5 hours ago, leave it to deever said:

Hes 25 in a few months.

Everyone hopes he will do well but at this stage, I think time is against him.

He simply must fire tonight and continue to do so. 

I'm pleased you mention his age...so far the excuses for his non production  of results run to " its all above his shoulders"...he's been playing AFL for 6 or 7 years and he's a grown up...or he  hasn't had a good run in the "ones"...I don't know how many sequential games he's played ,or how many times, but I am confident  there has not been a rolled gold full forward keeping him out of the 22 when he's had his chance (s)...

1 hour ago, drysdale demon said:

Knowledge and experience for starters.

Ok ..so as I said...no more opinions on here please.

4 hours ago, binman said:

Robbie Flower played chilled. Seemed to work for him ok.

Same goes for Fritter and Langdon. 

Different strokes for different folks. 

Flower was a genius who saw the ball way ahead of opponents and seemingly played in slow motion. Similar to Pendles.

Weid not in the same universe as robbie.

Dont get me wrong as i hope weid has a fantastic game and gets his role done.

1 hour ago, IRW said:

I'm pleased you mention his age...so far the excuses for his non production  of results run to " its all above his shoulders"...he's been playing AFL for 6 or 7 years and he's a grown up...or he  hasn't had a good run in the "ones"...I don't know how many sequential games he's played ,or how many times, but I am confident  there has not been a rolled gold full forward keeping him out of the 22 when he's had his chance (s)...

I would love to see this bloke make it, even if its at the expense of one of my favorite players in Tmac.

If he doesn't make it this year, I fear time will start to be against him. This is  all I'm trying to say.

He has the fitness....pedigree and talent. 

Maybe tonight will be his breakout game. Come on SW.

1 hour ago, Demon17 said:

Flower was a genius who saw the ball way ahead of opponents and seemingly played in slow motion. Similar to Pendles.

Weid not in the same universe as robbie.

Dont get me wrong as i hope weid has a fantastic game and gets his role done.

I can assure you I wasn't comparing weed and robbie skill wise.

My point was that to perform well, to get into a flow state, players have to work out what mindset and energy works best for them to get in that state.

And then make sure they can get into that state every game.

For some, like may it will be all hype and controlled energy. 

Others might need to go internal or relaxed, because otherwise they get too worked up.

Know thyself.

Tomlinson sat out the second half at Casey.  Late change?

6 minutes ago, Olgreybeard49 said:

Tomlinson sat out the second half at Casey.  Late change?

Decided before the VFL game so it's just precautionary.

If there was a real chance of an out he would not have played at all

2 hours ago, leave it to deever said:

I would love to see this bloke make it, even if its at the expense of one of my favorite players in Tmac.

If he doesn't make it this year, I fear time will start to be against him. This is  all I'm trying to say.

He has the fitness....pedigree and talent. 

Maybe tonight will be his breakout game. Come on SW.

Yep any Dee who comes good is welcome  but breakout game is a bit rich.What he needs is consistent good games

Edited April 24, 20223 yr by IRW

16 hours ago, Kent said:

Watch Dunsatns career highlights

shows him kicking goals not getting clearances!

I've watched enough Dunstan that I don't need a highlight package. He's a clearance player and a high half forward.

14 hours ago, binman said:

I can assure you I wasn't comparing weed and robbie skill wise.

My point was that to perform well, to get into a flow state, players have to work out what mindset and energy works best for them to get in that state.

And then make sure they can get into that state every game.

For some, like may it will be all hype and controlled energy. 

Others might need to go internal or relaxed, because otherwise they get too worked up.

Know thyself.

My point exactly.

If Weid needs to be more 'chilled' to perform and has trouble controlling say, anxiety, then hopefully the club is working on this with him. BBB's encouraging hug to Weid after the game suggest this and that awareness of all around him is not an issue and was a credit to Ben to put his arm around Sam.

Never would I compare the skill of any player with Flower, let alone Weid.  My point was Flower may have been on edge but having seen nearly all his games live , one would oftern never have an inkling he was conerned about what happens next when close to the ball. He knew ahead of everyone around him.

I have no idea of Robbie's "state of mind" on the field but in the half dozen or so passing encounters off it (one of those over the phone a couple in the rooms) he seemed a pretty straight down the line 'no nonsense' fella from what i recall. 

I know most players are similar but he particularly hated losing and was pretty grumpy after losses ....not dissimilar to Clarry in that regard?