Moloney being tagged by Sydney - one touch. FTB

Stuffing up first round draft picks isn't the reason why our players don't work hard enough on the field.

I beg to differ on this Nasher, Morton & Watts are two examples, it is something in their make up. I am not a Watts basher but he is not one who gives the impression of dying for his team mates.

They are both naturally gifted and IMO never really had to work that hard at Junior level

I beg to differ on this Nasher, Morton & Watts are two examples, it is something in their make up. I am not a Watts basher but he is not one who gives the impression of dying for his team mates.

They are both naturally gifted and IMO never really had to work that hard at Junior level

So what about the rest, PSD? I've lost count of the number of soft efforts at attacking the ball, or giving options to use this year. I'm not talking about players who are so soft that it's embarrassing (JW, CM, LD et al.), I'm talking about players who simply aren't running hard enough. And I can't think of a player that I haven't seen cost us a contest at some stage this year. I include players like Grimes and N.Jones in that; players who I know will do better when their head is in the right place.

So what about the rest, PSD? I've lost count of the number of soft efforts at attacking the ball, or giving options to use this year. I'm not talking about players who are so soft that it's embarrassing (JW, CM, LD et al.), I'm talking about players who simply aren't running hard enough. And I can't think of a player that I haven't seen cost us a contest at some stage this year. I include players like Grimes and N.Jones in that; players who I know will do better when their head is in the right place.

Grimes does not play tight enough on opponents and takes a safe approach when the ball is coming towards his area and Jones well it's rare but I agree with you. I think we are talking about different things, my view is we targeted the wrong player types and it's not about hindsight, look back at the players available when we took players over the years. A lot of the players we overlooked were not standouts but have the right attitude, mongrel & work ethic to play at this level. Amongst these players are Sloan, Hurley, Rockliff, Zaharakis, Shuey, Scott Selwood and I could go on. Darling was the one who surprised me and I watched him closely and was not surprised when he was overlooked by so many clubs, he really dropped off from age 16 to 17

Yes our development has had a bit to do with it but very little, which is why those we moved on have not set the world on fire with their new sides

Came across this clip on youtube which made me laugh... Tossed aside like he wasnt even there...

Until he learns to hurt opposition by foot he will be a good ordinary footballer.