TEAMS: Rd 05 vs Richmond

[spirit of norm smith 16,478]

I think he will be back in a few weeks. Needs to build again. But I think we need to play him to get him back into the tempo of the game

ie. play him into form 

[Demon Disciple 12,180]

Goody is keeping him in cotton wool until September.

Whether or not finals will be played in September and that we'd be a part of them is an entirely different matter.

[Demon Dynasty 17,109]

33 minutes ago, MyFavouriteMartian said:

Uninjured does not mean not ready.

Condition might be uninjured;  but also can be he doesn't have the fitness,  endurance,  and also the disciplines.

He didn't set the game on alight.

MFM we are in dire need of quality / class ball users and finishers with a bit of run.  Especially near the arc and coming  inside 50.

We don't have Casey and i would fear the likelihood of a rolls royce like Bennell being played in to form at that level anyway.  In other words if he is to be played, scratch match or AFL, there's only one level of footy he should be being played into form at.

He finished in our top 10 players statistically with only 50% game time in his only match and Goody & the FD don't think he's up to it vs some who obviously came in even more under done like AVB who played a shocker.

As LH highlighted in an earlier post, the FD's reasoning for not including him is totally inconsistent and differs depending on who's being asked / interviewed.  We have heard at least 3 different versions of why he isn't being played now.

Either the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing inside the FD and it is still amature hour down there OR they know exactly what they're doing and will prove me wrong over the next 4 to 5 weeks.  The W/L ratio will tell the tale.

[Ethan Tremblay 30,878]

I think we’ll run over the top of them and be too good around most of the ground. They’ll just beat us on the scoreboard. 

Edited July 4, 2020 by Ethan Tremblay