Team v Hawthorn

[Skeeta Olly]

I agree with this. As a Myers aficionado I'm disappointed he's out, but I'm going to deal with it by assuming the MC have a better idea than I do about running a team

Correct.

I'll assume they'd do a better job that me, so I can't complain. They obviously know what they want to do.

 

[footycool]

Happy Atko is back in.

As for dropping Myers, im not so sure about dropping him

 

[d-mac3276]

Well we can say goodbye to Myers and another waste of a high draft pick coz if i were him i'd **** off back to Perth too which i have no doubt he will do now.

This poor guy gets put in the backline over the last couple of years and it shows he wasn't good enough there. Then he's in and out of the team.

Then we have Knights say he was drafted as a midfielder which this year he decides to put him there and hello for a couple of games he does well.

Then for the life of me in the last 2 games he throws him down back again where he didn't do much and now he gets dumped again. Why is it he can have 2 bad ones and get dropped yet we have guys in there that get way more chances than he does.

For **** sake give the kid a spell, play him in the guts for 6 weeks and then if he doesn't show anything then piss him off.

Really starting to shit me some of the moves/changes he makes.

Sammy Lonergan must suck a good c***

And what the hell does Tyson Slattery have to do to get a gig, maybe he should ask Lonergan about his technique

 

[Darealrath]

Don't mind it too much, but I'm worried about Slattery, McVeigh and Hocking in defence at the same time. That is seriously slow.

 

[Yoda_]

Well we can say goodbye to Myers and another waste of a high draft pick coz if i were him i'd **** off back to Perth too which i have no doubt he will do now.

This poor guy gets put in the backline over the last couple of years and it shows he wasn't good enough there. Then he's in and out of the team.

Then we have Knights say he was drafted as a midfielder which this year he decides to put him there and hello for a couple of games he does well.

Then for the life of me in the last 2 games he throws him down back again where he didn't do much and now he gets dumped again. Why is it he can have 2 bad ones and get dropped yet we have guys in there that get way more chances than he does.

For **** sake give the kid a spell, play him in the guts for 6 weeks and then if he doesn't show anything then piss him off.

Really starting to shit me some of the moves/changes he makes.

Sammy Lonergan must suck a good c***

Would it be any great loss?

Serves the Essendon FC the right for picking him ahead of who was it again?

 

[marcuz]

Dempsey should have been deumped ages ago. He has been terrible all season.

He's played well in many games, in fact the last game against hawthorn he was sensational.

 

[Lance Uppercut]

Well we can say goodbye to Myers and another waste of a high draft pick coz if i were him i'd **** off back to Perth too which i have no doubt he will do now.

This poor guy gets put in the backline over the last couple of years and it shows he wasn't good enough there. Then he's in and out of the team.

Then we have Knights say he was drafted as a midfielder which this year he decides to put him there and hello for a couple of games he does well.

Then for the life of me in the last 2 games he throws him down back again where he didn't do much and now he gets dumped again. Why is it he can have 2 bad ones and get dropped yet we have guys in there that get way more chances than he does.

For **** sake give the kid a spell, play him in the guts for 6 weeks and then if he doesn't show anything then piss him off.

Really starting to shit me some of the moves/changes he makes.

you seriously under-estimate Myers' character then, if you think that.

Would it be any great loss?

Serves the Essendon FC the right for picking him ahead of who was it again?

dude, get the **** over it Incessant whining about draft picks 2.5 years ago, & white-anting young players. Real classy Particularly churlish when he's finally over his injury & showing something.

You are boring me with this crap

 

[Yoda_]

dude, get the **** over it Incessant whining about draft picks 2.5 years ago, & white-anting young players. Real classy Particularly churlish when he's finally over his injury & showing something.

You are boring me with this crap

Open up your clouded eyes please LU?

I usually respect what you say, but why cant you, along with many on here admit it that he has been average the past two weeks? the fact that Hooker has come back in and arguably taken his position as well..

God people shit me...

 

[d-mac3276]

Would it be any great loss?

Serves the Essendon FC the right for picking him ahead of who was it again?

Yeah it might not be a big loss as a player but it'll be another big stuff up in regards to our drafting over the years. Two pick 6's ( Bradley and Myers) in 5 or so years and both out the door already is all i'm saying

 

[d-mac3276]

you seriously under-estimate Myers' character then, if you think that.

We'll just have to wait and see won't we

 

[Boucks09]

On face value these changes look surprising but if you search a little deeper then they actually make a lot of sense.

The view of the those that matter after the match is that we did not take the game on. We were too conservative, went behind the mark and we generally stagnant. So we look at the changes.

Atkinson is a straight swap for Dyson. Ricky is obviously not ready to take the game on so we bring in somebody who is.

Dempsey is dropped because he has been given the same message too many times this season and not listened. I was losing my **** watching him last week. Forget Varcoe's 5 goals, he was directly responsible for a few more. If you are going to concede that many goals you would want to be getting the ball 45 times and kicking 4 goals. Simply not acceptable.

Hooker takes the game on as the CHB, with Fletcher to take Dempsey's role as a DEFENDER, who knows WHEN to zone and also provides rebound off HBF. I'm happy with that.

I'm disappointed that Myers is dropped, but it's not doom and gloom. Prismall needed to come in given the glaring issues of last week. People are forgetting that Myers missed a month at the start of the season and has virtually played every game since. I'd be surprised if he plays at Bendigo this week. Give him 2 full weeks off to hit the second half of the season full of running. No issues there.

I don't rate Lonergan at all but with Reimers not ready to play then the MC obviously don't see a replacement for him. He will get dropped next week for Gus.

If anything I would prefer to see Melksham out for Myers, but again he takes the game on which is what we lacked last week.

We'll beat these pricks don't worry.

 

[Lance Uppercut]

Open up your clouded eyes please LU?

I usually respect what you say, but why cant you, along with many on here admit it that he has been average the past two weeks? the fact that Hooker has come back in and arguably taken his position as well..

God people shit me...

generally I respect what you say too, but your very post exposes your negative bias. You're bringing up draft decisions made over 2 years ago, and moaning about how we could have had, again, based on 2 games (where he wasn't that bad, really).

Firstly, every club takes a gamble on draft players.

Secondly, it's indisputable that Myers has been injured and unable to find form. Yet you are saying he'd be "no loss", and white-anting him. People shit me too, particularly one's who write off injured young players & make career calls on a 2 game spell.

Give the kid a ****ing break man, seriously

 

[d-mac3276]

Open up your clouded eyes please LU?

I usually respect what you say, but why cant you, along with many on here admit it that he has been average the past two weeks? the fact that Hooker has come back in and arguably taken his position as well..

God people shit me...

If u read what i wrote above i was the 1st to say he's been ordinary over the last 2 weeks but thats coz he's been played out of position.

He plays his best in the middle

 

[HULK HOGAN]

Would myers benifit from a pre season targeting endurance and speed??

Also could someone please explain the situation with the rookies to me.
If who when and how they will be getting on the list?

 

[marcuz]

Would myers benifit from a pre season targeting endurance and speed??

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I don't think speed is his issue, he's extremely "tight in the hips" as the yanks like to say. He struggles to move at speed laterally and change direction. Big summer of pilates and yoga to improve flexability i would suggest.

 

[HULK HOGAN]

generally I respect what you say too, but your very post exposes your negative bias. You're bringing up draft decisions made over 2 years ago, and moaning about how we could have had, again, based on 2 games (where he wasn't that bad, really).

Firstly, every club takes a gamble on draft players.

Secondly, it's indisputable that Myers has been injured and unable to find form. Yet you are saying he'd be "no loss", and white-anting him. People shit me too, particularly one's who write off injured young players & make career calls on a 2 game spell.

Give the kid a ****ing break man, seriously

Lance do you believe we have the list to take us to another flag??
If not what needs to be done?

 

[JD11]

Would myers benifit from a pre season targeting endurance and speed??

Also could someone please explain the situation with the rookies to me.
If who when and how they will be getting on the list?

This question should get two threads... oh wait.

 

[HULK HOGAN]

I don't think speed is his issue, he's extremely "tight in the hips" as the yanks like to say. He struggles to move at speed laterally and change direction. Big summer of pilates and yoga to improve flexability i would suggest.

Yep could be on the money there mate.

 

[HULK HOGAN]

This question should get two threads... oh wait.

Sorry computer is screwing with me!!

 

[Towno78]

I agree with this. As a Myers aficionado I'm disappointed he's out, but I'm going to deal with it by assuming the MC have a better idea than I do about running a team

Another thing about the Match Committee (I opted not to use the acronym as it took me 5 mins to work out what you were referring to ). I really like that they appear to be resting some players in the lead up to short weeks.

Prismall and Atkinson being dropped for Geelong was not liked by many, but since they didn't play in the reserves and came straight back in this week, I believe they have made the decision that we want to be bringing in fresh players, where possible, in short weeks. This, I don't believe, is the first time its happened this year.

Our best 20-30 are all pretty close atm, so we can rotate a couple of players without changing our structure a great deal. Our depth is long enough and our injury list is short enough to allow this, so I think this is a fantastic initiative.

 

[eld246]

Thank you God, Dempsey is finally out of the side. Would like to have seen Lonergan out too. Glad Hooker is in, not sure about Prismall though. Would like to see Reimers in the side or maybe Howlett/Colyer

 

[Towno78]

This question should get two threads... oh wait.

haha, top call

 

[Yoda_]

generally I respect what you say too, but your very post exposes your negative bias. You're bringing up draft decisions made over 2 years ago, and moaning about how we could have had, again, based on 2 games (where he wasn't that bad, really).

Firstly, every club takes a gamble on draft players.

Secondly, it's indisputable that Myers has been injured and unable to find form. Yet you are saying he'd be "no loss", and white-anting him. People shit me too, particularly one's who write off injured young players & make career calls on a 2 game spell.

Give the kid a ****ing break man, seriously

I have watched with great interest when is he going to turn it all around.. But every time I see him play he has looked slow and cumbersome in that big frame of his and have hardly seen anything that suggests he is going to be a week in week out player in our best 22..

I have seen enough of him at both Essendon level and Bendigo level to think that he is not going to make it.. He made his name (in under 18 level) as a HBF, yet he is not good enough to make it at AFL level (proven by many failed games there) and I feel, has too much ground to make up on the solid midfielders (learning all the intricacies of being an AFL midfielder) whilst adding to that the aforementioned slow and cumbersome body physique of him.

I saw his game a couple of weeks ago against the dogs, superb..

Mark Bolton also tore Adam Goodes a new one too

Everyone can play a really good game every once in a while too..

As for the injuries, how many soft tissue injuries has there been? plenty I gather, he needs to learn how to manage them. It is not soley the clubs medico's fault and whilst it is ultimately his decision what he does, he should routinely follow the right path to full health and not return to playing earlier than he should which I think; may have happened on more than one occasion.

 

[Yoda_]

If u read what i wrote above i was the 1st to say he's been ordinary over the last 2 weeks but thats coz he's been played out of position.

He plays his best in the middle

Sorry d mac3726

I was not pointing my tirade at you

Just out of curiosity.. how do you know "he plays his best in the middle"?

What have you got to show this and back it up?

 

[carmi99]

He's played well in many games, in fact the last game against hawthorn he was sensational.

Name them.