Blue Vain wrote:
I know I'm repetitive about this guy but you set your standards with selection. As long as Lochie O'Brien is getting a game, the message to the list is that short steps and weak efforts will be tolerated.
Body size is no excuse. Hollands is as lightly built as anyone and he never shirks a contest. Same with Cerra. He's as tough as any.
Time for Voss to set some minimum standards. Your physical standards as a team are set by your weakest link.
Once again the backline held up well. Although I would have bought in Cincotta. Carroll was a strange choice IMO and Honey isn't AFL standard. McGovern is still a bit humbly but his ball use from defence is elite. Durdin isn't getting the rewards at the moment but I love his intensity.
Charlie is a freak. When you consider he is shorter than some of the midfielders in the game, his aerial work is superb. And the fact he's a brilliant kick makes him even more dangerous.
A good hitout but a shit finish. Vossy wont be happy and it gives us a definite area for improvement to focus on.
I think its much too early to write of 21yo Honey after 13 games.
He's been selected for 2 stints of 4 and 5 games abnd was retained in the team, only for injury to cruel him. Last year he had an interupted preseason but he got into the team and kicked long set shots at goal, was team focussed assisting goals he could have gone for himself, is a tough tackler, has athletic pedigree.
I know Vossy loves him as a footballer, and he backs him too for obvious reasons imo. If you ever get the chance to speak with Vossy, ask him what he thinks of Honey. You will be surprised.
Crusader debated against his inclusion in the best 22 before 2022 got underway, but he didn't write him off, but had strong argument why he wasn't ready for Best 22. Honey was in a lot of Best 22 teams last year. That may be just on potential and from the little bits of pure football he displayed, but flower he's on the radar of the coaches and most supporters, because he's shown great football qualities. And you write him off.
Farmer Blue thinks he's not a hf BUT a HB because of his speed and ability, but it must be also because he's a footballer first then athlete, unlike LOB the athlete who has played 65 games and still doesnt fill anyone with confidence he's a footballer. But you've had this is your 6th year of viewing LOB.
Sydney Blue had this to say about Honey "Nah". Whatever that means but I will take that as a bust, without any explanation. So, you're not on your own writing off a 21yo whose played only 13 games.
Honey had 11 kicks on the weekend 100% Def, kicked a goal in only 41% game time as a small forward.
Dow, SPS, Fisher, LOB, Stocker, Fogarty were all round 1 and 2 picks...high picks....Honey was a rookie, albeit pick 3, but a rookie nonetheless, and he's still on the list. He's only 21yo and was just selected yesterday. The players like him. He's fun. He's good for teams culture (Farmer should know that). He's got time to develop in a good system with good coaches and I can see why he will be given more chances. "Nah" doesn't cut it with me.
I just can't see him being delisted because he's not an AFL footballer: quite the contrary. Maybe he is superfluous to our needs because we have a plethora of small forwards or half backs, but not because he isnt an AFL footballer.
I'm a glass half full guy. I can see what Honey brings to the game that the abovementioned high picks dont. I see a lot of upside. I will leave the writing off of players at the end of the year, rather than after round 4, and back the decisions of Vossy and co. I just dont think Austin has 21yo Honey's paper stamped.
Honey got selected on the weekend ahead of first round picks Dow and Fogarty. I'm sure he was selected because he is a developing AFL footballer and next in line for a like for like swap. Previous years he's kept his spot in the team, but his week I expect him to make way for the established players Walsh Kennedy and Acres coming into the team. There's also Martin coming back too, but then again, Honey was a like for like replacement for Owies, so who really knows? He's in the frame for 2023 and I'd back for future years too at this stage of his career.
I'm curious what your take on what's wrong with Honey, other than his age and experience?