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davey should continue to play in the guts. If he is given a hard tag we can look to move him into the foward 50, but making him the sub or trading is way out of line!

 

Name me one game he's blown apart since the start of 2010. Because I honestly can't.

I believe he got the 3 Brownlow votes in both games against Collingwood last year.

Aaron gets tagged every game, he always has an opponent on him, just that some cheat and are more easily identified (like Raines) than others.

2 most diappointing things for me were the lack of protection for him from his teammates and the lack of protection from the umpires. There needs for someone to stand in between Davey and his opponent and provide a block and give him space to use his speed, or simply for someone to clean up (fairly) his opponent. Other teams do it to protect their stars, so we need to as well.

For those who say he has no impact, I think his finish in last years B+F should prove you wrong.

The other thing is that when Davey is tagged it frees up others, and those who love Moloneys and Sylvias clearances can thank Davey in a small way as he is getting tagged and they are not.

Until Scully, Trengove, Gys etc. play for a bit longer and become more dominant he will continue to be tagged. When they are all on fire the opposition will not know who to tag.

Finally, for those who want him dropped or traded you might need to drop the rest of the team who are playing some average football at the moment too, could be an interesting team when Casey Seniors line up against the Eagles in R6!

 

I also like (can't believe I'm going to say this) HG's suggestion for Flash to tag someone himself.

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For a this-weekend option, maybe Davey to Swallow? I know he's not as dangerous as he could be but hey, it's better than nothing.


For a this-weekend option, maybe Davey to Swallow? I know he's not as dangerous as he could be but hey, it's better than nothing.

Would love to see Gysberts go head to head with Swallow.

Davey needs to harden up and stop sulking whenever he gets tagged. He is dead set useless when someone plays a 'hard' tag. Wasn't helped by the coaching, as someone stated Mick Malthouse was clever in what he said or even move him to forward pocket.

Would love to see Gysberts go head to head with Swallow.

Gys and Swallow, eh? All we need now is a Dick or Cox. Master Bate might be the key to the whole game, too, so we ought to slip him into the . . . team. I wonder if we'll be playing in the wet.

 

Gys and Swallow, eh? All we need now is a Dick or Cox. Master Bate might be the key to the whole game, too, so we ought to slip him into the . . . team. I wonder if we'll be playing in the wet.

I hear it could be up to 8 inches...

I think we can afford to experiment a bit. Frontal pressure will be important, and if we can keep it up there should be a happy ending.

I hear it could be up to 8 inches...

I think we can afford to experiment a bit. Frontal pressure will be important, and if we can keep it up there should be a happy ending.

We'd be stiff not to win that match up though. As long as we're not coming from behind all day.


You gotta agree that there are some valid points here though.

Davey has never been one to handle a tag well, because it's very easy to get into his head and put him off his game. If he gets picked on behind the play he'll often end up giving away a free for his retaliation.

My solution to this problem is to find alternative elite midfielders, so that the burden is not only on Davey.

That is the only thing we can do that will make us a better team and not rob us of creative midfielders, and that is exactly what we are already doing.

These are the questions re his bid for Captaincy.

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