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2016 Player Review - # 20 Colin Garland

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2016 was disappointing year for Garland, a member of the club's leadership group who, like Lynden Dunn, was sidelined by the club's desire to restructure its defence.

Games MFC 2016 6

Career Total 141

Goals MFC 2016 0

Career Total 16

Games CSFC 2016 17

Goals CSFC 2016 1

Keith "Bluey" Truscott Memorial Trophy 17 votes

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Like Dunny, he was so important for us for a long period of time. It's sad, but the list seems like it is going in a direction that doesn't need Garland.

He might bounce back, but if his management was clever they would be asking the dees to find him a better situation during trade week. 

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Col was a stalwart during our 'tough times', but unfortunately he doesn't have some of the key the attributes demanded by the evolving game style at our Club.  He is very much a 'stop / start' player to my way of thinking, and as a consequence, I suspect he will always be a weak link in our ball movement.  Further, I don't see any significant points of difference in his game (eg. pace or marking strength) which might offset this weakness. Sadly, Casey or another club's list might be his future, I suspect

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On 09/10/2016 at 3:32 PM, FlashInThePan said:

I just don't get how he went from required (and given a 3 year deal to much fanfare) to surplus so quickly. I can only imagine he is struggling with the new game plan?

Biggest f' up under the Roos led Football Dept. The 3 year deal was bewildering to some of us at the time, and we were proven correct. He's been struggling as a player for 3 years now, so the new game plan had nothing to do with it.

Talk that he would be allowed to go to a new home for nothing, but there were no takers. He'll be at Casey until his contract expires.

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I really like Garland as a one on one style defender, but like Dunn he has been overlooked for youth who can learn the new style from scratch.

A good club man, and good player. would like to see him trialled as a half forward if he is retained on the list for the full contract term

 

 

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3 hours ago, DemonWA said:

 

... would like to see him trialled as a half forward if he is retained on the list for the full contract term

 

 

I wonder how he would go being the hunted rather than the hunter. Maybe not enough tricks in the bag?

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On 12 October 2016 at 2:12 AM, DemonWA said:

I really like Garland as a one on one style defender, but like Dunn he has been overlooked for youth who can learn the new style from scratch.

A good club man, and good player. would like to see him trialled as a half forward if he is retained on the list for the full contract term

 

 

Needs to reinvent himself in a different role. Not sure he can.

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Just the faintest shadow of the player he was a few years ago when he finished 2nd in the B&F. His confidence looks completely shot, and he looks finished as a player.

It will be interesting to see what his mindset is like next year, because surely neither the club or the player would allow the contract to go a third year if he continues to languish in the VFL.

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