Long time reader, seldom do I post, but it is getting harder to refrain from typing so here goes...
Good changes I think, we can't and shouldn't expose too much youth all at once; partly because changing like for like is largely irrelevant, but also because the confidence and motivation of the group at large needs to be nurtured to improve it, not shattered by a ridiculous amount of "droppings". A message has been sent by dropping a team elder and by dropping Bell the statement is made that you don't just get a game because you are young.
jimmae wrote:
We won't lose but it'll be interesting to see if trading out scoring power for discipline and hard work pays off.
Increasing discipline and work ethic is exactly what we need. If persisted with will evolve into a more cohesive team oriented ethos.
We have to start somewhere and we can't just say "ok if you have poor disposal you don't get a game". Hell by that criteria Judd would struggle these days. Hard work is exactly where we need to start.
The glaring difference last week between the bombers and us was that every time they took a mark their team mates would run harder than ever for the first five seconds to open options and start our panic. Every time we took a mark our players would stop for the first five seconds for a mini break. It's courage and discipline - not fitness; and it make the passage of play that follows easier. What every player on our team did in the first 5 seconds after we got the ball set us up to fail. This week that must change.
Bell is a bit unlucky to be dropped but Mick has already mentioned that Tom has a bit to do in certain areas. We can only sumise that he isn't hitting those KPI's yet. As for the dropping Waite or Rowe argument I would offer that Sam is playing much closer to his potential than "Mr Almost" is an that this is hurting the team more that Rowe. Garlett is another issue all together, he and Tuohy look very out of touch and should probably both be send down to try and gain confidence.
We will win this week and my prediction would be 6+ goals, as we should; Melbourne are a shattered team, not an easy job even for Roos's vaunted man management abilities.
I could go on, but... time for more wine.
Feel free to post more often Mark! Good stuff.
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WTF? Not sure if that last line is directed at me, but I don't think I 'rave' about Graham regularly at all. He certainly played very well in the last quarter of last Sunday's VFL game. If you think my above post equates to a "hard on" (classy, by the way) for Graham, then you are in need of serious help. 
