He'd be a great sub. I just can't see Dimma going for it.
Player Watch #9: Trent Cotchin is an obscenely good 3 x Premiership Captain, Victorian Captain & Brownlow Medalist
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Did Edwards line up as sub at all last year?
I can’t remember off the top of my head but have a feeling that he did
I know he definitely did with Lambert so it shows he isn’t afraid to use older players as a sub
no reason he wouldn’t use the same tactic with Cotch
We will not get 3 back maybe 1 l believe hope l am wrong
Only twice.
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What difference does that make?
Means he still played vets as subs so the point still stands
uh oh , looks like cotch has upset some entitiled essendon private school parents.
Parked his Jeep on their lawn bowls grass.
I was just answering your question....
He was nursed to 300 games though. If the tactical sub was around last year I reckon Edwards would've done it quite a bit more. I just can't see Dimma going for it with Cotchin.
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Yes that makes sense (even though that figure must be inflated because Hopper missed this week and he had to pinch hit in there) but where is he playing when he's not attending centre bounces ? Forward ? On the bench ? If he's not at the centre bounce, where is he ? That was my point. If he's playing all this time forward the stats will show it right ?
He still showed he has it as a mid on the weekend so if he's the fourth or fifth mid starting on the bench and occasionally drifting forward for a goal then he's more than earning his wage and being a huge benefit to the team. We've got him for one season you'd think.
There's a lot of factors at play with Cotch and Jack (also one season) and to some extent Grimes and Dusty (2y). I know the club is determined to exit them with dignity as they deserve. I think some supporters get impatient but we'd be wise to remember what happened years ago when this club treated premiership heroes like commodities or pawns in a power struggle with nasty neighbours. That set the club back decades.
I think the club has learned a lot from that and also watching Hawthorn disintegrate before our eyes.
Rest them, play them in bursts in conditions that suit them against opponents that suit them and integrate the youngsters beside them to learn and grow and prosper. That's how you run a modern successful club.
It's R4, still 19 matches and hopefully finals to play out.
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Good.
Not really, only 3% more than V the crows. It's probably about an even split between bench and forward when he's not in the midfield.
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I wish I could remove this sick and twisted fascination with sexy milestone numbers. 300 games FMD who cares. He's clearly cooked. On the full. Missed a sitter freebie and offering zero forward craft smarts. Fu@k me he was never fast but bloody hell he's painfully slow now.
Club won't have the balls to drop him. Once he gets to 300, hopefully they do.
Get him on the roid a for one last crack at the title.
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The bloke decided to retire last season, whoever dangled the carrot in front of him should be let go, horrible call
A lot want him to get to game 300 for some weird ass reasons but he himself was Done & didn’t want it
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A lot want him to get to game 300 for some weird ass reasons but he himself was Done & didn’t want it
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Yeah he’s cooked but He’s playing this year for peanuts, for the club.
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That's why I don't want Grimes playing on again, you saw him tonight he got smashed by Papley. he is cooked too he does not have another year in him.
I'm all for keeping players with leadership but if you can't actually do your role you need to retire, he tries guts out but he is well past it.
I'm all for keeping players with leadership but if you can't actually do your role you need to retire, he tries guts out but he is well past it.
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What about Shai having zero impact?
Sometimes it's just fun to find a new whipping boy but Cotchin is 33 years old. What do you want from him?
Judson Clarke, Hugo Ralphsmith, Maurice Rioli, Samson Ryan, Ben Miller, Tyler Sonie are a weak af bottom six.
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$350k isn't peanuts. We're gonna have to decide whether to rissole dow soon and pretty sure Ross is sick of getting dropped and might wanna look elsewhere. We need to get Sonsie more midfield time. He's basically treading water and delaying the inevitable. I'm just thrilled Hardwick subbed him as was the right call.
He's actually tracking worse than Edwards was last year. Only heard he kicked 4 goals in an intra, but Ive watched every minute of the 2 praccies and the H&A games and he's done practically zero up forward. Where's all the experts who were slagging Cornes. He might be a flog but was a spot on call. Cotchins kicked 1 measly flukey goal from about 10 shots that have mostly gone ootf or shanked and completely missed.
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Should always be the sub until his 300. Never start.
Should be playing midfield without both Hopper and Taranto, together with him .
They apply zero defensiveness and are too slow to play together in there .
One of them at one time at a stretch .
Shai , Cotchin , Sonsie, Ross , Pickett , Prestia , Graham , Baker and short should all be rotating through as midfielders and all have been well below par as has our midfield as the club continues to play Hopper and Taranto together in the midfield seemingly to justify their recruitment and the price paid.
They apply zero defensiveness and are too slow to play together in there .
One of them at one time at a stretch .
Shai , Cotchin , Sonsie, Ross , Pickett , Prestia , Graham , Baker and short should all be rotating through as midfielders and all have been well below par as has our midfield as the club continues to play Hopper and Taranto together in the midfield seemingly to justify their recruitment and the price paid.
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Yes , no arguments from me, it was the wrong move in hindsight.
But my understanding is that the club encouraged him to play the extra year, he was happy to go last year.
He’s a competitive beast, once he made the commitment naturally he wants to play.
Not sure where from here! No way he plays VFL. Retire prior to the mid season draft? can’t see him doing that, he’s a proud man.
No doubt we continue to pump games into Sonsie, just give Ross his opportunity. Apart from that everyone else is injured. 4 or 5 listed AzFL players lined up last night in the 2s
