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I did want Young to be dropped BEFORE the game. He played very well and really showed his value. I like the mix of the side with the extra runner and one specialist ruck. Seedsman, Young and Lumumba provided great drive.
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I did want Young to be dropped BEFORE the game. He played very well and really showed his value. I like the mix of the side with the extra runner and one specialist ruck. Seedsman, Young and Lumumba provided great drive.
Very strange you are happy to stick by Adams with his disposal but earlier today you were very happy see Young get dropped due to disposal?A quick scan of the thread would seem to suggest that many people think Adams should be dropped. I disagree. He did not have the best game and his kicking was poor. What he did do was get in there and have a crack. The kid can play, but in my opinion he is just trying too hard. He is so desperate to prove himself. I would keep him in the side and show a bit of faith. Dropping him would be really harsh.
It sounds like Ball was just rested
Very strange you are happy to stick by Adams with his disposal but earlier today you were very happy see Young get dropped due to disposal?
Couple of good spoils from Young showing good courage.
As I said Young is a huge key to our team and with Seed in the team is even better they make us less predictableI replied to your post above (#874)
Just like to point out 5 players had a disposal efficiency of under 70%. Tooves was the worst. 6 disposals at 50%. Then Adams at 61. Then the player everyone loves Thomas at 62. Then comes Goldsack and Blair at the mid 60's. As much as Thomas is good, his efficiency was just as bad as Adams. If Adams had kicked those two goals people would not be attacking him.
Really am not liking the attack on a kid. He did nothing that cost us the match. Just a few mistakes. I am not going to talk about it again tonight. Just frustrates me that a kid like adams is getting it.
These same people probably wanted Goldsack, Leigh Brown and Toovey delisted back in 2009.
He had a very good game. I guess it is a question of can we play both Seedsman ans Young? The oppostion was very poor tonight so that question is still outstanding.
nope still here. JT also made had some shocking disposals but nothing is said about them
Finally!Thomas has genuine class from around the stoppages though. He can burst through at pace. Adams doesn't have that. I agree that Thomas' kicking is quite poor for an AFL footballer, but it is just another reason why we can't have both guys in the team. Adams may hit the contest hard, but he brings little else at this point. He should go back to the VFL and concentrate solely on using the ball properly. THe quarter and a half I saw of him in the VFL a few weeks back was memorable for the 3 kicks that he hit inside 50 that scrubbed along the ground. That's not up to VFL standard, let alone AFL.
Interesting. So if an opinion matches yours it is reason but if it doesn't conform to what you think then it is irrational.Finally!
The voice of reason.
I think we can play both, beauty being one is a left footer and one a right footer, they both can defend well enough when required too. I think they compliment the more truly defensive players like Frost and Toovey well. They both can realistically play anywhere between half back and half forward, both competent at kick-ins and as much as I hate the sub rule they are both kind of well suited to it.
Interesting.Interesting. So if an opinion matches yours it is reason but if it doesn't conform to what you think then it is irrational.
Actually far from emotional. Just enjoying the discussion/debateInteresting.
You're getting emotional because I disagreed with you?
If we can play both it will provide us with another dimension. To do this we have to play one ruck + White. Tonight was not perfect but I think that in terms of structure we were spot on. Bucks neds to continue with this mix.
I think that Ball, Thomas and Adams can play in the same side.
On the performance tonight hard to disagree. In saying that as well as White did tonight a big factor in that would be the inexperience of the Saints ruck players also. I think that it's still opponent dependent on whether we play 2 genuine rucks or not. Either way I don't agree that the ruck setup directly dictates whether we can play both Young and Seedsman.
It's just a matter of numbers. I think we saw the end of two rucks tonight.
There's limited hurt factor there. Replace one of those names with Broomhead or Martin and it provides much better balance.