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Unfortunately Dawson appears to be very close socially with Murphy if you have seen social media posts. Says it all.
Player Watch Josh Rachele - Sent To The Gulag!
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We're not dropping him
Remember when we jumped early because Curtin trained with the Bs for match sim? Similar here I reckon.
I'm sure he's playing but we maybe clipped his wings a bit by having him put on the B strip for one session. The tweet guy jumping to conclusions.
Yes, club not happy with him (because they are clueless) but not dumb enough to drop him entirely.
Remember when we jumped early because Curtin trained with the Bs for match sim? Similar here I reckon.
I'm sure he's playing but we maybe clipped his wings a bit by having him put on the B strip for one session. The tweet guy jumping to conclusions.
Yes, club not happy with him (because they are clueless) but not dumb enough to drop him entirely.
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Does he milk free kicks and eye gouge in his consultancy gigs too?
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Used to be that if a player performed poorly, they'd be dropped for a couple of weeks to the reserves .....with the Gen Z's, they sulk at any adversity, and immediately threaten asking for a trade
Yes, the coaching style has changed to suit these fragile personalities ....can't yell at them ect
But it's also not all about them ....the team is the bigger picture ...if that hurts ego's, so be it
We're seeing a similar situation with Petracca currently ....first bump in the road, and he wants out (apparently)
I'm not fussed either way on action taken on Rachele .....but I do back in the views of the leadership group, who have some real experience and wise heads .....or do we dismiss the views of Dawson, Hinge, Keys, and ROB (the scholar)
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Cal Twomey doesn't usually run stories like this based on a player training in the Bs for match sim
He's gotten the information from somewhere
With that said I wouldn't be surprised if the club has gotten terrified of the feedback and reverses the decision
Hunch? Or you’ve got good mail on this? How did Cal Twomey get is wrong then. He’s usually on the money. Isn’t the type to go with something unless he’s pretty sure about it.
Twomey isn't known for these types of tweets, I'd be shocked if he was wrong.
Talking of players sulking, have you seen Rory Laird's attitude this year
Have you seen Murphy's, ROB's or Smith's performances this year ?
For a club that hasn't had any success for 5 years, I wouldn't back their judgement at all
Different rules for different players is a cancer through the club
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Rach makes harmless banter. Club Leader admonishes him and it looks like he'll pay the penalty for the comment.
Rach makes harmless banter. Club Leader admonishes him and it looks like he'll pay the penalty for the comment.
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No mail
Gut feel only
Plus our PR awareness will kick in before any major criticism-drawing decision gets made
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I'll burn the ****ing club down if Josh is dropped because of anything but legitimate injury.
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He’s in the white
Oh look, some casual ageism. Mate, saying "kids today" in an old man voice only makes 1 person look bad!
People are individuals, don't be like that.
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Murphy has never been in danger of being dropped ....so you can put that one to bed
ROB suffers from a lack of an alternative ....he's like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get from him .....and in a Final that's BAD
Laird has been dreadful I agree ....some of his efforts so poor ...some of it is with his physical decline, having lost that 2mtr speed, that anabled him to get to the fall of the ball as a mid ....and breakaway from opponents
That pace has gone, hence his move out of the midfield, but now he's getting caught with the ball too often .....he has an uncertain future
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You’ve provided no basis for your repeated assertion this decision was made by the leadership group.
It’s 2024, not 1994. Our coaches (like any organisation) need to deal with the world as it is, not as they’d prefer it to be. That goes for the way people are managed too, which has come a long way for a variety of reasons.
You can’t just batter someone’s confidence repeatedly and publicly and then wonder why that doesn’t improve their performance.
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Can you explain why this is the case?
Umm.... this doesn't fill me with much confidence that he'll play.
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In 1994 it would have been purely the Coaches call ....he reigned supreme
In 2024 it's the Leadership Group's call .....he'll the players even choose the Capt and VC now ......not the Coach
No Coach is going to make the Rachele call, without the backing of the leadership group ....not in todays AFL environment ....to do otherwise is how a Coach would lose the players
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Lol, AFC just posted on INSTA that Josh Rachele was named in the 22 under 22 team.
Something tells me the PR department is reading this thread as we speak.
If so, Hi AFC employee, can you tell someone to drop Murphy!
Something tells me the PR department is reading this thread as we speak.
If so, Hi AFC employee, can you tell someone to drop Murphy!
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