Rumour Waite

[tigris]

Can anyone confirm/deny that Waite went to the coaching staff himself and asked to be dropped for confidence reasons?

If true, I hope it was nothing to do with him being a little scared about returning to AAMI.

 

[Dramoth]

There are a few people who have confirmed it... felt he was down on confidence and match practice.

A few weeks in the 2's to get some more K's into the legs and he should be back.

 

[Sin City]

A couple of reliable posters suggested it over the last few days, could be true.

Hope like hell he gets his old form back.

 

[OldBlueFan]

A couple of reliable posters suggested it over the last few days, could be true.

Hope like hell he gets his old form back.

He certainly seemed to be moving well enough Sin. You'd have to think it was a confidence thing rather than anything structural. Time will tell I guess, but Kouta was a shadow of his former self after the knee

 

[blue gunslinger]

he seems to be playing old Waite style with a reliance on emotion not skill. Perhaps he just needs to get confidence in his body and skills and clear his head.

 

[as0l0]

He certainly seemed to be moving well enough Sin. You'd have to think it was a confidence thing rather than anything structural. Time will tell I guess, but Kouta was a shadow of his former self after the knee

and Waite was barely a shadow of Kouta's shadow. Nothing personal Waite, just shouldn't be compared to Kouta in any way.

 

[Dramoth]

He certainly seemed to be moving well enough Sin. You'd have to think it was a confidence thing rather than anything structural. Time will tell I guess, but Kouta was a shadow of his former self after the knee

I think that it is a fitness and confidence thing tbh...

He was looking well out of sorts last week against the bummers and considering, as said in the teams thread, he has only played a month and a bit of football after missing out on most of the NAB stuff.

 

[Sin City]

He certainly seemed to be moving well enough Sin. You'd have to think it was a confidence thing rather than anything structural.

Played out of position as well. Star defender or inconsistent forward, I know which one I prefer.

 

[Dramoth]

Played out of position as well. Star defender or inconsistent forward, I know which one I prefer.

I think that they will use him in defence in the ants for a couple of weeks to get his confidence back and to put some more match time into his legs from a defensive point of view.

If/when he comes back, I think that he might come into the side at CHB before t-bird does.

 

[Lance Uppercut]

christ, you'd hope not...

 

[blue gunslinger]

I would go see the Ants this week. A team that would challenge 3 AFL sides

 

[CrippsonBlue]

Sorry, but for those saying a few reliable posters have been saying it, which reliable posters?

The first time I saw it mentioned was from a poster who posted the exact same changes as Molly five minutes later.

Call me a skeptic, but it appeared more likely he used Molly's info, and just added the best explanation he could think of to add credibility to his own supposed 'mail'.

The other few posters running with this seem to be doing the same...

Not having a go at anyone, but for all the new 'sources' that seemingly appeared this week, not surprisingly the first to mention anything was Molly.

 

[Sin City]

BlueInBlood was the other one I meant ppg05, he's been great this year apart from April fools day

 

[CrippsonBlue]

Cheers - certainly a reliable source, must have missed it.

 

[Dramoth]

Cheers - certainly a reliable source, must have missed it.

yeah it was hard to spot... buried in a load of trash comments in one of the trash threads that usually appears after we lose

 

[sunwin]

Can anyone confirm/deny that Waite went to the coaching staff himself and asked to be dropped for confidence reasons?

If true, I hope it was nothing to do with him being a little scared about returning to AAMI.

Surely against a depleted Crows squad he "could" find form ffs!!! I’m tipping he is remembering too much and as such, has already “mentally” checked out? Weak? who knows.... but for him to "put his hand up" this week and step down to the VFL smells iffy to me.....

 

[YNWA1998]

Surely against a depleted Crows squad he "could" find form ffs!!! I’m tipping he is remembering too much and as such, has already “mentally” checked out? Weak? who knows.... but for him to "put his hand up" this week and step down to the VFL smells iffy to me.....

Totally disagree with the above comment. If anything he should be commended for putting the team first to give someone who is 100% right a go instead of being selfish and letting the team down when he knows he's not right in himself. Nothing iffy about it and certainly not weak, if anything it's a brave and selfless thing Waity's done for the team. Remember it's a team sport after all

 

[mediumsizered]

Surely against a depleted Crows squad he "could" find form ffs!!! I’m tipping he is remembering too much and as such, has already “mentally” checked out? Weak? who knows.... but for him to "put his hand up" this week and step down to the VFL smells iffy to me.....

The last thing you could ever accuse Waite of is being weak. After a reasonable game in Round 1, he has tailed off quite a bit in the last 2 weeks. He is not the first player to have a pretty good game first up after a knee reconstruction, only to struggle in the subsequent weeks & then head back to the VFL to gain some confidence/form.

 

[Donakebab]

Can't see how playing in the 2's would help him any more than playing in the 1s. Needs to get confidence at AFL level I'm happy to put up with a sub-par waite for a few games until he gets back into it.

 

[oaks]

has anyone thought they he may just be injured? maybe some swelling on his knee

 

[Sin City]

has anyone thought they he may just be injured? maybe some swelling on his knee

Would've been rested rather than selected for the Bullants if that was the case.

 

[HBF]

has anyone thought they he may just be injured? maybe some swelling on his knee

Wouldn't have thought so. If his knee was giving him some trouble, I doubt he'd be playing for the Ants on Saturday.

 

[KnaveyBlue]

I'd say he's just having trouble running out a full game at AFL level after having such a long lay off.

By all reports he's put his hand up to go back to the 2's - more than likely to get his endurance back to up to scratch. The seniors isn't the place for a player to work on his fitness, and I think it's pretty decent of him to admit he needs to drop back to the Ants to build up his tank.

 

[one eyed bluey]

Probably a combination of all the things being said here...except for waitey being soft...uhh no he is not soft at all, his a vicious animal on the ground.

Hopefully, he'll get his fitness/form/mental stability back and return sooner rather than later.
One of the best defense in the league when all are fit/in form.

Thornton Jamison Walker (A.J)
Scotland Waite Bower

 

[Sin City]

Happy with how Scotland is going as an inside mid now cyclops, would swap him for Russell at Half back. Lokks like a very good back line apart from that.