getting rid of players like Dea and McDonough whilst signing up and playing a clearly past it Newman is just wrong
Have they been got rid of?
not yet, point is why sign up newman who should have retired 2 years ago, and look at exploring you guys who are still developing
just maybe and its only a maybe mind 
. newman actually offers more to date. 
Yeah nah not for mine - is and has been a liability for a couple of years now. Their graphs are going in opposite directions. I think Dea overtook Newman in the man on man contest stakes and think McDonough offers a shedload more run than him. Both have weaknesses to work on but with another preseason they'll be pass the plodder. Chris wont average more than 10 possessions a games next season
and yet mcdonough and dea both got 7 games and gap in output to newman is quite a bit.
while i agree newman has to go and is not good enough and hasnt been for a few yrs dea and mcdonough at are way below newman and you really do have to adventure into the realms of reality. that reality is they too arent good enough.
people openly acknowledge newman is shizen yet those they want to replace him with are worse on exposed afl form. surely if newman is that bad these blikes shoulkd fly past him yet we arent on about them being better we go on about more opportunity. afls a hard gane and all players get to a point where they have to earn opportunity,
Your reality or mine clawski? Love how everyone elses opinion is airy fairy but yours is the real deal - I don't think newmans output is better than theirs, it really wasn't this season (imo of course) - he is a total liability and has been for a couple of years.
im sorry tm but the reality is dea and mcdonough have performed nowhere near newmans level at afl level. every single indicator that ic an find including my own eyes says so.
you talk about differeing opinions then how about others like you back up what you say. i do.
back it up with what? Its all subjective.
Newman averaged about 13 possessions a game this season. Dea 12, McDonough 11, not a big difference especially when newmans strength is his kicking. Not getting it anywhere near enough.
Opposition teams have been going through his direct opponent for years - even when he was at his peak and offered something going forward, but back then we could wear it bc overall what he brought to the table outweighed the negatives. This year - I don't know how closely you watched him but if you have time I ask you to go to the tapes and show me more than one instance where he broke lines, his speed and run completely deserted him this season, his only possessions were prop and stop so no penetration. I really don't know that any more needs to be said in all honesty.
When he was out injured and Dea was given a run, I felt Dea offered a lot more defensively and not much less offensively, so tick for mine. McDonough is probably as bad as Newman defensively but hes not a backman so that's no surprise, and he offered a lot more run and carry than newman did. He made mistakes but he took the game on and tried to break lines, something attacking halfbacks and poor defensive players need to be able to do.
Now after all that - you'll still have your opinion and I'll have mine.
