The way Priddis is rated so highly by anyone, let alone media "experts" including past players makes me question whether I actually understand the game at all.
Every time the opposition win the ball and move into space West Coast are a man down when he's on the ground, he makes every other player in the midfield work harder to cover his complete lack of pace and ability to guard space in a zone, and without fail is the slowest player back into defence. Even if his replacement were to get a few less touches, a few less clearances and a few less tackles, surely being able to defend in space, where we got carved up by Port moving the ball yesterday, would be more valuable? Especially at the moment when he's starting in the square next to another old, slow bloke who is superior to him in almost every way.
And we gave him another ******* year, in the middle of the season. Just fabulous list management, I'm sure they were fighting off suitors and wanted to make sure they had him locked in.
Edit: He's still not the worst though, pretty sure Kerridge yesterday would have got a positive review if he walked into the Melbourne coaches room after the game.