So my preference for this week, is if we are going back to the well, we should avoid the path well trod if possible.
Harry on one leg is better than all of them, and if you can argue to bring back an under done player he or Charlie are the only ones worth entertaining that for. Even so, they both need to recover because winning this week only gives us 2 weeks. Given we could lose and still make it if freo lose, then we shouldn't gamble on injured players.
Preferences in order for this week only:
1. Marchbank. Only player coming back in that hasn't broken down (recently) who has genuine afl level talent. Trust is the issue. Will he break down again? Unsure. For that reason I have the rest not far behind him and would happily go others ahead of him.
2. Orazio. Football smarts and team oriented. Doesn't get it enough but will give 4 quarters. The problem is reliability. If he can't give us 4 quarters we are playing him as a sub and gambling we won't make one early. No thanks. Move on to 3 subject to that condition.
3. Akuei. He is athletic. Will run all day. Can play in the ruck. Can play in defense. Can play in offense. Does none of it particularly well due to lack of football iq. Could be a one hit wonder and provides the best flexibility out of our options.
4. Mirkov. Pittonet is the part of the team we still don't have adequate coverage for until de koning comes back. I'd rather not ruck cripps or kennedy. We need one forward and cripps needs to be at the ball drop. We also need to work out if mirkov is worth persisting with. So mirkov makes more sense particularly as he brings an awkward height advantage that might allow us to make life difficult by parking him forward. He is however not a good mark and around the ground player which makes it harder for him to play with pittonet and id rather playhim in a side that has tdk in it.
A distant 5th is Lemmey. Whilst everyone sees the attraction he is a glacial lump of a lad. If you parked him at full forward and told him to hit up at the footy twice a quarter and his teamates to honour the lead as a last resort I'd say fair enough but he will get run off all day. He is a trier but needs some time. Time to get his body in better condition for afl. It's not the ability that's his problem its capability at this stage. Can we carry a player who might give us nothing? We lose more from that level than anyone else. If pittonet wasn't playing he would be my second to mirkov.
So for mine one change is durdin out for mirkov.
Harry on one leg is better than all of them, and if you can argue to bring back an under done player he or Charlie are the only ones worth entertaining that for. Even so, they both need to recover because winning this week only gives us 2 weeks. Given we could lose and still make it if freo lose, then we shouldn't gamble on injured players.
Preferences in order for this week only:
1. Marchbank. Only player coming back in that hasn't broken down (recently) who has genuine afl level talent. Trust is the issue. Will he break down again? Unsure. For that reason I have the rest not far behind him and would happily go others ahead of him.
2. Orazio. Football smarts and team oriented. Doesn't get it enough but will give 4 quarters. The problem is reliability. If he can't give us 4 quarters we are playing him as a sub and gambling we won't make one early. No thanks. Move on to 3 subject to that condition.
3. Akuei. He is athletic. Will run all day. Can play in the ruck. Can play in defense. Can play in offense. Does none of it particularly well due to lack of football iq. Could be a one hit wonder and provides the best flexibility out of our options.
4. Mirkov. Pittonet is the part of the team we still don't have adequate coverage for until de koning comes back. I'd rather not ruck cripps or kennedy. We need one forward and cripps needs to be at the ball drop. We also need to work out if mirkov is worth persisting with. So mirkov makes more sense particularly as he brings an awkward height advantage that might allow us to make life difficult by parking him forward. He is however not a good mark and around the ground player which makes it harder for him to play with pittonet and id rather playhim in a side that has tdk in it.
A distant 5th is Lemmey. Whilst everyone sees the attraction he is a glacial lump of a lad. If you parked him at full forward and told him to hit up at the footy twice a quarter and his teamates to honour the lead as a last resort I'd say fair enough but he will get run off all day. He is a trier but needs some time. Time to get his body in better condition for afl. It's not the ability that's his problem its capability at this stage. Can we carry a player who might give us nothing? We lose more from that level than anyone else. If pittonet wasn't playing he would be my second to mirkov.
So for mine one change is durdin out for mirkov.
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