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Interesting comments on White. Hope he goes well. So I guess Roosy was happier for Playfair to get smashed in the ruck
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I appreciate the logic on Jesse, although I'm not certain that he couldn't be playing that role as a Forward in the seniors.
I knew him as a gentle young man, I cannot say for sure the reasons for his decline
We watched him fade before our very eyes, and years before his time
Sounds logical to me, can't imagine it will placate the mob on here though.Originally Posted by Reggi
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Yeah I agree, the logic is there, but there isn't a rule saying he had to play ruck at all today.
Why the hell did they play him in the ruck last week if they are trying to think long term???? Especially when our full forward was either Rohan, Jude or Bevan!!!
He wasn't just dropped because they did not want to put him in the ruck - Roos also dropped him because he has not been performing that well this year - and therefore hopes that a run in the reserves will recapture his form as a forward.
If White had played well all year as a forward in the seniors, that is where he would have stayed.
Agree with Matty, it is as much about form as anything.
His tackling pressure was abysmal last week, not sure if he was just tired from his role as the backup ruckman or what, but he was the proverbial revolving door. He proved last year that he has the capacity to go back to the 2's and not drop his head, so hopefully history will repeat itself, he'll find some form in the 2's and come back refreshed and fired up.
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White's been struggling all year. The club has tried everything else.. May as well see if a spell in the twos works again.
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Ha ha, yeah, thank God Roos didn't admit that he may have consulted the three captains on this decision otherwise the @@@@ would have really hit the fan on here
Exactly. What's frustrating is that last week was the ideal opportunity to get White in form as the key foward. And he was needed there. Selections over the last few weeks seem reactive (at least to an extent) rather than folloiwng a plan that buids to a flag.
Stupid decision last week by Roos to play White in the ruck. I said to Big Al more than once I would have preferred to see Pyke play in the ruck all day and leave White in the forward line. At least then we would have had a target to aim for. It would have made Lake accountable, Jesse would have his confidence up and we would be looking better for todays game.
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