Nobody here on the forum managed to give him a vote, even Crashlander who just about voted or mentioned everybody couldn't find a vote for him!
Most of the match rating systems have him in the bottom 4 or 5.
If you had told me Hendo or Menzel was OK up forward, I could accept it as your assessment. Both had far more influence than Casboult who was neither effective or influential, and that seems supported by the votes and the stats.
I spent most of the night looking for Meat wondering if he was ever going to give Warnock a break. Warnock must have rucked 90% or even more of the time!
Sorry, if that is what you think it takes for a 200cm player to be OK we have very different perspectives.
Does this mean we put him on ice early on purpose? It would suggest so to me anyway.
McLean is gone for the season he racks up possessions against Nthmond, Carrazzo is out, Kreuzer hasn't played for three weeks, Walker is suspect, Murphy limping and Judd coming out of a medial ligament, Scotland has quad tightness.
Casboult reverted to a spud, Warnock got a million taps to nobody.
Lucas stunk it up in the Maggoos, Cachia rolled an ankle, Rowe didn't get close to it, Bootsma was ordinary, Hampson missed again, Garlett looked lost.
All of a sudden Port have not much to play for this weekend, with EFC out and now sitting 7th they will rest players for sure despite the media statements to the contrary.
............he got the gig eventually. Maybe a lesson there for us?
We have nobody in the right age bracket or in the same category as a Hodge, except Judd and he has retired from the gig as will Hodge soon. So why would we even be considering this as there is no possible answer!
My ideal model of a captain would be Hodge. He's tough, he can dish it out when he wants to, he's talented, he performs well in the media and most of all his on field deeds inspire his team and its supporters.
When I read this forum I cannot help but think a lot of people comment based on Stats.
And I read today that analysis centers like Final Siren, Dream Team and others have the likes of Warnock, Yarran and Bell rated highly. While they were heavily involved in play the effectiveness and efficiency of their possessions leaves me dead cold.
So here is my top five things to get yourself some ratings; - Tap the ball directly to an opponent. - Kick the ball to hopelessly outnumbered team mates. - Get pinned trying to break tackles. - Run around the contest as much as possible. - Play for soft free kicks.
And if they were our highest rated players, where does that leave the rest???
Judd, Simpson and Carrazzo are past their Use By Date. Carrazzo and Judd already show signs of old man injuries. The idea of replacing Murphy with a 30 year old suggests some immediate short term hope for success, but I will go with a longer term outlook.
In my opinion Henderson is a bit of an introvert, he will go backwards if he is given the front of house job. He spends more time hiding from the media than wanting to talk to it and Simpson is similar.
The club captain isn't just about on field stuff anymore, you are an integral part of bringing in, dealing with and attracting sponsors. There is nobody else at CFC that is as good a long term choice as Murphy.
Gibba never had Goddard, he played his usual run with role on Jobe. Duigan had Goddard for the entire game, even followed him to the bench.
Gibbs played on Goddard for some time.
I never saw them matched up at all. Goddard played down back for the majority, Duigan was with him.
Was sitting behind the IC gate and can confirm Duigan rotated with Goddard for the bulk of occasions. Duigan was effective in the first quarter and caused Goddard to be dragged depth in defense. After 1/4 time Bumbers let Goddard run free and Duigan became less effective, the problem though wasn't really Duigan. The problem seemed we had no viable marking target besides Henderson in F50, nobody presenting very little forward movement. Often they kicked to Hendo in 3 on 1 situations. The loss of Walker and Kreuzer before game cooked our balance.
For me this is a real weakness at our club, the situation remains unchanged since Ratten was replaced. We have no smart ball users going inside F50, our decision making is generally quite poor. I'd be giving our forward coaches the flick at the earliest possible opportunity.