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Juice, what now?

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He hasn't appeared on an injury list this season yet he states that he had a knee then a hamstring problem and rumours abound of a rift with the coach and a poor attitude.

Does anyone know why he is not playing this weekend?

I am not really a conspiracy theorist but it seems there is a distinct lack of information coming out about this particular player. Why?

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    He is named in the Sandy twos

    This is strange but Ricky Petterd is named as part of the interchange for the reserves. It suggests possibly that there might be a doubt over his fitness. The fact that Newton's not there suggests that he's unfit for one reason or other (I suppose that's pretty obvious isn't it?)

    SANDRINGHAM v PORT MELBOURNE (Reserves)

    Sunday 22nd June

    Trevor Barker Beach Oval at 11:10 AM

    SANDRINGHAM

    Backs Cannon Curcio Sargent

    Half backs Plymin Shakaib McNamara

    Centreline Hine McConnell Kondarovskis

    Half forwards Hardiman Cleeve Lyall

    Forwards Lockwood Zomer Weetra

    Followers Spencer Williams Fleming

    Interchange (from) Dean Eaton Gribbin Liddell Monaghan Petterd Summons Torcasio

    This was taken from the thread re sandys teams this week. No newton. Is this incorrect? Demonland posted it????

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    He hasn't appeared on an injury list this season yet he states that he had a knee then a hamstring problem and rumours abound of a rift with the coach and a poor attitude.

    Does anyone know why he is not playing this weekend?

    I am not really a conspiracy theorist but it seems there is a distinct lack of information coming out about this particular player. Why?

    Chinese whispers that has had a massive snowball effect. Unless anyone here is in the inner sanctum then it is all just idle gossip. However it would be nice of the club occasionaly kept us up to speed on such things.

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    My mistake... I thought I read that he was in the twos

    I have it on good authority that even though Newton did not get named for either Sandy side this week, that he will actually play in one of the teams.

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    I know he was at the club last week (I saw him out at Junction Oval), so he's still floating around...

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    Dont teams get fined for playing players that are not named in the list?

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    I don't know where to go with him. You would think he would need at least the last 10 or so rounds to prove he still deserves a spot, and even then he has to play well... I'm beginning to see a Juice-less future ahead.

    On the bright side, I LOVE that DB is selecting players on merit alone, not on the basis of what position they play. You'd hate to be Buckley or Valenti, who've earned a spot, and see Juice jump straight into the team because we "need" a tall forward.

    It send all the right messages for our future and encourages work ethic over EVERYTHING.

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    I don't know where to go with him. You would think he would need at least the last 10 or so rounds to prove he still deserves a spot, and even then he has to play well... I'm beginning to see a Juice-less future ahead.

    On the bright side, I LOVE that DB is selecting players on merit alone, not on the basis of what position they play. You'd hate to be Buckley or Valenti, who've earned a spot, and see Juice jump straight into the team because we "need" a tall forward.

    It send all the right messages for our future and encourages work ethic over EVERYTHING.

    It appears his form over the last 2 weeks has been better. Is the hard line being taken by Bailey working? It appears so. Will he get recalled this week or does he need to perform well for 1 or 2 more weeks for Sandy? The coaches are going to have to give him some senior time soon if they intend perservering with him. Some attitude problems probably still exist so what to do??

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    It appears his form over the last 2 weeks has been better. Is the hard line being taken by Bailey working? It appears so. Will he get recalled this week or does he need to perform well for 1 or 2 more weeks for Sandy? The coaches are going to have to give him some senior time soon if they intend perservering with him. Some attitude problems probably still exist so what to do??

    He kicked four in a loss to North Ballarat yesterday.

    I think it's time for some Juice.

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    So He played and the results were mixed. Took some good grabs, kicked poorly, failed to back into a player and spoil and was probably not hard enough at the ball. I would imagine the coaching staff would be working on 2 things. 1. His kicking. 2. His attack on the footy. It's like he doesn't realise that he's quite a big lad. He needs to be forced into some really strong competitive work at training and get used to slamming into blokes ala Nick Riewoldt. He has a fine mark and if he had the courage to leep into packs he could be quite damaging as a forward. He's going to take time so you all need to be patient and back him to suceed. Yelling out as some of you do at the footy that he's soft and a dud is probably not going to help.

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    So He played and the results were mixed. Took some good grabs, kicked poorly, failed to back into a player and spoil and was probably not hard enough at the ball. I would imagine the coaching staff would be working on 2 things. 1. His kicking. 2. His attack on the footy. It's like he doesn't realise that he's quite a big lad. He needs to be forced into some really strong competitive work at training and get used to slamming into blokes ala Nick Riewoldt. He has a fine mark and if he had the courage to leep into packs he could be quite damaging as a forward. He's going to take time so you all need to be patient and back him to suceed. Yelling out as some of you do at the footy that he's soft and a dud is probably not going to help.

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    Is this a taboo topic or is none interested in talking Newton?

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    Is this a taboo topic or is none interested in talking Newton?

    Maybe most of us agree that he needs a bit of time after missing out for three months.

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