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Id only be making the changes where the player has put their hand up and stated "picked me".

You fix the culture of clubs like ours in a dead year, like this year for us.

You can set standards that will hold up of why people get games of footy, and you can reward blokes with the correct attitude by giving them a game and dropping the players who are more than good enough but not showing the correct attitude.

I would call it as important as playing finals, if not more important.  You learn a lot by playing finals football, but I think you take steps towards winning a flag when you start laying the foundations of what is and is not acceptable.

Quote from: Thryleon on July 11, 2013, 09:28:43 am

Id only be making the changes where the player has put their hand up and stated "picked me".

You fix the culture of clubs like ours in a dead year, like this year for us.

You can set standards that will hold up of why people get games of footy, and you can reward blokes with the correct attitude by giving them a game and dropping the players who are more than good enough but not showing the correct attitude.

I would call it as important as playing finals, if not more important.  You learn a lot by playing finals football, but I think you take steps towards winning a flag when you start laying the foundations of what is and is not acceptable.

Been discussed before that some players show nothing in the twos but lift when playing senior footy....Watson and Mitchell are two that have been ordinary for most of the year but sometimes you have to gamble and throw them in the deep end with or without form to see where they are at before making decisions on their future.

Just did my Footy Tips for the weekend.
Couldn't bring myself to tip against us, as much as my head was telling me to.
I'm giving the boys one last chance to salvage something from this year.

From memory Andy Mac wasn't exactly tearing it up in the VFL last year before he got a call up. I know it was probably more due to our extraordinarily long injury list, but he did step up at AFL level. Makes me think that maybe we should just take a gamble on Watson. What's there to lose? If we don't give him a shot now, we'll end up trading him for unders (as he probably has little trade value if he can't get a game). Mitchell on the other hand isn't ready for AFL - not a good enough tank yet etc. At least we know Watson can play out a full game.

Quote from: emtwenty on July 11, 2013, 05:00:29 pm

From memory Andy Mac wasn't exactly tearing it up in the VFL last year before he got a call up. I know it was probably more due to our extraordinarily long injury list, but he did step up at AFL level. Makes me think that maybe we should just take a gamble on Watson. What's there to lose? If we don't give him a shot now, we'll end up trading him for unders (as he probably has little trade value if he can't get a game). Mitchell on the other hand isn't ready for AFL - not a good enough tank yet etc. At least we know Watson can play out a full game.

Maybe you should have a better read of Crash's & RR's reports, he (Mac) had shown good form in the 2s before coming in last week. 

I'm really surprised people are suggesting to "gift" games to players that certainly have done nothing to deserve a call up.  Really doesn't set a standard and culture going forward.  Many here keep referring to Swans/Cats culture and how players don't get gifted games in those teams, but we should    Hope MM doesn't start down this track.

In ~ ROWE, SCOTLAND

out ~ WAITE, LEVI
 

In ~ ROWE, SCOTLAND

out ~ WAITE, LEVI
 

In ~ ROWE, SCOTLAND

out ~ WAITE, LEVI
 

Quote from: Big Ken on July 11, 2013, 06:32:39 pm

In ~ ROWE, SCOTLAND

out ~ WAITE, LEVI
 

No "knee jerk" reactions here 
Obviously giving them a chance at redemption.