Cotchin's captaincy [merged]

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Vlaustin in the guts for sure. Should play at least the first qtr and a half there.

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If Towers looks to his right with 50 seconds to go, this thread doesn't even get thought of and the posts in the Lloyd thread are far less complimentary about his game as a whole.......

They'd have still played 7 qtrs of better football without Trent.

[Diocletian]

I think you can only play 3 at once

Depends on your set up , rotations, changes...out of Martin, Edwards, Vlastuin, Cotchin & Miles, possibly only Miles can't move to the outside...and still have one spot for another outside mid  in the 6 man midfield....Lambert comes back we finally have a full two rotations of inside mids of decent quality (if Lambert can repeat the Foley-esque efforts of the Carlton second half) to mix and match...even with just 5 good inside mids that'd be more than we've had for years.....

[Yeahright]

If Towers looks to his right with 50 seconds to go, this thread doesn't even get thought of and the posts in the Lloyd thread are far less complimentary about his game as a whole.......

They'd have still played 7 qtrs of better football without Trent.

But we'd have lost and it would have been two games in a row where we were right in it and unable to get over the line. Instead we snuck away with one win

[Diocletian]

If Towers looks to his right with 50 seconds to go, this thread doesn't even get thought of and the posts in the Lloyd thread are far less complimentary about his game as a whole.......

They'd have still played 7 qtrs of better football without Trent.

Meh.... can't be arsed typing it twice....

Hmmm let's see....no Cotchin - 8 goal loss to a Hawthorn side minus Mitchell that had just been flogged the week before & a win after the siren over the Swans, who, in the previous fortnight, had to cheat to beat Brisbane by less than a kick & took over a half to shake off the Essendon rejects at home and lost Kennedy just before the match on a ground they play shyte at more often than not, with our two best defenders back, who haven't both been on the ground together since we had one win from one match and were leading Collingwood.


Yes, overwhelming & damning evidence against the captain right there.....

[YellowandBlackBlood]

Whilst I don't think Cotch is a great captain, we did win 15 games last year with him at the helm.

Does everybody just ignore 2015 and blame him for our 2016 woes?

I don't think the club would ever entertain changing captaincy mid season so this thread is probably extremely hypothetical.

[Tigeritis™©®]

Whilst I don't think Cotch is a great captain, we did win 15 games last year with him at the helm.

Does everybody just ignore 2015 and blame him for our 2016 woes?

I don't think the club would ever entertain changing captaincy mid season so this thread is probably extremely hypothetical.

Hawks did it, why can't we? He can't handle the pressure just ask his wife.

[Diocletian]

Yes with a team under his captaincy that has at various stages contained the likes of Chaplin, Grigg, Houli, Morris, B.Ellis, Vickery, Hamspud, Hunt, one game wonderboy Griffiths, Batchelor, Conca, Newman, Townsend, A.Moore, Thomarse, Petterd, A.Edwards, Gordon, McGuane, Derrickx, Hackson, Lonergan, hasn't really had a ruckman for at least two years and is coached by a mong ........let's blame Trent Cotchin.....

[WilliamPowell]

Whilst I don't think Cotch is a great captain, we did win 15 games last year with him at the helm.

Does everybody just ignore 2015 and blame him for our 2016 woes?

I don't think the club would ever entertain changing captaincy mid season so this thread is probably extremely hypothetical.

On the contrary, I think many aren't ignoring 2015, his performance in the Elim final is still a major discussion point 

[Simonator]

I think he will benefit majorly playing in a better team. We seem to have improved the last few weeks. Highly doubt that's because he isn't in the team.

[YellowandBlackBlood]

Whilst I don't think Cotch is a great captain, we did win 15 games last year with him at the helm.

Does everybody just ignore 2015 and blame him for our 2016 woes?

I don't think the club would ever entertain changing captaincy mid season so this thread is probably extremely hypothetical.

On the contrary, I think many are ignoring 2015, his performance in the Elim final sis still a major discussion point 

Well, if that is the yardstick then, that counts Lids out as well. He was hopeless in the EF.

[mat073]

I will stick up for the Captain.

I thought he battled hard earlier in the year with minimal support. I admired his efforts against West Coast when the entire team was getting pulverized.

He played some wonderful inspiring "captains" football last year.

He has been elected by his peers ( although the good folk of OER seem to know better )

My only gripe is his kicking for goal .....has become extremely unreliable.

[Yeahright]

Yes with a team under his captaincy that has at various stages contained the likes of Chaplin, Grigg, Houli, Morris, B.Ellis, Vickery, Hamspud, Hunt, one game wonderboy Griffiths, Batchelor, Conca, Newman, Townsend, A.Moore, Thomarse, Petterd, A.Edwards, Gordon, McGuane, Derrickx, Hackson, Lonergan, hasn't really had a ruckman for at least two years and is coached by a mong ........let's blame Trent Cotchin.....

Please refrain from listing those players ever again. It makes me sad...

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Whilst I don't think Cotch is a great captain, we did win 15 games last year with him at the helm.

Does everybody just ignore 2015 and blame him for our 2016 woes?

I don't think the club would ever entertain changing captaincy mid season so this thread is probably extremely hypothetical.

Hawks did it, why can't we? He can't handle the pressure just ask his wife.

Yeh, ask Mary Magdeline.

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Yes with a team under his captaincy that has at various stages contained the likes of Chaplin, Grigg, Houli, Morris, B.Ellis, Vickery, Hamspud, Hunt, one game wonderboy Griffiths, Batchelor, Conca, Newman, Townsend, A.Moore, Thomarse, Petterd, A.Edwards, Gordon, McGuane, Derrickx, Hackson, Lonergan, hasn't really had a ruckman for at least two years and is coached by a mong ........let's blame Trent Cotchin.....

Please refrain from listing those players ever again. It makes me sad...

Yes, because it's their fault collectively that he kicks like a wacko dog, turns it over by hand and believes Geez will fix it.