- Sep 13, 2013
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I'm very surprised by the trajectory of Ladhams' career. He looked like he was going to take off in circa 2020/2021, now he plays ressies for the Swans and Port replaced him in the MSD with someone from the bush leagues called Burnt Turtle.The media really shouldn't be giving him this out:
- this is the third time in Hinkley's tenure that a year has been torpedoed at least partly due to ruck issues, so its not something he's unfamiliar with or can be excused from seeing coming.
- the club has actively traded out high performing ruckmen Ryder and Ladhams over the last few years for peanuts.
- the reason for trading out Ladhams was that we had a young ruck in Sam Hayes ready to go. Hinkley has refused to play him for large parts of the year despite being available and showing promise during our run of good form earlier in the season.
The coach just hates playing and developing young talls, holding them to standards that aren't required for other players. It's been one of the most frustrating parts of being a Port supporter over the last 5-6 years.