How many years left?
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3How many years left?
How many years left?
god help us ..
We have Smith ready to take his place. If he is injured he needs to be dropped until he is fixed because he is not playing well enough at the moment. He’s a small defender and has the lowest average tackle count of any of our defenders.When a player is this far down on expected output there's obviously something other than 'he can't play football and never could' wrong with him.
My guess has been that Short's managing an injury (or more than one) which in an ordinary season he no doubt would have had time off to get right.
With the year we've had, he's played hurting because he's had too. Seen plenty of that from Rioli and glimpses from Vlas too.
Let's face it, the senior blokes who have managed to stay on the park are all in the same program as the injured hordes.
We have Smith ready to take his place. If he is injured he needs to be dropped until he is fixed because he is not playing well enough at the moment. He’s a small defender and has the lowest average tackle count of any of our defenders.
There were about 14 pretty experienced players out there on Sunday. We could easily have replaced him with a young bloke if he was carrying something or even if it is just poor form. And the year is cooked. Just looks like club feeling obliged to persevere with a vc because they are rewarding the old guard and worried how it looks if they drop him since they have signed him for another 3.With more list available we'd have been able to rest him. My guess is that the match committee have been weighing up the difference between managing his injury and getting 2/3rds of a decent game out of him now and again, versus playing our truly greenest kids with all the risks and pitfalls which go with that.
Not to mention every senior body and brain helps from a mindset of the 22 playing that day perspective.
Interesting take. I think playing in an elite team for a long time covered up his weaknesses (Lack of toughness, defensive liability, suspect under pressure). Now our backline is under siege constantly and Rance, Astbury, Grimes aren’t there to mop up the mess, all of these weaknesses rise to the surface.When a player is this far down on expected output there's obviously something other than 'he can't play football and never could' wrong with him.
My guess has been that Short's managing an injury (or more than one) which in an ordinary season he no doubt would have had time off to get right.
With the year we've had, he's played hurting because he's had too. Seen plenty of that from Rioli and glimpses from Vlas too.
Let's face it, the senior blokes who have managed to stay on the park are all in the same program as the injured hordes.
Injured Short IN = honorable 61 point loss.There were about 14 pretty experienced players out there on Sunday. We could easily have replaced him with a young bloke if he was carrying something or even if it is just poor form. And the year is cooked. Just looks like club feeling obliged to persevere with a vc because they are rewarding the old guard and worried how it looks if they drop him since they have signed him for another 3.
When the kids cannot play attacking football because even senior players like Short are miskicking straight to the opposition how much leadership does, he even bring. When defenders like Miller and Brown get caught on the rebound when Short tries to kick into the corridor and misses how much leadership does that bring. All the footballer/commentators say the same, if you choose to play then injuries are not an excuse. Smith may make the same mistakes but he will learn and get better.With more list available we'd have been able to rest him. My guess is that the match committee have been weighing up the difference between managing his injury and getting 2/3rds of a decent game out of him now and again, versus playing our truly greenest kids with all the risks and pitfalls which go with that.
Not to mention every senior body and brain helps from a mindset of the 22 playing that day perspective.
There were about 14 pretty experienced players out there on Sunday. We could easily have replaced him with a young bloke if he was carrying something or even if it is just poor form. And the year is cooked. Just looks like club feeling obliged to persevere with a vc because they are rewarding the old guard and worried how it looks if they drop him since they have signed him for another 3.
Interesting take. I think playing in an elite team for a long time covered up his weaknesses (Lack of toughness, defensive liability, suspect under pressure). Now our backline is under siege constantly and Rance, Astbury, Grimes aren’t there to mop up the mess, all of these weaknesses rise to the surface.
To say he is bad defensively is an understatement, and he struggles offensively with the pressure and lack of options coming his way when he looks up.
When the kids cannot play attacking football because even senior players like Short are miskicking straight to the opposition how much leadership does, he even bring. When defenders like Miller and Brown get caught on the rebound when Short tries to kick into the corridor and misses how much leadership does that bring.
Pulled out of a marking contest in the last quarter and sprayed our captain for his kick.
That shit is cancer for the youngsters in the team.
Forget bigger bodies to protect the kids we HAVE to move him on.
Short giving Nank a bake in the last quarter after calling for the ball and then standing flat footed while a GWS player leaps over the top of him. Sums up the bloke for me.
What?Played up in the preseason and was made VC a few weeks later. Now we’re seeing his true colours as a leader. Indefensible his last quarter squib.
YepWhat?
Yep, you DO NOT berate a heart and soul man like Nank.Yze needs to send a message to this bloke. Must be dropped for that act alone. Nank would have been fuming. Close to the most disgusting "effort" I have seen in a long, long time. He is now a case of addition by subtracting.