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Do you need to even ask lol he'd say banners of course.
I just assumed Banners getting dropped was inevitable. In my head he was already out.
The issue is we're one dimensional, and that one dimension relies on Darcy being there, and Brayshaw, Serong, and JOM being at their best.
I said ahead of others, if everyone comes back in (Darcy, Aish, Freddy) then it makes it hard. Sturt is applying pressure as well as anyone in that forwardline at the moment and a few players are way down on form. He's fast enough you could rejig things and play a bit taller, maybe it's even more effective.
Who would he come in for. We saw having Brodie and jom in there didn't work.
Selection integrity is different if a player is omitted for structural reasons or because better players are coming back. Erasmus' performance earlier in the year didn't warrant him getting dropped, but with players coming back he had to be the one to make way. The only way Sturt keeps his spot that makes sense structurally is if Freddy doesn't get up. This is already under the assumption that Banfield gets dropped.
I dont think Freddy's form has been strong enough to push Sturt out after being injured. I think everyone's form over the full year has been shakey enough that a wake-up call is needed and Peel / AFL performances need to be rewarded.
Freddy's form this year has been much better than Sturt's form. This is the first game Sturt has played where he had more than a 5 minute cameo. Freddy has 14 goals. Has kicked multiple goals 5 times this year. He's had two poor games in the last 6 weeks, and only goalless in one of them. I really don't think Sturt needs to be rewarded for one OK game if Freddy, who has played better ALL year, is fit and ready to go.
Yep, once Sturt missed that handball in the first we were gone. Just because someone score a couple of goals doesn’t mean they played well (although he wasn’t terrible).
It was clear last week that Freddie wasn’t fully fit. One of my mates pointed it out at the game.
But rewarding a guy playing a good game is how they keep getting better, worked for Banners (temporarily) and it provides a wake up call for the guy underperforming they replace. I'll soften a bit, Freddy is not going to be fully fit after missing 1 week given how much he was clearly feeling the week before. He hasnt been good enough to kick out the one guy who did their job when not fully fit
I actually dont understand how you can prefer to keep Banners tbh
Was just as momentum killing especially since I could not for the life of me figure out who he was trying to kick to. But turning it over with a risky kick into the corridor from a guy who was actually doing it really well up until that point in the game is much more forgiveable than missing a 5m handpass when we were streaming forward. And not to mention Young is actually a good, proven player.
Guess that begs the question of what's worse? Irresponsible decison making or absolute dogshit ability to execute the most basic skill in all of football.
I would also like to see a replay if the Sturt handball. I thought Walters could have done more to get to that. It was a pretty lazy performance by the majority of the team, i thought.
My condolences
Walters COULD have done more, he could have reached for it and held it and ultimately gotten tackled because in that extra second it took him to do that the GWS player would've made ground. He shouldn't have had to do break his stride to collect a handball from 5m away.
