Round 19 Collingwood vs Carlton Pre Game

[crashlander]

Menzel is only interested in doing the fancy stuff - he always goes for the spectacular goals rather than playing the percentages and he rarely gets out of first gear to chase an opponent - has been the same since he arrived - with the exception of one game earlier this year when he actually pulled his finger out.

Yaz has always been lazy but has been going downhill in a hurry since Betts departed.

Both of these guys have great skills but are not the types you would be looking to rely on when the going gets tough - as is the case these days.

What a sad state of affairs this is.
Collo stated in "Inside Football" that in the last few years we've taken the easy way out, getting rid of the rough edged types instead of managing them like we used to. Wish he wasn't right, but he has a very cogent point. Back in the '70's and '80's we had a lot of 'characters', but we managed them. We looked after them. We had a strong culture and strong people and we dealt with the rough edges. Now we don't appear to have any of that: we don't look after our players enough, we don't develop our players enough and we don't manage our players enough. Guys like Menzel and Yarran would never have been issues back then. But now?
Truly we need to develop tough people.