Drop him... are you serious.. it's NAB cup guys!

My lord, a couple of average pre-season games and the guy's career is done. Grow a brain people. You're the same guys that were saying Stevens was a hack because he wasn't getting 30+ possies a game last year (while carrying a significant injury).

Mental state is as important (or even more so) than physical state. A common thought is that 90% of footy is played above the shoulders. Lance will come good and will be a match winning contributor in the near future, when he gets his head right and his confidence going. And the only way for that to happen is to keep playing. Dropping him will do him and the team no good.

He won the B&F last year in a very tough year. He was considered for all Australian selection and widely considered one of the top 50 players in the league. 6 months later and he is a hack! He gives the team more potency, more experience and more flexibility. He is a different type of player to most of our team - and thats a positive.

Settle down people and time will show that Lance has plenty to offer.

the cliche relates to taking athletes of similar abilities - not someone in a wheel chair.

Just to spell it out for you Synbad, two athletes of similar abilities take the field, the one that has his brain switched on the game will be the winner. Take Fev as a case in point. Can be damn awful when not switched on, and a liability for the team. When he has his mind on the game, he is just about the best player going around in the game at the moment. Make any sense? If you don't understand that, then I guess I should just give up.

So I guess you're saying that Greg Williams wouldn't get a game for the blues in 2007? And Sam Mitchell should quit right now for the Hawks? I could name a few more if you don't get the point!

Footy, just like life, isn't black and white. Fast doesn't mean the end of Lance. You can't have 22 fast players and no smart/creative/skillfull players. You are so focused on his negatives and are forgetting his positives. He is a great positioner, marker of the footy, has good disposal and is an excellent on field leader and director.

Fast just means we have a game plan that plays to our strengths. And Lance has plenty of those. I'm happy to take a wager with you that Lance will bounce back and be a very good contributer this year. Interested?

Enough on flower Lance the only reason you ever post on here now dosnt matter what the subject is you turn it into a Lance bash flower grow up and face facts he is the Captain his form thus far hasnt been great but maybe he has an injury or some of the off field dramas.

He should be given same scrutiny as any other player but same leaway if he is carrying a injury like any other player

But FFS give it up Synbad i think everyone knows your hatred of Lance and how you pot him on every oppertunity no matter if he plays well or badly... Just give it a rest i think we all bored of you answering every post with a Lance bash flower grow up

Synbad mate.

So called supporters like you make me sick. I see them every week at the game bagging the crap out of their team and not supporting them. Go NYTdog.

You forget that Lance came very close to earning an All Australian center half back birth only last year.

Synbad mate.

So called supporters like you make me sick. I see them every week at the game bagging the crap out of their team and not supporting them. Go NYTdog.

You forget that Lance came very close to earning an All Australian center half back birth only last year.

Bearzo, do you know nytdog?

Drop him... too slow.. and is a liability.
Captain or not he is showing nothing ... unless hes doing it all behind closed doors.
If he has personal issues give him 6 months to get his head sorted out ...

He will play the odd good game or the odd good quarter... but hes too slow and the ball was rocketing out of the half forward line when he was on the ground....
That has nothing to do with his headspace and everything to do with his capabilities...


Give Hartlett a go in the forward line.

There is no way youd put games into Lance right now before Fisher Kennedy Hartlett and Fev.
Rhere is no way youd put games into Lance in the backline at this point of our development before you play games into Setanta Waite T Bird Bower..(and Austin coming up) and if you did how long would you be looking at not playing some of them so you can sneak a slow Lance into a side in this day and age??
Lance is disposable...

Unless he can reinvent himself to run faster .. jump higher.. kick off more than one step (because he cant get back fast enough to move the ball on) take a contested mark.. etc...

Really.. if you have a look at him there has been some gross negligence by whoever chose him as captain...

Give it a rest and roast me some coffee.

Regards Cazzesman