Round 15 Post Game Thread - Blues v Tigers

[ElwoodBlues1]

I don't reckon it's anything like the Laidler situation.

The end result is what I meant where we lose a player to another club who play him in his right position and he is successful...the circumstances would be different but
we will be watching another of our ex players doing well for another club...
If Henderson isnt enjoying his football or doing well with us I think the odds are he will take another offer and leave...

[blue4life]

If Henderson isnt enjoying his football or doing well with us I think the odds are he will take another offer and leave...

I'd rather lose him than Yarran.

[cimm1979]

The end result is what I meant where we lose a player to another club who play him in his right position and he is successful...the circumstances would be different but
we will be watching another of our ex players doing well for another club...
If Henderson isnt enjoying his football or doing well with us I think the odds are he will take another offer and leave...

He was bad last night.

He hasn't been bad all year in the position. In fact he's been pretty damn good since MM left.

There's no comparison, we knew Laidler had the sads from his tweets. For all we know Henderson is happy playing there and playing a team role until we find the guy to take his place.

[ElwoodBlues1]

He was bad last night.

He hasn't been bad all year in the position. In fact he's been pretty damn good since MM left.

There's no comparison, we knew Laidler had the sads from his tweets. For all we know Henderson is happy playing there and playing a team role until we find the guy to take his place.

Most have  improved since MM has left but I will disagree on this one and have not been that taken with Henderson this season down forward, I will accept his supply/delivery has been poor
but I think he has lacked strength in contesting including his marking and in several games he has hardly touched the football.

[DJC]

Most have  improved since MM has left but I will disagree on this one and have not been that taken with Henderson this season down forward, I will accept his supply/delivery has been poor
but I think he has lacked strength in contesting including his marking and in several games he has hardly touched the football.

Like many blokes before him, Henderson is simply better as a defender than he is as a forward. 

I have advocated playing him as a forward but, after last night, it is clear to me that he is more comfortable as a defender and his contribution is much better.  I think that it is time to commit to Henderson as a defender and find someone else to play as a key forward.

[Mantis]

If Henderson keeps playing the way he has been playing of late for the rest of the season, he will be cheap to sign up again. Then again he will be a cheap pick up for the Cats.

[MosquitoFleet]

If Henderson keeps playing the way he has been playing of late for the rest of the season, he will be cheap to sign up again. Then again he will be a cheap pick up for the Cats.

I hope this is not planned....

[cookie2]

It was interesting in Barkers post game presser the idea of playing Hendo back was raised by a questioner. Barker's response was lukewarm to say the least, so it looks like he'll be staying forward unless cards were being held close to the chest.

[PassIt2Carrots]

Most have  improved since MM has left but I will disagree on this one and have not been that taken with Henderson this season down forward, I will accept his supply/delivery has been poor
but I think he has lacked strength in contesting including his marking and in several games he has hardly touched the football.

In a nutshell, he has shown himself to have very little ticker. 9 kicks and six marks is his average.

[kruddler]

It was interesting in Barkers post game presser the idea of playing Hendo back was raised by a questioner. Barker's response was lukewarm to say the least, so it looks like he'll be staying forward unless cards were being held close to the chest.

Look at it this way, if Hendo goes back, we'll probably have to play Jones or Watson up forward, and potentially drop one of Jamo/Rowe...or maybe someone like fields.

Hendo back is a better player.
Hendo back makes the team worse....as counter-intuitive as it is.