was never once addressed by the coaches or leadership group after the game.
Or Smith saying he was right to play with a crook back, and putting in one of his worst ever performances afterwards, was putting the team first?
Or playing a prized draft pick for 4 minutes was putting the team first?
And Laird and Smith both airing their grievances over Rachele's comments publically, is also putting the team first?
No wonder the kid doesn't know how to put the team first, because we've got weird ways of showing it

I know this board loves to get into Smith and Laird relentlessly, sometimes with good cause but both Tex and Fog also mentioned it in the media as well so do they get the good fella discount?

 

[chrisso crow]

Not to mention his pathetic efforts to chase down oppo players, him barely breaking out of a jog has happened multiple times.

Do we accept that but not shirking contests?

Laird says hello.

 

[Crow till I die]

I know this board loves to get into Smith and Laird relentlessly, sometimes with good cause but both Tex and Fog also mentioned it in the media as well so do they get the good fella discount?

Tex has the runs on the board over many years - he has walked the walk. Fog was one of the only ones to stand up for Izak on the weekend. If 2 players have earned the right to say something, its them

 

[Mutineer]

Tex has the runs on the board over many years - he has walked the walk. Fog was one of the only ones to stand up for Izak on the weekend. If 2 players have earned the right to say something, its them

Smith amd Laird have also put their body on the line for the club plenty also so you're definitely applying the good fella discount if you want to get down to tin tacks.

 

[SydCrow]

Just put your body where your mouth is Josh.

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[chazwazza]

I would've kept him in the side and made him play in the back pocket. Teach him some accountability, and some humility. Too good a player to leave out. What's he gonna learn at Dog Poo Park?

What a crowd of supporters with teeth looks like

 

[King Elvis]

And they were eviscerated for it on this board. But everyone wants to find excuses for poor little Joshy, who is a regular repeat offender. If people want to have standards for some players and play favourites with others, then fine. Just don't pretend otherwise.

Were either of them dropped for it, and hammered on it for months?

And possibly the fact they're ~30yo ~250 game players might factor into the different expectations.

 

[GROTTO]

What a crowd of supporters with teeth looks like

Port supporters still salty about the truthful comments made by Rachele. lol

 

[King Elvis]

Really well thought out post. I’ll add that if he leaves the club because of something like this, we dodged a bloody bullet.

Lever, McGovern, Cameron, Stengle.

We've dodged a few bullets over the years..

 

[DukeX]

I know this board loves to get into Smith and Laird relentlessly, sometimes with good cause but both Tex and Fog also mentioned it in the media as well so do they get the good fella discount?

Fair comment. I didn't hear Tex's comments on it, and thought that Fog's comments at least showed some support as well, as opposed to the others mainly just stating their disappointment

 

[skam85]

I know this board loves to get into Smith and Laird relentlessly, sometimes with good cause but both Tex and Fog also mentioned it in the media as well so do they get the good fella discount?

No but they get the "on field performance" discount

 

[kirky]

For the media to continually raise this "tag" that has now been applied to Rachele ....it's more than what supporters with rose colored glasses would have you believe

Ex players are aware of the stigma ....so are reluctant to discuss the odd pull-out that most players have done

If it were a PORT player, like Duursma dropping the mark in a Final .....the memes would be thick & fast on Rachele

Hopefully it's a maturity factor .....but in a Crows Final, I doubt Crows supporters would be offering up excuses

Oh to be in a final!

 

[skam85]

Wouldn't want to cop an ACL at the Unley mud pit this weekend

 

[King Elvis]

One of the senior players would know media would be waiting, could have said “ hang on mate I’ll walk out withyou” p155 poor

Spot on - where is Dawson?

 

[Dirty Bird]

Class act Josh. Good on him

Never came across someone who shows as much gratitude to others as Josh.

Splendid young man.

 

[Hell Boy6669]

Laird says hello.

Im referring to laird

 

[Anzacpaul]

Hang on a moment

Rachele says he was dropped for not "prioritizing others"

So he can't have been dropped for not attacking contests hard enough, because that has nothing to do with prioritizing others

The only obvious actions he made last week that weren't necessarily prioritizing others were the public comments and celebrations which Nicks claimed weren't the reason he was dropped

We're back to the bullshit spin days mate, no use trying to make sense of it.

 

[King Elvis]

It’s much worse now.

Pyke never divided the playing group and had players deliberately turn on and isolate each other for “the good of the team”

Anyone with half a brain can see this "team first" facade is bullshit.

We have no selection integrity, and we have numerous senior players who clearly only play for themselves and their future.

We need a proper clean out, our senior players aren't good enough to behave as they do.

 

[doodle48]

Josh is lucky Malcolm Blight not still the coach or he may have played his last game, cast your minds back to Bret Williams who didn't commit to attacking the ball on two occasions and was never heard of again

 

[kirky]

If that’s the reason for his omission from the side:

A. Why can’t Nicks just clearly state that instead of denying it and giving an incoherent explanation (ironically, to provide “clarity”) that puts even more pressure on Rachele?

B. Why don’t the playing group face criticism for making such a feeble request?

It just sounds as though Rachele is being made to wear responsibility for both the unhinged reactions by Port fans at the game and the fact the team fell apart after Rankine went down.

Again, if we’d won, what are the odds of similar action being taken, given all of the same circumstances would have still been relevant (the joke and the subsequent goal celebration)?

It’s all nonsense and scrambling to provide some veneer of legitimacy to boneheaded, knee jerk decisions.

Interestingly, after Rachelle did that celebration we went on to kick the next two goals.

 

[ABAB]

Just put your body where your mouth is Josh.

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He does for a majority of times except for 1-2 times every handful of games.

 

[DJ75]

So now your potting Dawson …. just non sensical

This guy has busted a gut for this Club … and you completely disrespect him

Calm down.
I love Dawson - the player. He's exceptional.
But he's almost invisible as a leader of the club. I've heard more from the cooker O'Brien and the hack Murphy than I have from Dawson.