What I'd like to see...
OUT. Clarke, McVeigh and Menzel
INS. Stoddart, McInerney and Rowbottom. Or Rose.
I can't see the point in playing Clarke, why do we need a tagger? Geelong got rid of Menzel for a reason, because he can't run anymore. And Macca is just taking up game time that could be better used for giving the kids experience.
I know you'll all disagree but hey!!!
I'd give Mensel another game. And we will need a tagger against WC, so Clark stays.
Clarke is a liability and shouldn’t play again. Too soft and too many turnovers. Rose not up to AFL standard. Not sure why he wasn’t delisted last year. I’d keep McVeigh for our inexperienced backline but he goes if Smith comes back. Menzel out for a kid.
By the way - Naismith has been out for 18 months. What’s going on? Club very quiet.
According to the club, Naismith back 'a few weeks after the Bye.'Originally Posted by Asho
But expect him play NEAFL for a while to get some match fitness back. So unlikely to make an impact this year, and will benefit from a full pre-season.
Optimistic to expect much of an impact from him at all. Yes, He won lots of hit outs, but I don’t recall him being overly effective with the majority of his taps ( certainly no Gawn or Grundy with taps to advantage) , and after that offers absolutely zilch around the ground. Doesn’t mark it , doesn’t throw his weight around, hardly gets a a touch at all and certainly doesn’t hit the scoreboard.
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.....but I also distinctly remember him being an integral part of our excellent 2016 season where we barnstormed into the GF. He seemed pretty effective then.
I suppose the question with him now maybe reliability injury wise.....and whether he can return as good as he was at his 2016 best.
We had a gun midfield in 2016. Didn't really matter who won the tap when you had JPK, Parker, Hanners, Jack all in their prime with future Brownlow Mitchell as backup.
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Even Annie H would have been a serviceable ruck with that on ball brigade!
Menzel did okay for his first game of senior footy in nearly a year. Has a touch of class; that tap to Blakey , his roving goal. He’ll only get better, and we need goal kickers.
I wouldn’t make any changes, thought the team played pretty well and nobody other than Rose appears to be banging down the door in the 2’s ( I am assuming his papers have been stamped ).
Also we need a tagger and I’d rather have Clarke do it than Hewett.
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I agree. Really bizarre re-signing the kid. Feel sorry for him, gives his all every week and plays good enough football, just gets no love. Not saying he's a world beater but he deserves more games than we've given him
Given the numbers Rose has been putting up, you can assume there's something fundamental he hasn't addressed this season (consistency, decision making, defensive work rate etc).
The changes suggested are ludicrous. Unless there's any forced changes through injury, or Kennedy returning, we'll be unchanged (which is nice for a change this year).
Keep in mind, we just had more scoring shots than Geelong in Geelong. And Clarke kept Duncan rather quiet.
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I would really like to see Stoddart get an extended run in his best position on a half back flank and move Mills into the midfield. I just don't understand prioritising Mills intercepting in a backline that keeps all sides sub 100 points to placing him where we need class players the most, in the midfield.
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