Seems every year throws up a generational talent.And Reid was " generational "![]()
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Seems every year throws up a generational talent.And Reid was " generational "![]()
Well if they bypass him it will all but confirm that they have absolutely no idea when it comes to assessing talent.Harry wonāt make the AA team unless he gets 30 & 3 every game for the rest of the season.
Whilst the numbers suggest he is up there with the very best midfielders in the comp, they (media & AA selectors) will have 10-15 ahead of him right now:
Bont
Daicos
Cripps
Merrett
Neale
Heeney
Warner
Serong
Butters
Treloar
Gulden
All of these guys would be ahead in their minds & possibly a few others.
I think next year will be his year & probably every year after that for a long time.
Of course, he could/should be named on a forward flank, unlike most the above mentioned he can & does play there.
Donāt forget that Cornes has Horne Francis on the end of his **** and heās on the selection panel.Harry wonāt make the AA team unless he gets 30 & 3 every game for the rest of the season.
Whilst the numbers suggest he is up there with the very best midfielders in the comp, they (media & AA selectors) will have 10-15 ahead of him right now:
Bont
Daicos
Cripps
Merrett
Neale
Heeney
Warner
Serong
Butters
Treloar
Gulden
All of these guys would be ahead in their minds & possibly a few others.
I think next year will be his year & probably every year after that for a long time.
Of course, he could/should be named on a forward flank, unlike most the above mentioned he can & does play there.
Itās a collection of blokes with agendas, preconceptions and biases (subconscious or knowingly blatant). We donāt have a voice on that panel. By the time the automatic selections happen thereās time for the cheerleaders to put their players forward.. we donāt have any north aligned people on the panel.Well if they bypass him it will all but confirm that they have absolutely no idea when it comes to assessing talent.
We all know how brilliant he is and how the stats back it up week in week out.
I remember that the AA selector extraordinaire Kane Corns a few weeks back was already running up his excuse for not looking at Harryā¦l believe the term not flashy enough was his escape clause despite his stats being on par with Daicos. His stats, his big moments in games and his tracking at breaking that 90 year old record are good enough for me. Heās Huge, we love him and we acknowledge thereās something incredible taking placeā¦heās one of us.
They simply canāt bring themselves to acknowledge what his done, all whilst playing in a team thatās been in the lower rungs of the competition. Jealousy is a curse heyā¦.
I didnāt realise there was a criteria for being selected in certain positions.Harry will have spent the 800 minutes forward required for the season to be a forward selection.
The only other two on that list that meet that criteria are Warner and Bont.
Bont will be selected in the midfield.
Moore and Warner will be the HFF's.
I think Sheezel will be a bench selection if he keeps this up, unless Warner is selected elsewhere. He will be viewed as a fwd/mid/def option off the bench imo.
His a NMFC player and past history should tell that %99 of the Selection committee of the AA hate a hatred towards our club.Another stat is where they're playing.
First couple of months same position, from there sheezel been impacting so much more as a fwd/mid- the hardest spot on the ground.
Also bottom 2 team vs top team...
Sheezel has had the better season, and I have no idea why he isn't a LOCK for AA.
No current season stats available
Tim Watson defended his former football club despite his own son having admitted being part of an unprecedented program of PED injections in a TV interview while Tim himself was channel 7 chief football reporter.Really bizarre the media trying to playdown what Harry is doing.
Last night...
on SEN we had Brad Johnson using every justification (regardless of contradiction) he could, to exclude Harry from his AA team.
on 7 Talking Footy we had Tim Watson saying he'd prefer Harley Reid over Harry.
Funny world we live in, when a 19 year old is having one of if not the best second year ever and the media focus on poking holes then appreciating what he's doing.
Been watching too many Trump speeches FG?He might actually be the smartest player in the competition. Pound for pound I think he has a slight ways to go to beat Cripps or Bontempelli for impact on games, but he is carrying around a very very big beautiful brain.
because he plays for the roosReally bizarre the media trying to playdown what Harry is doing.
Last night...
on SEN we had Brad Johnson using every justification (regardless of contradiction) he could, to exclude Harry from his AA team.
on 7 Talking Footy we had Tim Watson saying he'd prefer Harley Reid over Harry.
Funny world we live in, when a 19 year old is having one of if not the best second year ever and the media focus on poking holes then appreciating what he's doing.
What Tim Watson was saying privately and among colleagues about the Essendon drugs saga as opposed to what he was saying in the media is probably what saved him from the scrap heap.Tim Watson defended his former football club despite his own son having admitted being part of an unprecedented program of PED injections in a TV interview while Tim himself was channel 7 chief football reporter.
And he is still employed in the media.
FFS.
He had more credibility when he was the travelling Musashi energy bar salesman.
Any opinion held by Brad Johnson should be automatically discredited.
Ben BrownHis a NMFC player and past history should tell that %99 of the Selection committee of the AA hate a hatred towards our club.
I get the harley over Harry. Harley shown highlights suggesting he could be the next Judd. COULD. Harry already is amazing, but some probably see he's ceiling isn't as high as harley.Really bizarre the media trying to playdown what Harry is doing.
Last night...
on SEN we had Brad Johnson using every justification (regardless of contradiction) he could, to exclude Harry from his AA team.
on 7 Talking Footy we had Tim Watson saying he'd prefer Harley Reid over Harry.
Funny world we live in, when a 19 year old is having one of if not the best second year ever and the media focus on poking holes then appreciating what he's doing.
What Tim Watson was saying privately and among colleagues about the Essendon drugs saga as opposed to what he was saying in the media is probably what saved him from the scrap heap.
Yes all the above should have made itBen Brown
Lindsay Thomas
Ben cunnington
Andrew swallow
Todd goldstein multiple
Scott Thompson multiple
Robbie tarrant
It comes down to best vs most entertaining.I get the harley over Harry. Harley shown highlights suggesting he could be the next Judd. COULD. Harry already is amazing, but some probably see he's ceiling isn't as high as harley.
Leaving Harry out of AA for me is absurd. Reeks of small club syndrome.
I said weeks ago that he may not make the AA team.Really bizarre the media trying to playdown what Harry is doing.
Last night...
on SEN we had Brad Johnson using every justification (regardless of contradiction) he could, to exclude Harry from his AA team.
on 7 Talking Footy we had Tim Watson saying he'd prefer Harley Reid over Harry.
Funny world we live in, when a 19 year old is having one of if not the best second year ever and the media focus on poking holes then appreciating what he's doing.
Heās only been here a season and a half and we donāt actually have that many senior players on our list. If you look at it in that light, itās probably more damning of Freoās senior core.That's a bit damning of our senior players as well....
The late great Harry Sheezel, he'd like to have you for dinnerBeen watching too many Trump speeches FG?