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It’s worse than that. He sucked as the sub against Port, then replaced Nank in the starting team even though Nank played very well against Port.
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He was dropped in July and never played again.
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He's internally admired and we'll do everything we can to get him in.
On occasions dire form and a mountain of losses forces our hand but when given any free choice (like Round 1), I predict we'll do what we usually do.
The funny thing is that starting a season without Smith is the thing we've never done. Maybe take some reassurance from that when it actually happens.
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Great.
Why is that one the permanent one that all future decisions will follow but the one a handful of weeks prior is ancient history, never to be repeated?
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No-one on this board wanted him .....can't give Crouch away ....Free to a good home, doesn't even have to be good
Just saying ....this is not the first time this board has completely written off a player .....to then do a backflip
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Okay, well I guess we should be in full panic mode, but I'm still okay with the fact that we have Isaac Cumming, Mitch Hinge, Max Michalanney, Chayce Jones, Luke Nankervis, Rory Laird, Wayne Milera, Oscar Ryan and Hugh Bond all either equal or ahead of Brodie Smith in the queue.
The last thing that happened was that he was dropped in July and never brought back, and I can't see him suddenly proving to the coaches that decision was wrong.
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The reason they were happy not to pick Smith and to experiment with the likes of Bond at the end of last season was because we couldn't make the finals.
There are four canaries in the coalmine imho that will determine whether Nicks and this coaching crew will ever be successful
1) Whether Smith plays
2) If Laird is a starting centre square mid
3) Murphy at half forward
4) We play all four tall defenders
Those are the indicators for me.
As recently as a handful of rounds ago we would be 0/4 with these decisions, hence our dogshit season.
What internal analysis have we undertaken since 2024 finished? Has anything dawned on us? What perspective will Davis bring?
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It gives me a little hope
Faarrk, I am one of those people now.
Davis will be the deciding factor in this. If Nicks walks out with a selected side that based on your criteria is bad selection then Davis is not doing his job. Which will mean Nicks cant be helped and Davis was a shit poor appointment.
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BTW, Bigman, could you keep an eye out on Turray vs ROB when they have ruck contests against one another.
Very curious to see how he goes against an AFL ruckman
Very curious to see how he goes against an AFL ruckman
I don't think that is the alignment at all. That being part of the leadership group means you have the traits that should help you be selected. I think it is based on other factors that are important for the team, but not necessarily getting you into the 22. You know, selfless stuff that is for the good of the team!
Looking back at our past groups (please fact check if I've got these wrong), last year's did seem a little weird with 3 x Vice Captains and 4 x new "leaders". Would rather a single Captain, single Vice-Captain ... then leave the leadership group to form itself without the need for the official hierarchy and title.
2019
- Walker (captain)
- Sloane (captain)
- Lynch
- M.Crouch
- Talia
- Douglas
- Jenkins
2020
- Sloane (captain)
- Smith
- Doedee
- M.Crouch
- Lynch
2021
- Sloane (captain)
- Smith
- Doedee
- M.Crouch
- Lynch
2022
- Sloane (captain)
- Smith
- Dawson
- Doedee
- Keays
- O'Brien
2023
- Dawson (captain)
- Smith
- Doedee
- Keays
- O'Brien
2024
- Dawson (captain)
- Keays (vc)
- O'Brien (vc)
- Smith (vc)
- Fogarty
- Murphy
- Milera
- Hinge
You've got to give Matty some Kudos for making it happen. I love a good story like that.
I'd generally think this does NOT happen in 90% of cases though.
I still hold a torch for Jones, Pedlar, Cook, Milera, but reality is probably against me. Statistics certainly are.
They wrote him off for no reason, should never have been dropped in the first place. People just found an excuse for losses and blamed the first senior player they could and decided they wanted a shiny new speedy toy to get a game. It just took for matty to not be there before we realised...oops we are getting smashed in the centre, over and over. Matty comes in, oh look problem fixed. Amazing.
We dont have another midfield contested possession bull so to drop our only player with those attributes was monumentally stupid.
Golumless
A bigger deal out west.
If Nankervis form drops, Cummins is a dud or injuries occur? Smith will quickly come back into contention.
Selection is more about reacting to the next spot fire, not long term planning.
Golumless
A bigger deal out west.
It's very unlikely Oscar Ryan will come first, without a serious run in the SANFL (or a white-hot preseason). After all, he didn't even crack our best 22 this year.
At this point, Smith is higher on the depth chart and once you're at the selection level, the depth chart is all that matters. We missed an opportunity to clear a roadblock for Ryan by giving Smith the nudge to retire at the end of last season.
Depends what point the injuries come.
He finished off last year very strongly in the 2s and I expect him to take another leap this pre season.
