As I posted in the Dea thread yesterday I paid particular attention to:
Dea
Connors
Miller
King
Grigg
Will repeat I haven't watched the replay yet
But on Millers game his 1% ers (eg the blocking for the small forwards & restings mids up forward) and those things that don't count as stats are clearly why he is in the side. He did those things again yesterday.
Granted he didn't get much of the ball (but the stats say he had one possession than the skipper ) but he presented, bought the ball to ground, protected the smalls and he freed up Maric to be a spare down back by taking the ruck in the forward 50 - that seemed to be his designated role and he did it.
Certainly wasn't the worst yesterday
Am glad someone on this forum actually watches the game
Totally agree WP.Miller did his role
Unlike a few others
Interesting also the fact that Maric played alot behind the ball to try and stop the bleeding in defence
what a stupid thing to say. Most all on here watch the games but many including yourself only see what you want to see.
The FACTS are that the Melbourne fc new that Miller wasn't up to it something you & our selectors fail to accept.
Is there any point to him getting games ahead of a youngster that can be gifted games in order to
a) fastrack their development
b) see if they are good enough.
These 2 points destroy any reason to play Miller in the senior team.
I suggest you both watch the replay again and the replay of the game against the bombers and ask yourself, "what point is there that he is in the team?" when he can't kick, read the play, gets in jacks way, fails to block, fails to capitalize on jacks good work, fumbles, can't kick beyond 40m, takes his defender straight to Jack, has no respect by any opposition defender. Etc etc etc.