Don't get fooled by Short game he was rubbish again.
I thought he was good from what I could see at the game, bar maybe a couple of bad clangers. 92% DE.
Don't be fooled and seduced by his possession numbers and that 92% DE
I thought he was poor again. Just because he didn't consistently kick it straight to the opposition he simply adjusted and kicked long to contests that we never won. Or he went the short dinky kick. Didn't hurt the Hawks at all with his kicking
While 100% true, can you name any of our players who didn’t do this? Sure there were a few dinky kicks but the play always ended up with a long kick down the line.
Short has been very poor this season and I’d like to see smith take his place, but it seems, and he does do it more than most granted, that he’s one of a few that gets criticised for doing it.
The one and only reason he gets picked in the team, because he clearly does stuff all else. Is because he is supposed to be an elite kick and ball user. Well he aint the one thing that gets him a game and he is using the ball shocking. hence he is being criticised quite rightly.
if he is not useing the ball well then he is a total liability and needs to go because he gives so little elsewhere.
Its actually not hard to bring in at worst a more rounded player like Smiffy or Trezise or god forbid a player almost as soft in Banks.
