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gillo94 said:
That's pretty stupid, what do stk have to gain just playing him in seconds? Stk should be giving McCartin remainder of the year off
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He is literally coming off 2 years on the sidelines with constant hamstring issues and only has just now strung together 3 games in a row. He is still playing in second gear and isnt close to pushing himself into good VFL form letalone AFL quality form. We have everything to gain and a lot to lose if he has another big set back.
 
gillo94 said:
That's pretty stupid, what do stk have to gain just playing him in seconds? Stk should be giving McCartin remainder of the year off
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That's a ridiculous thing to say.
He still hasn't gone full tilt in the VFL, why would they bring him into the AFL yet? Get him fit and confident first, there is no point playing him if he isn't ready.
 

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gillo94 said:
I just want to see him play. Might have to wait til 2017 season then
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I get you, we all do. But I would think that waiting until he's physically ready and in good enough form (which may not be this year) isn't "pretty stupid". Rushing him back is only going to set him back further so it's better to be safe which is why I don't think he plays this year.
 
12Chill said:
I get you, we all do. But I would think that waiting until he's physically ready and in good enough form (which may not be this year) isn't "pretty stupid". Rushing him back is only going to set him back further so it's better to be safe which is why I don't think he plays this year.
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I felt that way about Harry McKay being out all year with back injury but been playing in VFL last 3 weeks. Just play him in seniors

Ohh well. The coaches make the decisions on what's best for players
 
gillo94 said:
That's pretty stupid, what do stk have to gain just playing him in seconds? Stk should be giving McCartin remainder of the year off
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what do we have to gain... I guess maybe a longer career, instead of rushing him back underdone to potentially miss another year... I guess there's that
 
Calm down, leave Gillo alone.

His heart is in the right place.

Gillo, Freeman is barely breaking a sweat at present. They're just happy slowly building up his game intensity & minutes.

Re Paddy; he's fine to play & probably was 2 weeks ago. Leaving him out for the rest of the year won't have any benefit at all.

Paddy needs to keep playing & is an outside chance to beat the hell out of your mob this Sunday :-)


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Winmar2Lockett said:
Calm down, leave Gillo alone.

His heart is in the right place.

Gillo, Freeman is barely breaking a sweat at present. They're just happy slowly building up his game intensity & minutes.

Re Paddy; he's fine to play & probably was 2 weeks ago. Leaving him out for the rest of the year won't have any benefit at all.

Paddy needs to keep playing & is an outside chance to beat the hell out of your mob this Sunday :)


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He was very rusty yesterday. But by god he is going to be a player after another pre season.
 

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He was kicking the ball but every kick was no more than 20m.
There was one bit of play where he must have forgotten that he wasn't allowed to go flat chat and it was like he pushed the turbo button and for about 5 metres he took off then put it back in 2nd gear.
Must be frustrating for him not to stride out but it's in his best interests.
A piece of play right in front of me where he was chasing a Willy player but he was only cruising and some muppet willy supporter was yelling out " c'mon Freeman chase him, dont do your hammy again" and at that moment the willy player was bouncing the ball and the ball went sideways and Freeman got it.
Quite a funny moment.
 
Joffaboy said:
No. It is not true. He kicked it but was looking to handball more often.
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It's all in his mind. And fair enough; the guy's been through hell mentally.

Tell him the doctors made a mistake and the problems are with his handstrings.

Them watch him start kicking that ball :cool:
 
Not really clear to me why they're playing him at Sandy seniors. Feels disrespectful to Sandy to play a guy who's obviously limiting himself massively. As well as disrespectful to someone like Brenton Payne, who had to play thirds on the weekend because Freeman was in the seconds.

Surely we'd get the same result if he was running around at half pace in the Sandy reserves?
 
bergholt said:
Not really clear to me why they're playing him at Sandy seniors. Feels disrespectful to Sandy to play a guy who's obviously limiting himself massively. As well as disrespectful to someone like Brenton Payne, who had to play thirds on the weekend because Freeman was in the seconds.

Surely we'd get the same result if he was running around at half pace in the Sandy reserves?
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You don’t enter a Ferrari in a rallycross, even if you’re running the engine in.

Nathan represents a significant investment for our club and maybe they feel this is the best way to handle him. Maybe he would just go too hard down in the Development League.

And although Payne is improving, it won’t necessarily hurt his prospects to drop down and work on some aspects of his game. Someone wrote the other day that Richo rates the kid so I’m sure he’s probably been given some assurances about where his career’s heading.

And disrespectful to Sandy? Yeah probably. But no more so than playing 3 rucks etc. We had planned to go alone and therefore none of this would matter but it now looks like Sandy needs us to hang around. So they’re just going to have to suck it up a bit I suppose.
 

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