So after saying all that about Astbury, (giving away 4 soft goals) and yes he was terrible, so bad Dimma had to move him forward, that you are happy for him to stay in the side but you have seen enough of a 7 game KKP in Elton? Does that make sense to you WP? It doesn't to me. Especially with our lack of depth at the club in this position.
I am on record as saying I would have traded Astbury away a long time ago. But he is a favourite so we are stuck with him.
And yes I have seen enough of Elton at both AFL level and VFL level to say he is not going to make it at AFL level. He is completely lost and overawed. At first I thought it was he just struggled with the pace of the game because you and I both know that the gap between VFL and AFL has been in the past massive, has got smaller but it is still large.
But having seen all his AFL games (yes even his debut against Adel in Adelaide all those years ago) I now believe it is more than that and he is one of those blokes who is betwixt and between = above VFL level but not up to AFL level (like McBean).
He was so woeful on Monday night that I actually felt sorry for him. He looked so lost, out of his depth call it what you will that it was actually terribly sad to watch. So for his sake more than anything else I'd drop him back to the VFL before any confidence he has left is completely blown away. I don't think he needs to be tortured anymore
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You are right I should remove the 2nd part of your post not because of but I wont because I want to use it as an example and a warning to
ALL POSTERS. Emphasis on the words
ALL POSTERS.
I will keep it short and simple so for the absolute final time....
It is against site rules to bait, abuse and troll other posters. It is also against the rules for people to call out and accuse others of trolling. We have a report function for people to do that, so we can deal with it. Suggest people use it. The only people who have access to what comes through are the mods, it is purely confidential, so rather than complaining use it!!
If people refuse to use it and would rather us as mods just make the call without consultation (which we do as a last resort) then we can do that too. If people want we'll issue strikes to anyone we deem as trolling/abuse/baiting.
But as I said a few years ago ...be very careful what you wish for imply you want.... because you probably wont like the end result
Further, I must say I find it amusing that people who sometimes do report others for trolling and baiting do a helluva lot if it themselves. Would be great if people applied the same standards to their own posting habits as they appear to expect of others
Finally, I would hope that people actually take on board what I've just said rather than thinking it doesn't apply to them...as I said this final warning applies to
ALL POSTERS.
If people continue down the road of abuse, baiting and trolling they will face the consequences of the 3 strikes policy which means people may just end up where others have = banned from this site permanently
**Just to reiterate this isn't a reply to just big tone, it is directed at everyone.