RD 4 : Blues Beat Saints To Win The Cake-Tin !!

[Thryleon]

Forward pocket is the hardest position to have an impact on the ground. You are worn like a glove and no one kicks the ball to you.

You won't hear a bad word from me about Ellard. If some of our better talents cracked in like he does we would be a much better side.

[Lods]

I think he suffers a bit from comparisons with some of the more flashy goalkicking FP's we've had in the past.
He obviously performs the role the coaches want him to perform. That's why he keeps getting picked.

[PassIt2Carrots]

That's just it, he doesn't keep getting picked. He's usually on the outer and gets games when we have injured players or have lost all our other small forwards. Cracking in just isn't enough (and I think you'll find that drops away anyway). If you want the list to move forward we need to ditch these types pronto. Ditto Rowe, ditto White, ditto Armfield. Yes Armfield and Ellard's senior bodies may have got us over the line against the Aints but winning isn't as important as blooding the youth in a rebuilding phase. I would much rather see Graham and Watson getting a crack, otherwise we are just wasting time and contradicting the stance we have taken.

Yes you can call him site whipping boy, but after 8 years if you're not a regular player it is simply time to go, nothing is surer.

[shadesy]

I also thought Carrots work as the link in the contest I the second half was really good.

His clean hands and composure was really good as a foil to the extraction of Cripps.

[madbluboy]

Until you have better players that bring the pressure that Ellard and Armfield bring then you have to play them otherwise we get slaughtered like we did in round 2.

[cookie2]

Until you have better players that bring the pressure that Ellard and Armfield bring then you have to play them otherwise we get slaughtered like we did in round 2.

True. There's a balance and if too many young players are brought in at once it can be disastrous. Players like Ellard, Rowe etc. are transitional players who will be gone when we've developed or recruited better. We need them until then.

[flyboy77]

Until you have better players that bring the pressure that Ellard and Armfield bring then you have to play them otherwise we get slaughtered like we did in round 2.

Spot on.

[DontgoJuddy]

We beat up on a team with 25 games average less experience and an average age 1y 8 mths  younger. A wins a win, tick. We were expected to win and we did, another tick. But thats about it. Lets not get carried away, lets see if we can repeat that this week agains the filth.

[chookaradley]

We beat up on a team with 25 games average less experience and an average age 1y 8 mths  younger. A wins a win, tick. We were expected to win and we did, another tick. But thats about it. Lets not get carried away, lets see if we can repeat that this week agains the filth.

Good call. Very scrappy affair. When a couple of kids inject some youthful exuberance, hopefully it has a positive effect on the psycy of the group. Coll are beatable. I think we will have a real crack at them

[DontgoJuddy]

Good call. Very scrappy affair. When a couple of kids inject some youthful exuberance, hopefully it has a positive effect on the psycy of the group. Coll are beatable. I think we will have a real crack at them

If Cripps and Hendo repeat yesterdays performances, we win v The Filth. Its that simple.