Roast Robbie Gray

[Lagooner]

The "My scrapbook of SANFL pictures" fb page has some old timey beauties. Early Woodville with thick green and gold vertical stripes and white shorts. Delish.

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Cummins from the Peckers. Glorious.

 

[Shaucob_Burjan]

Worst game I have ever seen by a Port player in the AFL today.

Congratualations.

Easily beaten by a pretty average AFL player.

Sad thing is that more disappointing than his game was his effort. It's okay to be beaten but completely refusing and pouting like a child when you are beaten like that because of it, sad.

 

[QPower]

Robbie is playing like a down hill skier - beating up on the bottom sides and completely goes missing against the good sides.

 

[ClintEastwood]

Did nothing. Not good enough. Even on a bad day, star players need to have a bit of impact.

If he was injured, he should not be playing. If uninjured, that was a really shit performance.

 

[PowerBaz]

Krak, Eddie...... Monfries. Earn your spot.

 

[Forzaport]

Putrid

 

[BornPort]

Such a massive liability when he's having an off game.

 

[Nemisis]

Come on guys were you at the game? He battled a defence that was super organised (and tall) + the way the ball was coming in gave him no hope - not his best game but not the reason we lost.

 

[Peck]

Offered nothing defensively, battled hard when he was in the centre despite looking injured.

Wasn't great, but hardly roast worthy. Especially for a player with no back or head.

 

[ClintEastwood]

Come on guys were you at the game? He battled a defence that was super organised (and tall) + the way the ball was coming in gave him no hope - not his best game but not the reason we lost.

Oh piss off - he was COMPLETELY inneffectual - simply not good enough for a player of his ability, and no amount of rationalizing or excuses will change that.

 

[raman]

Injured. Not his fault he was played. Move on you hysterical girls.

 

[Del165198]

why are we playing a guy who was the best player in the game just 2 and a half years ago, in the forward line instead of the middle where he plays his best footy?

is he injured? then why aren't we letting him recover?

or has good bloke burgo and his insane pre-seasons totally cooked robbie and trav's groins? i've never seen 2 guys who were dominating drop off so quickly while still in their mid 20s.

 

[ClintEastwood]

Injured. Not his fault he was played. Move on you hysterical girls.

(a) It's been repeatedly stated he is NOT injured
(b) If he is, then the blame is 100% on Hinkley - but god damn it, SOMEONE is taking the blame for that sub-AUSkick-standard performance.

 

[raman]

(a) It's been repeatedly stated he is NOT injured
(b) If he is, then the blame is 100% on Hinkley - but god damn it, SOMEONE is taking the blame for that sub-AUSkick-standard performance.

Moved like an old man tonight. Absolutely playing injured. Which, yes, is disgraceful.

 

[RossFC]

Plays like someone who is carrying an injury. Give him a rest.

 

[PJ Power]

Such a massive liability when he's having an off game.

This sums it up. Dead-set liability today.

 

[Jakksynn]

This is Boak from last year al over again. He's clearly injured, and they're clearly trying to play him through it and it's not working. He's an absolute liability when the oppo has the ball because he can't sprint.

 

[Del165198]

This sums it up. Dead-set liability today.

his direct opponent sprinted 150m down the ground and basically won the game for them because he couldn't chase.

r gary was worse than s gary

 

[El Zorro]

Absolutely putrid game.

 

[LukeSA]

Seriously guys... he's not a ****ing robot.

 

[Powerade 08]

He has a groin injury and that won't improve by playing football every week.

He'll still kick 50 goals and win some important clearances. We're just gonna have to take the good with the bad this year.

It would help if our coaches gave him more time as an inside mid and didn't leave him up forward all game for the opposition running defenders to exploit, but we're not smart enough for that sort of stuff.

 

[Power Raid]

Everyone has a shocker but that was just horrible

 

[Visenfest]

Seriously guys... he's not a ******* robot.

Given your tendency to complain about faulty machinery, it's lucky for him that he isn't

 

[Power Raid]

Plays like someone who is carrying an injury. Give him a rest.

A break against the Suns will give him the best part of 3 weeks off

 

[Moo87]

He's clearly injured. I think the different clues from the club would indicate he has a chronic groin injury.

This would also be effecting his goal kicking (just to point this out, given he's been criticised for that a fair bit this year).

The big question is whether or not there is any value in resting him, or if this is something that needs to be managed week to week. Seems like we think the latter.

This doesn't excuse his effort, nor his intent in his down games, but it does explain why we're playing him the way we are this year.