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Sometimes you got to select the team to win. I'm all for management (Brayshaw this week) but Tyson could have been the difference in the last. What's better for the team- QB win or Tyson regaining match fitness at Casey?

You want to wait for the evidence?! First year kid + on Etihad + toughest opening fixture + rising star win + know when you're on top = manage

Lost the game for many reasons but selecting MJones instead of Tyson as sub must have been a big call, the wrong call. IN Tyson, Dawes, ANB OUT Vanders, MJones, Brayshaw Playing Brayshaw into the ground is the kind of rubbish decision of Melbourne past. Mitchie in for Viney if injured.

BB I'm with you on the spray. If the forward line isn't bringing the ball to ground then why not pump that into them at 3/4 time? I love what Roos has done, but he does coach like a guy that has zero pressure on him. The team is better, the results need to be better.

I believe Roos dropped Watts and had Watts take responsibility. Good coaching IMO. Watts has the skills but not the intensity, makes him the most frustrating player to watch and probably the most frustrating to coach. I don't understand why people here so badly want Roos to name the underperforming players, as if that will somehow set a standard? It's obvious who isn't stepping up. Each is a different player, requires a different approach. It sounds like some posters want Neeld back. The club direction over the past 18 months has been incredible, the players recruited are proving to be masterful choices. I get frustrated like the next guy but who can't see a seriously good team emerging from the absolute disaster that we were?

Dunn. 1 tackle. Doubt that torp is a Roos play, he just wanted it out of the defensive zone.

Seems more like a tea drinker

That suggests that we have the right team balance, so we can't swap a Bail/MJones for Riley. However the problem against Port was that we allowed them to play a running game when we should have won the ball at the stoppages and slowed it down. I think the real reason Bail and MJones are in the team is because they're 26/27 and on last chance - Riley is 23 (and selected by Roos) different program.

Seems player weeding is exactly their process, but you got to play them to know what they're capable of. At least Garland is proving himself again, Grimes too. At seasons end we know who to keep or trade value. Howe must perform better, no use dropping him to the VFL, he needs to be found out at the level. Watts, even on the outside he doesn't really want the ball, how do you coach that? Roos has tried just about everything. Anyway, I'd also prefer some fight and less excuses, to see Riley in the team over M Jones. Plus I believe Riley might be better than some give credit.

With respect to someone 6000 odd posts ahead of me, culture is exactly the failure I see on field when momentum is lost. Jones tries to lead by example but can't do it alone so disappears, I have no idea what Dunn is doing. Surely leadership is confidence and belief, then instilling that into the players around you. When challenged, these guys crumble as leaders and play for themselves. That's what Roos says and exactly what I see. Jones will eyeball the young players like Brawshaw and Kent, but seems to lack confidence to do that with the others.

Definitely. The ready to go have been exceptional in the past 2 years of trade: Cross, Vince, HL. For the culture as much as their skill. Garlett also shows the right signs. Swapping HL for Clark was an astute move, but now we're now missing that experienced forward. Watts should step up, I hope he does but it's a big ask.

I had to join to comment on this thread... Hello all. Who honestly thinks Grimes stepped down from Captaincy himself? Or thinks Watts dropped himself?? Roos is forcing accountability; you drop yourself, then you expect yourself to be better. An insecure coach would chest beat and shame those players, ruining them. Sound familiar? Grimes is a better player for the beating Roos gave him, dropped as captain, dropped from the team. He put to Watts the reality, it's up to Watts. 50/50 ball, some things in football will never change. Bail, M Jones, Fitz are all given their opportunity, given a role. Accountable or roll. A few will step up - Garland did last week. Grimes has this season. Jetta last season. He's protecting the young players. I'll bet Brayshaw will go into this game knowing it will be his last for a month, QB reward for opening block. Resting Viney / Tyson / Salem / Kent / Frost / Hogan until they are absolutely fit to play - while the older players can carry injury (Vince). N Jones is struggling with Captaincy. But he will rise and become a greater player for it, or fall away. Either way he needs that challenge. Roos isn't just trying to win games, he's building a winning side.