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I can't believe the Bulldogs are ahead of us in the rebuilding stakes..i can't believe they have a better midfield than we do..if that is true then we are going nowhere any season soon...
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They aren't ,we have a habit of doing this ,embarrassing ...bobmurray wrote:We are crap..Scott knows it...maybe he is not allowed to fill us up with youth...he is not allowed to say we are rebuilding...![]()
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I can't believe the Bulldogs are ahead of us in the rebuilding stakes..i can't believe they have a better midfield than we do..if that is true then we are going nowhere any season soon...![]()
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Nearly half a year below par = credits over.battye wrote:550+ goals means he has some credits in the bank. He's down on last year but he's got some company there. There should be plenty of places up for grabs before Milne's.Teflon wrote:Thanks Dragit - saved me.
These people living off Milnes glory days.....FFS if we do that we will merely delay the inevitable re-build.
Hes done - time to move on.
Not one good game so far this year... Do you think we should just meander along with underperforming 33yo's till round 23?battye wrote:550+ goals means he has some credits in the bank. He's down on last year but he's got some company there. There should be plenty of places up for grabs before Milne's.Teflon wrote:Thanks Dragit - saved me.
These people living off Milnes glory days.....FFS if we do that we will merely delay the inevitable re-build.
Hes done - time to move on.
Johnny Member wrote:We're rebuilding.
Picking a team to win each week is not how you rebuild.
Making changes during the match to pinch 4 points is not how you rebuild.
And fielding a team of kids is not how you rebuild.
You play the old blokes, so the kids can learn. The old blokes cop the tags and take best defenders, whilst the kids get the opportunity to learn the trade.
No-one is saying "old guys out", but any player consistently under performing should make way. Milera gets dropped after each poor game, Milne has had 8 now, Saad ordinary but much better the last 3 weeks... Kicking long range goals & tackling like a madman.plugger66 wrote:Johnny Member wrote:We're rebuilding.
Picking a team to win each week is not how you rebuild.
Making changes during the match to pinch 4 points is not how you rebuild.
And fielding a team of kids is not how you rebuild.
You play the old blokes, so the kids can learn. The old blokes cop the tags and take best defenders, whilst the kids get the opportunity to learn the trade.
Exactly right so people wanting old guys out just dont get it.
dragit wrote:No-one is saying "old guys out", but any player consistently under performing should make way. Milera gets dropped after each poor game, Milne has had 8 now, Saad ordinary but much better the last 3 weeks... Kicking long range goals & tackling like a madman.plugger66 wrote:Johnny Member wrote:We're rebuilding.
Picking a team to win each week is not how you rebuild.
Making changes during the match to pinch 4 points is not how you rebuild.
And fielding a team of kids is not how you rebuild.
You play the old blokes, so the kids can learn. The old blokes cop the tags and take best defenders, whilst the kids get the opportunity to learn the trade.
Exactly right so people wanting old guys out just dont get it.
You said a couple of weeks ago that Milne had about 3-4 weeks of credits left... which was pretty generous. I reckon 10 games gifted in credits is too many personally. 10 games we haven't seen Curren, Shenton or Ledger... Who may or may not be any good, lets find out.
lol simpkin and ledger are not AFL qualitymad saint guy wrote:This is the team I'd go with next week
B: Dempster, Simpkin, Wright
HB: Roberton, Stanley, Fisher
C: Webster, Armitage, Geary
HF: Montagna, Riewoldt, Dunell
F: Saad, Lee, Siposs
Foll: McEvoy, Steven, Ross
Int: Ledger, Ray, Curren, Newnes
Out: Hayes (inj), Jones, Maister, Gwilt, Milne, Hickey, Dal Santo
In: Armitage, Curren, Lee, Dunell, Ledger, Wright, Simpkin
It's sad to see a club legend in Milne on the outer, but he's not giving enough to justify his spot and he's not going to be part of our next good team. Gwilt is hopeless as a defender and is competing with Roberton and Webster for the rebounding half back roles. Give the spot to the younger players with more upside.
+1Johnny Member wrote:We're rebuilding.
Picking a team to win each week is not how you rebuild.
Making changes during the match to pinch 4 points is not how you rebuild.
And fielding a team of kids is not how you rebuild.
You play the old blokes, so the kids can learn. The old blokes cop the tags and take best defenders, whilst the kids get the opportunity to learn the trade.
You'd drop Hickey would you? If you are selecting side on youth, development AND merit, I would go with Hickey over McEvoy.mad saint guy wrote:This is the team I'd go with next week
B: Dempster, Simpkin, Wright
HB: Roberton, Stanley, Fisher
C: Webster, Armitage, Geary
HF: Montagna, Riewoldt, Dunell
F: Saad, Lee, Siposs
Foll: McEvoy, Steven, Ross
Int: Ledger, Ray, Curren, Newnes
Out: Hayes (inj), Jones, Maister, Gwilt, Milne, Hickey, Dal Santo
In: Armitage, Curren, Lee, Dunell, Ledger, Wright, Simpkin
It's sad to see a club legend in Milne on the outer, but he's not giving enough to justify his spot and he's not going to be part of our next good team. Gwilt is hopeless as a defender and is competing with Roberton and Webster for the rebounding half back roles. Give the spot to the younger players with more upside.
defacto wrote:lol simpkin and ledger are not AFL qualitymad saint guy wrote:This is the team I'd go with next week
B: Dempster, Simpkin, Wright
HB: Roberton, Stanley, Fisher
C: Webster, Armitage, Geary
HF: Montagna, Riewoldt, Dunell
F: Saad, Lee, Siposs
Foll: McEvoy, Steven, Ross
Int: Ledger, Ray, Curren, Newnes
Out: Hayes (inj), Jones, Maister, Gwilt, Milne, Hickey, Dal Santo
In: Armitage, Curren, Lee, Dunell, Ledger, Wright, Simpkin
It's sad to see a club legend in Milne on the outer, but he's not giving enough to justify his spot and he's not going to be part of our next good team. Gwilt is hopeless as a defender and is competing with Roberton and Webster for the rebounding half back roles. Give the spot to the younger players with more upside.
jones will be sent back to the VFL
dal santo and fisher need a rocket, said it after round 1
plugger66 wrote:
I dont reckon he has been bad for 8 but its only my opinion. Others will disagree. The reason i think Milne should stay in is to help Saad in 2 ways. Milne get the best backman and he can teach on the ground. Not great reasons if as you think he has been poor. Also i think there are plenty in front of him who can be dropped but again its only my opinion. As for seeing young guys well the coaches do actually see them at sandy and may already have come to a conclusion on their ability.
Hickey seemed to hurt himself late in the game last night. Any sign of injury and he should be put in cotton wool. We've seen what happens to young talls who are played too much too early.samuraisaint wrote:You'd drop Hickey would you? If you are selecting side on youth, development AND merit, I would go with Hickey over McEvoy.
Simpkin had a great year in 2012 and is definitely AFL quality. Ledger has been good in his extremely limited AFL opportunities and is regularly getting 30 touches and kicking goals at Sandy. He might not turn out to be AFL quality, but we don't know until he's given a crack.defacto wrote:lol simpkin and ledger are not AFL quality
jones will be sent back to the VFL
dal santo and fisher need a rocket, said it after round 1