I would have thought Bennell's role is not to "Go in Hard" for the contested ball. Nor is he built for it. We already have a number of players who are built for that and whose role is to bang in/contest/link etc. He's an outside run & carry player (poise, finish/class player when he's on) in a similar vein to Davey...without the mature body.

Not saying he should come straight back in but he wasn't the worst of the worst players against Wet Coke, yet he's paying the price. Not convinced he's suited or needed at the confines of Shiityhed either. Bring him back at the right venue AND opponent/match up...but only once he's shown something in the Magoos for 2 - 3 weeks. Has great potential but needs to work harder and longer at doing what he does best. Not sure that he stinks lol. I have more faith in him and believe he'll become a solid/valuable/consistent contributor for the Demons at some stage going forward. If not you can remind me of this post in a few years lol.

Agreed... Cale needs time in Magoos to gain some confidence and improve on a number of aspects of his game before he gets another shot with the big boys. Shows class/looks super in spurts but always appears a little undercooked body/speed/contest wise when the heat is on.

I would have thought Bennell's role is not to "Go in Hard" for the contested ball. Nor is he built for it. We already have a number of players who are built for that and whose role is to bang in/contest/link etc. He's an outside run & carry player (poise, finish/class player when he's on) in a similar vein to Davey...without the mature body.

Not saying he should come straight back in but he wasn't the worst of the worst players against Wet Coke, yet he's paying the price. Not convinced he's suited or needed at the confines of Shiityhed either. Bring him back at the right venue AND opponent/match up...but only once he's shown something in the Magoos for 2 - 3 weeks. Has great potential but needs to work harder and longer at doing what he does best. Not sure that he stinks lol. I have more faith in him and believe he'll become a solid/valuable/consistent contributor for the Demons at some stage going forward. If not you can remind me of this post in a few years lol.

To me, there's nothing worse than when one of our players shirks it, Or, Pretends they can't make the contest,,, or, Stays off the play, to make out their there to recieve,,, allowing the opposition the upper hand from that play.... If your there first, you go, No question.

I don't expect Bennell to be a hit man,,,, but with Davey this game gone,, we saw the difference in him. He ran hard for the ball and Through traffic to use his speed to break with the ball in many 'tight' situations. He copped some hits about the head and face as he weaved through the packs breaking the game open.

This is what I expect from Bennell. Davey is knee high to a grasshopper. Bennell is a collingwood 6 footer, and built more than Davey.

The Kids hugely talented, but thats a waste if he doesn't have the Courage to be able to use it in very heated situations.

ATMO,,, he's a High grade 'Teaser'. Will he be a list clogger? Or will he learn to play?

Agree, but we clearly carried too many outside type players for the early part of the season. I don't think it was any co-incidence that we added some grunt this week and put in our best performance for the year.

Also, Maric probably played Bennell's role on the weekend as an outside mid/forward and TBH did it better than anything I've ever seen from Bennell, albeit without the one moment of excitement that has kept Bennell in the side to date.

Agree with you that he needs to show consistent form at Casey for a few weeks. Would also like to see all our players have a crack at winning their own ball despite whether they are notionally "inside" or "outside" players.

Ah, 'Deemolition', spot on. Also Bail is providing a lot of "run 'n' carry", and Maric and Gysberts were handy with their use of the bal.

The weekend setup was the best balanced since we had the good wins last year.