Selection Integrity

[Purple Suit]

When would reputations ever mean nothing when selecting?

You can’t change a lot of players week to week unless you have injuries and you certainly don’t change the tall/small/run structure of the team unless forced by injury and/or form.

A gun will get more chances to return to form over a rookie due to their ceiling, it’s how it always is and you need to get the guns firing to win flags.

Amiss, Switta or Darcy aren’t in the best form atm but not many are banging down the door that “selection integrity” is at risk. Darcy probably closest but giving a Doig medalist one more game over a new recruit when we just won by 8 goals isn’t a huge leap.

 

[gungho]

When would reputations ever mean nothing when selecting?

You can’t change a lot of players week to week unless you have injuries and you certainly don’t change the tall/small/run structure of the team unless forced by injury and/or form.

A gun will get more chances to return to form over a rookie due to their ceiling, it’s how it always is and you need to get the guns firing to win flags.

Amiss, Switta or Darcy aren’t in the best form atm but not many are banging down the door that “selection integrity” is at risk. Darcy probably closest but giving a Doig medalist one more game over a new recruit when we just won by 8 goals isn’t a huge leap.

Darcy hasn’t been good for 18 months. I know he has had his injuries but that is precisely why fitness should factor into selection

 

[Barnabus]

Here are some questions related to team selection this year.

• Does Darcy stay in the team (if not performing)?
• Does Amiss stay in the team (if not performing)?
• Does JOM come straight back into the team? (At the expense of someone performing)?
• Does Freddy come straight back into the team (at the expense of someone performing)?

If the answer to any of these questions is yes then we are not a ruthless enough footy team.

We are all chips in at this point.

Reputations should mean nothing. Draft order should mean nothing. Contracts should mean nothing and even experience (to a lesser extent) should mean nothing. If JL and the decision makers at Freo have any integrity they should make decisions based on 2 metrics.

1. Form
2 Fitness.

The uncomfortable truth is Sonny and Fyfe should not have been automatic selections in 24/25 (like they were) and we need to be ruthless if we want to achieve something that has never happened in the history of our club.

I’m still not convinced JL is bold enough to make the unpopular calls at this point.

OF course Darcy and Amiss will eventually be dropped if they aren't performing and someone else is. Coaches quite often give players with runs on the board time to build form.

You are straight out delusional if you think Scerri is holding Freddie out based on one decent game. That would not be selection integrity so much as extreme reactionary selection.

We will see about JOM but he has looked pretty good during the preseason.

 

[go_the_dockers]

OF course Darcy and Amiss will eventually be dropped if they aren't performing and someone else is. Coaches quite often give players with runs on the board time to build form.

You are straight out delusional if you think Scerri is holding Freddie out based on one decent game. That would not be selection integrity so much as extreme reactionary selection.

We will see about JOM but he has looked pretty good during the preseason.

I would be absolutely devasted if Scerri was dropped.

He plays exactly the role we need. If he can keep up that form, then he should not be dropped for anyone.

If Frederick, Young, JOM, Sturt were all available this week, Scerri would hold his spot in my opinion and other people would be dropped or they would play WAFL.

 

[Jezzitizle]

Wtf are people using Bevo as a model of coaching for, he couldn’t even make finals with a stacked midfield.

Started well this year, but it is 3 games in.

 

[rgauci]

1st test failed IMO. O’Driscoll has been very good with his defensive chase on the wing. JOM is no world beater, and to drop NOD to bring back JOM off a 4 week hammy with no games at Peel fails the integrity test IMO.

 

[King Huskii]

1st test failed IMO. O’Driscoll has been very good with his defensive chase on the wing. JOM is no world beater, and to drop NOD to bring back JOM off a 4 week hammy with no games at Peel fails the integrity test IMO.

Nailed it

And I'd like to see where JOM has actually played a really good game for Freo

 

[Barnabus]

1st test failed IMO. O’Driscoll has been very good with his defensive chase on the wing. JOM is no world beater, and to drop NOD to bring back JOM off a 4 week hammy with no games at Peel fails the integrity test IMO.

You can make the case that NOD is unlucky to be dropped but I think it is a stretch to argue that it is a failure of integrity. NOD has not made himself unstoppable by any means.

 

[Fat Nyfe]

Good thread. There’s been none of it this year so far. 0/3 for the 3 weeks so far.

Already cost ourselves 4 points at the selection table and we’ve played 2 games.

Straight up shooting ourselves in the foot picking favourites and underdone players over those in form and performing.

 

[PrancingPony]

I have a feeling this thread will inevitably get a workout whenever any of Darcy, JOM, Amiss and when he's back, Frederick play.

 

[ubiquitous226]

Let's not let this become just another spot to complain if the match committee makes selections that don't match exactly what we think.
There's the changes threads for individual games and the vent thread for that.

 

[PrancingPony]

Let's not let this become just another spot to complain if the match committee makes selections that don't match exactly what we think.
There's the changes threads for individual games and the vent thread for that.

But..but accepting mediocrity!!!!

 

[mattis117]

Let's not let this become just another spot to complain if the match committee makes selections that don't match exactly what we think.
There's the changes threads for individual games and the vent thread for that.

Personally, I think this thread should be closed. It's just another flog vent thread for people to talk shit about all the minor things they don't like.

 

[Count Moriarty]

I prefer randomness in selection over integrity. Makes Thursday nights much more interesting.

 

[gungho]

Personally, I think this thread should be closed. It's just another flog vent thread for people to talk shit about all the minor things they don't like.

So you’re complaining about someone venting, by venting. Gotcha.

 

[anchor man]

Let's not let this become just another spot to complain if the match committee makes selections that don't match exactly what we think.
There's the changes threads for individual games and the vent thread for that.

Far too late for that, as you would have noticed.

 

[anchor man]

Personally, I think this thread should be closed. It's just another flog vent thread for people to talk shit about all the minor things they don't like.

 

[Madas]

Here are some questions related to team selection this year.

• Does Darcy stay in the team (if not performing)?
• Does Amiss stay in the team (if not performing)?
• Does JOM come straight back into the team? (At the expense of someone performing)?
• Does Freddy come straight back into the team (at the expense of someone performing)?

If the answer to any of these questions is yes then we are not a ruthless enough footy team.

We are all chips in at this point.

Reputations should mean nothing. Draft order should mean nothing. Contracts should mean nothing and even experience (to a lesser extent) should mean nothing. If JL and the decision makers at Freo have any integrity they should make decisions based on 2 metrics.

1. Form
2 Fitness.

The uncomfortable truth is Sonny and Fyfe should not have been automatic selections in 24/25 (like they were) and we need to be ruthless if we want to achieve something that has never happened in the history of our club.

I’m still not convinced JL is bold enough to make the unpopular calls at this point.

I’m of the opinion that we are playing better without Freddy
NOD is a smarter footballer and does a lot more 1% stuff , his disposal lets him down at times though

 

[thistimeforsure]

Personally, I think this thread should be closed. It's just another flog vent thread for people to talk shit about all the minor things they don't like.

What like you do on every thread that doesn’t meet up your ‘ I’m better than you because I’m a TRUE supporter , bullshit standards