05-24-2023, 01:37 AM
The big thing Raydan & I discussed this morning was the fact that there is no honesty in the selection policy. If a guy in the seconds busts his guts & plays a blinder he doesn't get a promotion to the seniors even though there were 2-3 players who were woeful and deserve to be dropped.
If you know you won't get axed, then what is the driving force for a player to make that smother, put your body in harms way to protect a team-mate ??
Luke Hodge & Joel Selwood would always come off the field battered & bruised, they were true leaders and it made the rest of the team follow their example, how could you look them in the eye and say "nah, I'm not doing that" ??
We need to reward performance, not mollycoddle the "cliche".
To that end, the match committee need to put the line in the sand now, start a new process from this week with some tough selections that send a strong message that "close enough is not good enough". Let's be honest, we aren't playing finals this year so let's work on setting things up for 2024.
VFL stats : Tom De Koning (23 disposals & 34 hitouts) Paddy Dow (41 disposals), Binns (30 disposals)
OUT : Silvagni, McGovern, Acres, E. Curnow, Durdin, Boyd
IN : TDK, Cincotta, Cowan, Kemp, Dow, Binns
Move Docherty & Saad across the centrleine & midfield to add some grunt, pace & delivery to our attack.
If you know you won't get axed, then what is the driving force for a player to make that smother, put your body in harms way to protect a team-mate ??
Luke Hodge & Joel Selwood would always come off the field battered & bruised, they were true leaders and it made the rest of the team follow their example, how could you look them in the eye and say "nah, I'm not doing that" ??
We need to reward performance, not mollycoddle the "cliche".
To that end, the match committee need to put the line in the sand now, start a new process from this week with some tough selections that send a strong message that "close enough is not good enough". Let's be honest, we aren't playing finals this year so let's work on setting things up for 2024.
VFL stats : Tom De Koning (23 disposals & 34 hitouts) Paddy Dow (41 disposals), Binns (30 disposals)
OUT : Silvagni, McGovern, Acres, E. Curnow, Durdin, Boyd
IN : TDK, Cincotta, Cowan, Kemp, Dow, Binns
Move Docherty & Saad across the centrleine & midfield to add some grunt, pace & delivery to our attack.
[size=8pt]"The Other Teams Can Rot In Hell"