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No changes except Nank into the emergency role.
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Sholl as sub
If it were me, Nankervis comes in for Milera. But I suspect it will be unchanged.
Isaac Cumming perhaps, if we are managing him a bit early in the year
Yep any talk about dropping Milera is just ridiculous
Its not, he'd have been in our bottom 4 or 5.
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Ridiculous because it won’t happen, but not ridiculous due to performance
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][emoji[emoji6Milera wasn’t bad today - he did what he needed to do
But I’m in the Nank camp - I just feel that Nank is a more pro-active player, he looks to get involved more
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Not sure why he has become a new whipping boy but after a year out of the game that was a perfectly fine comeback game
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Kick it 6 times and have 78 metres gained?? Cripes, low bar.
What did he actually do ?
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I’m not putting him down and i actually don’t mind him, but saying Dawson should drop out is ridiculous because of the performance he put up, saying milera could be replaced is not a ridiculous assertion.
There’s usually a reason why players become whipping boys though.
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Milera might be the new whipping boy because today's game was basically what he has done his entire career. It was not a good first game back (it was everyone's first game back, not like you bank form from August.) He was his usual 13-16 possession self.
100 games - 2 Brownlow votes (two 1 vote games). Not sure what people are waiting for. He is who he is. He is never going to be N W-M
100 games - 2 Brownlow votes (two 1 vote games). Not sure what people are waiting for. He is who he is. He is never going to be N W-M
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As I said I prefer Nank because he is more proactive - I’ve been on the Nank ahead of Milera train all pre-season
The issue is that we were dominant across the ground so Milera will get a pass mark for playing his role - whereas if Nank played I’m
sure he would have had more of an impact That was my point
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Yep. We need more offence from that role.
Most here have been so focussed on this whole Nank over Milera thing in recent days. Like obsessionally.
OK let me watch the replay - always enjoyable even if skipping at 2 or 3x speed for 50% of the game - and will respond to you Gents further.
Clearly the coaching panel - Head Coach, Coaching Director and Backline Coach collectively feel Milera>Nank
at this stage as a hbf. This is inarguable. I tend to agree with them but accept the majority on here don’t agree. Time will ultimately prove things up.
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Milera will stay in while we're winning, regardless of output
His spot will only come under scrutiny if we drop a couple
His spot will only come under scrutiny if we drop a couple
I think Keays could be a good sub.
A genuine injection of creativity against Essendon late in the game could be in inspired move.
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Agreed, Whipping boys come about through continued unwarranted selected. That fits Milera being selected this week.
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Unchanged.
MAYBE you drop Sholl, rotate someone like Peatling/Curtin more to the wing, and get Draper a full game in the guts.
But that would be pretty harsh to Sholl.
MAYBE you drop Sholl, rotate someone like Peatling/Curtin more to the wing, and get Draper a full game in the guts.
But that would be pretty harsh to Sholl.
Ignoring for a moment the question of who gets dropped, who are the players who realistically have "earned" an AFL selection?
Nankervis, Bond and Taylor are presumably the next in line. Each of those three "deserves" to be playing AFL footy, but are currently being held out by other options.
Obviously Butts and Borlase can both play, but will only get a look if one of our KPDs goes down. Likewise, McAndrew is the break-glass ruck option, and Burgess the break-glass KPF option.
That then leaves Pedlar, Dowling, Berry, Schoenberg, Cook and Smith as depth options who could realistically come in and play, with Ryan, Edwards and T. Murray as potential debutants. Hard to see any of them playing AFL footy unless injuries come along.
Nankervis, Bond and Taylor are presumably the next in line. Each of those three "deserves" to be playing AFL footy, but are currently being held out by other options.
Obviously Butts and Borlase can both play, but will only get a look if one of our KPDs goes down. Likewise, McAndrew is the break-glass ruck option, and Burgess the break-glass KPF option.
That then leaves Pedlar, Dowling, Berry, Schoenberg, Cook and Smith as depth options who could realistically come in and play, with Ryan, Edwards and T. Murray as potential debutants. Hard to see any of them playing AFL footy unless injuries come along.
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