Lets be lateral about things, 2 knee reco's, OP and sever hamstring problems. Amazing hard work, don't shoot the guy down he puts in a bucket load more than half the list.
Before we eat our own for Gods sake lets be realistic. He does the one percenters and works hard and doesn't walk around packs for possessions. If he's too slow then he's too slow, hardly worth credibility attacks..
Sadly the hard work around the packs isnt' enough. And it isn't just leg speed we need to think about when we talk about the pace of the game these days.
You may get away with not being fast by foot but the brain needs to be quick. Cogs unfortunately now slows the game down when he has possession by taking time to get the ball moving
I finally got a my copy of the Bulldogs game on Friday (I've ordered the entire 2009 season -gaed knows why
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I watched the first half only - after watching that reply I know exactly why the 5 that were dropped for the Weagles game were dropped
I would go as far as to suggest a few people take a deep breath, put sentiment aside for a minute and watch it closely. Apart from his poor kicking Cogs was just generally slow in moving the ball, which especially when you have the run of play can be a game breaker. As for the other 4 well it probably deserves a thread all to itself
People have to realise that Cogs was struggling before his knee injury. His kicking was below standard then.
Footy changes year to year. The kick in rule has destroy players like Cogs as an onballer, you are continually running.
he aint the sort of player either that you could play inside D 50 or F 50,, His career is over unfortunately.
I hate to say it but I agree with you Jack.
