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Michael Newton

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There must be a reason the club has rookied him?

So i think we'l see him sometime during the season.

Yes.

He was contracted for 2011 but we didn't want him wasting a spot on our senior list.

Get over it people. He sucks. I don't care whether he was on the cusp of selection last year but for injuries. I don't care if he's in form now. He won't perform at AFL level.

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    Newton is still on our list for one reason, a backup for Stefan Martin if he gets injured or is in terrible form. Currently we only have a few players on our list who are capable of playing that backup ruck/big forward role that's now required.

    When some of the younger talls develop he won't be needed anymore, but if Martin goes down he'll come into the team. It's the reason why we chased Hale last year.

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    Newton is still on our list for one reason, a backup for Stefan Martin if he gets injured or is in terrible form. Currently we only have a few players on our list who are capable of playing that backup ruck/big forward role that's now required.

    When some of the younger talls develop he won't be needed anymore, but if Martin goes down he'll come into the team. It's the reason why we chased Hale last year.

    I don't think he was given a spot on the list as a backup for Martin.

    It may be that Martin has gone past Newton as the second ruck option now.

    However, Newton was probably in front of Martin late last year, when the decision was made to offer him a spot on the list.

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    I meant when he was added onto the main list this year ie upgraded rookie

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    Yes.

    He was contracted for 2011 but we didn't want him wasting a spot on our senior list.

    Get over it people. He sucks. I don't care whether he was on the cusp of selection last year but for injuries. I don't care if he's in form now. He won't perform at AFL level.

    OH, and he was recently nominated by the club, "the nominated rookie".

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    Perhaps if he was given the extended opportunities of Jack Watts or Lynden Dunn et al he might then have developed some confidence in his ability and THEN perhaps the VFL Form would equate to AFL Performance!

    Oh, and another thing, No doubt Stef Martin has improved out of site when down back or on the Ball Rucking, BUT he absolutely Flounders when played Forward. Juice was BOG against Port Melb and Second BOG against Geelong and IMV would have been selected last week if not rubbed out for an unlucky late contact in a marking contest. The question then would have been, :) Who would he have replaced?? Hnmm I'll let you have a stab at it!

    It's amazing how people who want to see Newton come in conveniently ignore the fact that every time he is brought into the side it is on the back of good VFL form, and every time he comes in he fails. Every time. Let me say that one more time, for those who choose not to think about it. Every time. That is why he plays 1-3 games and then goes back to Casey. That is why he was demoted to the rookie list. That is why he isn't in the side right now.

    He is no good. Some VFL form doesn't change anything. He is not the future, he is the past. We need to move on, accept that he is not good enough, and think about playing those who will be there when we win our next flag. Jack Watts fits that category. Newton doesn't.

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    Perhaps if he was given the extended opportunities of Jack Watts or Lynden Dunn et al he might then have developed some confidence in his ability and THEN perhaps the VFL Form would equate to AFL Performance!

    Oh, and another thing, No doubt Stef Martin has improved out of site when down back or on the Ball Rucking, BUT he absolutely Flounders when played Forward. Juice was BOG against Port Melb and Second BOG against Geelong and IMV would have been selected last week if not rubbed out for an unlucky late contact in a marking contest. The question then would have been, :) Who would he have replaced?? Hnmm I'll let you have a stab at it!

    Only missing the violins in the background...............

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