Expectations of him were high pre season. He was deemed a likely round 1 debutant but then the Collingwood disease, longer term injury, interrupted his hoped for meteoric rise. But if he must be young and emerging, let it be so till age and experience indicate otherwise. The only player who has impressed with his movement today is Allan.
Who you talkin bout Willis?
Kinder has informed Demattia his services are no longer required
That been the Smarter Pick as feels our Needs lot more
No the VFL players are judged against other VFL players and teams and ours are very ordinary. I said this team is very ordinary and it is even with the AFL players, we lost to a team who hadn’t won in 2 years and another who hadn’t won a game this year. It’s obvious that the VFL players we recruited are not even up to this standard. Hutchinson has been nothing but talk, a very average player for the wraps he’s been given. I’m not judging the team by how many players go into the afl team, I’m judging it by the way they play as a team against other VFL teams and by that metric they are very average.
Dean goes alright alsoGood to hear Ed Allan showing some exciting skills.
And Harry De Mattia will be just fine, no doubt in the world.
Parker and TJ too.
Got some really good ones coming through there
All that really matters though is how the AFL players develop. The ones we’ve called upon so far have been ready.
He might find it easier with more experience around him. He has played in the worst team in the VFL over the last 3 weeks.
Why didn't Krueger play?
State league affiliate: Collingwood (VFL)
This weekend: Collingwood v Werribee at Victoria Park, Saturday May 18, 11.05am AEST
MATCH CENTRE Check out all the stats from Collingwood's clash
Out-of-favour forward Ash Johnson kicked 1.2 while untried midfielder Ed Allan was among the Pies best with five clearances, 15 disposals and nine tackles.
Defender Tew Jiath had 20 touches, while CharlieDean was a pillar up back with eight marks and 21 disposals.
Small defender Jakob Ryan had five marks and four tackles to go along with his 14 disposals, while midfielder Harry DeMattia was busy with 17 disposals and a clearance.
Category B rookie Wil Parker had 16 disposals and seven tackles playing as defender
Held over emergency. Missed him today tbh. If only to bring the ball to ground. We struggled aerially
he would have got injured, and would be unavailable for the seniors next week. Very smart move by the selection committee.
Strange carryover - he needs footy. Although I probably would have played him or Dean as sub.
Ridiculous having him as carryover with all the carry on about how he needs a block of games and the McInnes injury that will side line him next week.
