Round 1 - Blues v Tigers (21 March) Pre-Game

[Professer E]

Don't see either Polson or Fasolo playing.

[flyboy77]

Fair enough, sorry I misunderstood.
That team is very similar to mine, but I have Polson in for Fasolo

I think you're right, Polson will play.

Fasolo a better option, way better.

We need some experience up forward....

[Jack Burton]

Fasolo worries me in terms of defensive pressure, its why he couldnt get a game for the Filth. We are strugglers, we don't have room for heroes at this stage of our development

[ElwoodBlues1]

Fasolo worries me in terms of defensive pressure, its why he couldnt get a game for the Filth. We are strugglers, we don't have room for heroes at this stage of our development

Polson is a coaches favourite, Fasalo is new and has already stuffed up....dont see Fasalo getting rewarded with a game without some decent form.
Logic also says the Tigers are very strong in terms of small forwards and we are very weak in terms of having suitable opponents so thats another tick for Polson.
Would I play him....No....his pre season form has been ordinary and mirrored what we saw last season bar one game and his skill level/turn over factor a real negative but
having both the coaching group and playing group onside means Polson will get his fair share of opportunities starting with round 1 IMO.

[flyboy77]

Polson is a coaches favourite, Fasalo is new and has already stuffed up....dont see Fasalo getting rewarded with a game without some decent form.
Logic also says the Tigers are very strong in terms of small forwards and we are very weak in terms of having suitable opponents so thats another tick for Polson.
Would I play him....No....his pre season form has been ordinary and mirrored what we saw last season bar one game and his skill level/turn over factor a real negative but
having both the coaching group and playing group onside means Polson will get his fair share of opportunities starting with round 1 IMO.

Yep, that's the sum of it. Unfortunately!

[jeza]

Like the positivity, but Setterfield has played 2 games, walsh has played none. For our midfield to be competitive we need the guys who have 30-50 games to step up - SPS, Fisher, Cuningham etc

The point was if we hadn't run into an injury wall last year we wouldn't have Walsh nor Setterfield who we got for the price of those equalisation picks pretty much.

[jeza]

Polson is a coaches favourite, Fasalo is new and has already stuffed up....dont see Fasalo getting rewarded with a game without some decent form.
Logic also says the Tigers are very strong in terms of small forwards and we are very weak in terms of having suitable opponents so thats another tick for Polson.
Would I play him....No....his pre season form has been ordinary and mirrored what we saw last season bar one game and his skill level/turn over factor a real negative but
having both the coaching group and playing group onside means Polson will get his fair share of opportunities starting with round 1 IMO.

I wouldn't pick Polson on the face of it if it was my call but I put a bit of faith in the coaches that they need his pace and pressure. They give him a job to do. We don't know what that is but he must be carrying it out particularly well.

I really like his pace and his willingness to kick on his left and those flashes of brilliance.

[ElwoodBlues1]

Lynch to play on Thursday night if he trains ok next session......

[DJC]

I wouldn't pick Polson on the face of it if it was my call but I put a bit of faith in the coaches that they need his pace and pressure. They give him a job to do. We don't know what that is but he must be carrying it out particularly well.

I really like his pace and his willingness to kick on his left and those flashes of brilliance.

I think that's right Jeza.  Polson is not a coach's favourite, he is simply rewarded for carrying out his role - whatever that may be 

I tried to watch him closely in the JLT games and he is certainly around the contest and applying pressure, and that seems to be what his role is.  However, I'd like to see him make the most of limited possessions and get more score involvements.

[flyboy77]

I wouldn't pick Polson on the face of it if it was my call but I put a bit of faith in the coaches that they need his pace and pressure. They give him a job to do. We don't know what that is but he must be carrying it out particularly well.

I really like his pace and his willingness to kick on his left and those flashes of brilliance.

Flashes of brilliance?

What are you smoking Jeza?  :o