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The pressure of captaincy aside, his lack of pace is that bad now that I cannot see him playing at AFL level.

Leading out from the goal square he was trailing his opponent by five metres who took an uncontested mark.

I've banged on about this a lot, but I just can't see where he goes to from here. Maybe he needs an extended spell in the VFL just to get some touch back?

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he missed 8 weeks of pre season

he cant have the fitness to impact the game as much as he would like yet.

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I suggested something similar to this this week and the thread got locked. Don't disrespect our Captain. His on-field performance isn't important. It's what happens at the press conference that counts.

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Evans, a late rookie pickup coming off 2 years of injury is worlds ahead of Trengove right now.

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He's slow at the start of the game, nothing to do with fitness.

he was never the quickest player, but he doesnt look that slow early, but rather as the game progresses

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No, he is slow from the moment his feet hit the MCG turf.

personally i dont agree, but if you are expecting him to be one of the quickest players on the field then he isnt quick

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personally i dont agree, but if you are expecting him to be one of the quickest players on the field then he isnt quick

You're right but neither are Selwood, Hayes, Mitchell, Sewell and Kennedy but there is some explosiveness to how they play.

Trengove doesn't need to be quick, the problem is he is now beyond slow and the limitation is so great he is now next to useless.

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You're right but neither are Selwood, Hayes, Mitchell, Sewell and Kennedy but there is some explosiveness to how they play.

Trengove doesn't need to be quick, the problem is he is now beyond slow and the limitation is so great he is now next to useless.

the first sentence was my next post, but i just think he is underdone, and that they are playing him in the forward line to build his fitness and almost play the forward pressure role.

and i think that his lack of full pre season gets highlighted as the match goes on, and hopefully as his fitness builds he can move into the midfield and then we will see the trengove of old!

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people saying hes underdone

did you not watch him in 2012?

he was garbage all season

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No, he is slow from the moment his feet hit the MCG turf.

I will take the word of Cameron Ling who said he wasn't in his first 2 years. Ling would have a better idea because he played against him. Both he and Watson think something is wrong and I'm going with them on this, something is clearly wrong.

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Look, he's either injured or he has inexplicably aged ten years. I don't get it but his pace is totally gone. If it's not an injury, he's simply genetically very unlucky to have lost all his pace this quickly. Captaincy worries or not, you don't lose so much speed unless there's seriously something wrong with your body.

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I am a huge fan of him, but he is clearly not 100% because of the captaincy, or injury or both, he needs to go to the VFL til he is dominating games, get the bloke his fitness and confidence back, he is still a long term prospect for us but something is clearly not right,

looks abit like osteitis pubis

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I can't see how much longer we can persist with a captain who has zero impact in a match. He even was missing his trademark tackle count today. Without that he's providing literally nothing.

It is so bloody obvious who the best leader out there is and his name is Nathan Jones.

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As Ling pointed out, he's not the player he was. I for one don't believe he's anywhere near fit.

The year is farked. Playing him like this achieves no useful purpose. Take him out until at least the bye - call it a groin injury or whatever - but get him on a specific training program that allows him to recapture his fitness & whatever acceleration he had in his first two years.

He won't like it but playing in the condition he's in at the moment does neither he nor the team any favours

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As Ling pointed out, he's not the player he was. I for one don't believe he's anywhere near fit.

The year is farked. Playing him like this achieves no useful purpose. Take him out until at least the bye - call it a groin injury or whatever - but get him on a specific training program that allows him to recapture his fitness & whatever acceleration he had in his first two years.

He won't like it but playing in the condition he's in at the moment does neither he nor the team any favours

They also mentioned that they have to keep playing him because he is the Captain.

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He needs to be at senior level.

hell be right.

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