Young has to come in and play at full-back, he isn't much chop anywhere else.
Yes, Pittonet should be recalled to lighten the load around the ground and in the ball-ups.
As for Lemmey, how much longer can he remain on the list if he hasn't looked like gracing the seniors ?? We all need to know what we have with him so it's time to give him a chance because he will certainly stretch the young Kangaroo defence.
I can see another change with a small coming in somewhere.
IN : Young, Lemmey, Pittonet, Boyd
OUT : McKay (inj), Kemp (inj), White, Williams
By the way, 12 players contributed a mere 5 tackles between them against WCE (seven of them had zero tackles), that is completely & utterly unacceptable on every possible level. Do that against a higher ranked team and we will always come off second best.
Hard to tackle when you have the ball in your hands!!!
I tend to agree with a lot of the criticism. I also think, like a few of his team-mates, he's a little down on confidence. Missing a year with injury is probably also a little bit harder to come back from at his age than when you're younger. 'Avoiding contact' is a thing you don't attach to Docherty at his best. But as it comes for all of us, his best is behind him.
Does he still have something to offer?
I'm not sure just what is the best way to use him. He's finding the ball. He's gaining territory. He gained 671 metres with his disposals last weekend. That was the best of both teams and over 100metres more than the second best which was Zac Williams (which may tell a tale about territory vs impact) Yep, The problem was that the territory gained was countered by disposal that saw the ball coming straight back the other way.
It's a dilemma. It may be his best contribution would be as a "playing" assistant coach at VFL level.
Doc is well past his best and in his final year but FMD i wish we ripped into others on the list as much as this bloke. Fans puts their arms around Harry and fair enough and also most support a highly paid bloke who cant control his drug habit yet no such going easy on Docherty who has heaps more runs on the board. I agree his last game last year and his 4 this year have been below standard but he is hardly on his own. How do the likes of McGovern's, Saad, Acres, Motlop, Williams, Haynes, Fogerty, Fantansa, Durdin, Young and i could go on get away with sub standard performances year after year?
That's one group of over rated footballers if ever ive seen one
And lets not forget our so called A grader 'Leaders' in Charlie, Cerra, Walsh and even Cripps who's salaries should have them being a lot more accountable for what they have provided us in 2025
Isn't it the coach's responsibility to get the most out of his players?
Maybe the players are sending a message. Why did we get rid of Kennedy & Owies and bring in Haynes & Evans??? Coincidently we have 2 players suffering from mental health issues and apparently 1 other not named??? Something is up.
Looks to me that they players are saying look we can play (1st half) then not interested (2nd Half). Something is very wrong here. I like Voss, but it's usually the coach that pays the price in these situations. Either the players don't want to play for him, or our game plan doesn't suit. Something has to happen soon!!!
I think there is a real concern on peaking too early as it's a long season, Voss mentioned this after the Richmond loss. It looks like we are easing (very)slowly into form. Yeah, a lot are down on form. Just hope they start to find their form soon. Also, we don't want to bring in the kids too early.
I mean, that's not quite right. We won the 2nd half quite convincingly, on the back of a few things, which included adjustments and changes made by the coaches. It was of course too little too late, but there was a Plan B and it worked.
The cue was in the rack in the 2nd half, lets be honest about it. Even Fagan said, we were nover going to win that game.
It seems to me that we have lost too many games where we are well in front and lose. Last year's final against Brisbane, Swans this year, Giants & Bulldogs. No plan B when the opposition have us worked out!!! This game we were worked out before the bounce and again had no answer!!!
Why wasn't Moir in the selected side? Why was Caroll the one subbed out instead of Motlop or Durdin? Was Durdin fully fit? Motlop looks to be a very lazy player to me, I see injured player give more effort.
I wouldn't like to see too many changes next week, regardless of who is supposedly "available". It looks like the younger players are playing to the plan, unlike some of our "stars".
