Michael Jezz wrote:
Our Match committee has a lot to answer for tonight. Granted I am not privy to injury & form but you have to select players on the basis of their ability to play in a top four side.
a) Acland stole another development game from Hampson. I would rather Hampson get beaten in his second year and gain some experience than take up space with a guy who is not afl standard
b) Bentick, Wiggins and Hadley - can not play in the same side. We need more run if we are to be a top 4 contender. So why drop ellard or play another runner
c) Bentick & Carazzo can not Mix it with the top midfielders in the competition so play Gibbs on the ball
d) O'hailpin is a genuine backman and better than Waite
e) Waite needs to replace fisher in the forward line
IMO, the match commitee has not selected the right players in the right posiions this year
Jezza, nobody's taking you seriously but I will, because the MC themselves would probably admit they got a few wrong tonight.
On your points -
a) Ackland - they got it dead wrong. Hammo should've played. Not many players are a disgrace to the jumper - but Ackland is. Won't play again.
b) and c) Yes, we're slow. Bentick, as much as we love him as a gutsy hard worker and honest trier, is simply not in our best 22. He ends up at the bottom of a lot of packs and holds the ball in, but he lacks that '2nd step' in his play - the ability to create something from the stoppages in which he's involved. If we had no injuries, he wouldn't be in the side.
d) Setanta is also just playing cos of injuries. I'm a bit pessimistic about his and his brother's chances of making it long term. MC's hands are tied here.
e) Disagree with you Jezz - Waite is a backman, pure and simple. He can;t play forward because he has no footy brain and cannot kick the ball. He is better off being led to the ball by the opposition.
If you look at the BUllants, we don;t have much to come in, so the MC's hands are tied. Hampson was the glaring mistake.
On last night's form O'hailpin is a far superior backman than Waite. I do not understand how you can groom someone for centerhalf back when you can not play body on body and your disposal is poor. At least with O'hailpin you get the right physical mix. What is more We miss Waite in the forward line.
My Other point not properly expressed in the original post is that the match committee are using injuries as an excuse to pick mediocre players ahead of kids. Clearly, given our injuries you would pick Ellard ahead of Bentick (can not give a kid one game to develop him) and I would have picked Edwards instead of Wiggins. Yes, Wiggins played a good game for one match but he is not the future. Edwards form might have been questionable but these are weeks when you give the kid the chance to step up. At least with selections like that you walk away from the game saying "I learnt something about our list". I mean match committee certainly have not picked Russel purely on form but at least if Russel gets delisted you can say we gave him every opportunity.
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