No changes for mine.
If hanners is ready to play then he plays NEAFL for match fitness especially having had no preseason. I would be happy for hanners to play a month in the ressies so he is in top shape and bashing down the door for after the bye in preparation for a finals assault
[QUOTE=Rohan doesn't contribute for 97% of game time (he is averaging 8 disposals a game and less than 1 goal...)[/QUOTE]
Game has changed
Guys deep forward have gone from needing 2 goals a game to just provide tackle pressure and make a contest which brings it to ground
Paps has been the forward who was been most out of sorts and i wouldn't drop him yet
In the prelim he had 0 tackles, 0 scoreboard impact, 23 touches in a 10 goal win. Would love to know how he was BoG over Parker or Buddy or Tippo or Kennedy that night.
And the 2016 prelim was another comfortable win. You are just painting a downhill skier.
I want to see him succeed. He has an the attributes to be the star Roosy prophesied. But at what point do we accept that he doesn't have substantial impacts on games to warrant sub 10 disposals and not many tackles
I'd say Rohan's finals record is pretty similar to the rest of his career. A couple of good games and some brilliant moments but overall there just hasn't been enough of it.
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.....then he does something like saving the game with a blistering run where he takes his eye off the ball to sprint to reach it, regains sight of the ball and takes a very difficult mark under immense pressure and/or perceived pressure then gets it to Ronke in the goalsquare from 50m out, who then ices the game......and then you think, I'm so glad Gary's on our side. I can see why he gets picked every week......and you don't think every opposition defender, make that every opposition player, isn't pooping themselves when Rohan is in their vicinity? He applies pressure and implies perceived pressure, even if he's not getting lots of personal stats......and in clutch moments, he can win games for us. He's not getting dropped.....now or in the finals.
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