lol i no longer need to look at the hacks i mentioned. im not after credability im certain time will prove me correct as it has for yrs on end now. i say what i say based on three simple criteria. strengths weakness and over all performance.
1/ You can have whatever criteria you like but based on the game just played and that's what my criteria is you cannot drop all the players you listed
I am not disputing for a second that the majority of the players you listed have had poor seasons and most who haven't been dropped should have been before now. But based on last weekend's game they don't deserve to be dropped. That's not "loving duds" as you describe it; it is making calls on what I watched at the game on Sunday and on the replay.
I will repeat if you refuse to now watch games then your listed "outs" have very little credibility
we love our duds at tigerland. we love em so much we put the blinkers on and think they will miraculously become good consistent players yr in yr out.
well perhaps you need to see more of em to confirm one way or the other. me ive seen enough and with most of those named im more than happy to make a call on em. ive seen enough most of em wont takle us anywhere.
no i want us to improve on those mentioned.
2/ Guess what I want us to improve too. Just because I refuse to drop certain players after they've done the right things doesn't mean I don't want us to improve. If you followed what I have posted for the last 6 weeks you'd know I have been calling for the kids to be played and favourites to be dropped because the favourites have been playing crap football. But on the weekend a number of those favourites played well and because of that they deserve to hold their spots.
isnt it funny all the problems magically disappear after a win or two.
3/ Never said nor have I even implied it. But if helps you to make your case then so be it
sorry wp you back the duds in me i reckon the only way to improve is to find better and the only way to find out if we have better is to give em a game.
4/ I will repeat again and hopefully you are prepared to understand it or at the very least acknowledge it. For the last 6 weeks I have called for the kids to be played and favourites to be dropped because the favourites have been playing crap football. But on the weekend a number of those favourites played well and because of that they deserve to hold their spots for the next game no matter how unpalatable that is for you or me.
I am not backing duds as you put it I'm just acknowledging that a number of players you say should be dropped played decent enough games to deserve to hold their spots, nothing more and nothing less
1/ reckon we are past playing hacks on performance good or bad. there are just 4/5 weeks left and the real emphasis should be on finding players and trying players. a good game here or there every now and then doesnt help us one bit. we all know who they are why play em regardless of what they did last week we all know they will revert back.
2/ we need to look past cameo performances. as stated we have just 4 weeks to look at other options. we cant play finals our yr is shot its too late for hacks to be playing okay footy time to look at the other options we have regardless of form. if i was truly worried about winning id pick probably our oldest side which would be full of duds with no long term future.
3/ the comment was a generalisation not specifically aimes st you. but it sure as hell seems as soon as we win the apologists come out.
4/ yes you are backing duds based on one game. you say it yourself calling em duds you call for kids and acknowledge the need to play kids, but are happy to see hacks get games because they played one decent game. think we need to look further than week to week and concentrate soley on the long term. if that view means a lack of credability or consistency so be it im guilty.
i would have thought it was time to rest cotchin send morris for surgery anyone with niggles be rested and anyone who is a regular and has shown an inability to consistently perform at the required level should be dropped.
so we have missed finals we have very little to play for, its obvious to most we need a overhaul of sorts and we continue to do exactly the same things that has us in the mess.
if you cant grasp where im coming from then tough i dont give a poo. if you think that lacks credability thats fine by me.
all im basically saying is we are way beyond picking players based on a decent game. there are more important reasons to give blokes games.
