Re: Best 22 for 2014
Reply #39 –
Mate Love Robbo to death but I've got this inkling that his days are numbered. Clean ball use is the order of the day going fwd and he just doesnt cut it. You can see by what they are trying to draft in that this is the case (at least thats how I read it). I just think his hardness and toughness "petrol vouchers" are running out and have taken him as far as they can. As for Levi, boy does he need to improve his fitness by a country mile to even be considered for a game. Another whos days may be numbered IF he doesnt get himself supremely fit.
Clean ball use is important but it means nothing if you can't win your own ball.
Robbo's brain fade against the Tigers paled into insignificance when he threw himself to mark, and then goal. How many clean ball users would have even contemplated attempting that mark?
The same applies to fitness; what's the use of a marathon runner who can't take a contested mark?
The coach and the fitness staff have to get the best out of every player even if that means more time on the pine for some and covering errors for others.
With all due respect DJC, I think you are mixing arguments (sort of). I wasnt talking about a type of player. I was talking about Robbo and Levi specifically and their deficiencies. I can counter your arguement by saying whats the point in being hard and win your own footy if you give back to the other mob every time. Same with the specific reference to Levi. I can counter that by saying whats the use of being able to clunk marks if then youre to effin tired to execute the kick for goal properly. What I am saying is that we need more complete packages, not bitsas. E.g. If Cripps turns out to be the hard nut inside mid who disposes beautifully, someone like Robbo is no longer required as their deficiencies no longer need to be tolerated.