On 22/10/2016 at 7:23 AM, monoccular said:

Didn't see the game chook, but given his otherwise good year (by all accounts) maybe he was unwell or injured?

Could it have the pressure applied by the opposition or the ocassion. A few players went missing in the grand final who otherwise had "good years".

On 24/10/2016 at 1:52 PM, nutbean said:

 

 

From last year.....

"Why on earth would we give Hunt another year on the senior list? He has done nothing at all to date to suggest he will be an AFL player.

Three years is what we gave Toumpas to prove himself, and he showed a million times more promise in that time than Hunt has."

Hindsight is a wonderful thing, ay ? The problem is  - there is ruthless and reckless - you give players some time to show their worth and some will reward you and some will be a bust.

 

 

Yes, but Mitchie came to us with a number of years already under his belt at a senior AFL club, Hunt did not.

I'm still bemused why Mitchie got such a run in the senior this year compared to Grimes, who showed far more potential at AFL level IMHO.

Edited December 7, 20168 yr by Rodney (Balls) Grinter

6 hours ago, don't make me angry said:

Sorry, the point you were trying to make was...?

19 hours ago, Bombay Airconditioning said:

Could it have the pressure applied by the opposition or the ocassion. A few players went missing in the grand final who otherwise had "good years".

It was amazing the number of players who performed poorly that day. Was more than a few by my recollection. Newton, Grimes, ANB, Spencer...They weren't just average. They were awful.

The occasion seemingly got to too many, though perhaps some of them played knowing their papers had been stamped.