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Sure hope that all who saw him at junior level remain excited when he eventually debuts in the mighty R&B. But seriously he must be regarded as a "yet to be assesed" at AFL. Similar to Tappscott.

So he "shone" in a game without any real meaning!? Who would he displace from the tight knit strong hearted defence? Sure some have suggested that a stint in defence may help a struggler gain confidence, but pity help us if he goes into defence for this reason in a "real" match 2011 or beyond, and that includes Wizzard, Ansett or whatever Cup Vlad choses to call it in 2011. He has had plenty of opportunities to establish himself in a developing young side over what, 4 years - he has not grasped those opportunities for whatever reason - skill and natural ability, talent, heart, commitment, G&D, injury - which of those doesn't really matter. I sure as hell hope he does not ever again keep a young progressing player out of our team, nor off our list. I could classify him as "depth" when feeling incredibly charitable and good hearted only.

He has far far more to offer than the four rookied this year - Newton, Meesen ("special reasons" for both) and Hughes and WhoHealy. I would be very disapppointed were he to just drift off into the ether.

Please read the post header. Whatever Danny Hughes is or may be or could be or may hope to be, it is NOT a KPP Forward!!!!!!!!!!!

Have I missed some actual news - is Newton, he who proved time and time again his great great uncle's theory of gravity by falling at every hurdle, still listed? Heaven forbid.

I was going to say then why the hell did Meesen and Newton get rookied this year?? I know part related to contract, but sure as hell neither offered any quality at all.

Strong overhead - that then rules out our PJ.

LOL.

The manoeuvrability of Bate The heart and aggression of Newton The awareness of ............ nobody and nothing! Very disappointing

I was disappointed when Liam went from 48 to 24 - thought that he may be only half the player he was before, but other than his injury he continues to excite.

He is a real enigma to me. Doesn't in any way look a marking forward, but has done the job magnificently when available. I guess a question is where does he fit in if all of Jurrah, Watts, Dunn, Green, Davey, Wona are fit and in form, and even Bate were to apply himself and realise his potential. Would be a nice dilema for selectors.

Jordie has become one of my absolute favourites. I just love his attitude and his attack on the ball, and his tackling is out of this world. Not just the number of tackles, but the quality of them - he makes them hurt.

I am surprised that there has been little if any comment on the first trade in this post. Were we to get A(nother) Davey for Maric surely we would grab it with both hands. If not IMO Maric will probably just be delisted.

He makes Michael Newton look switched on. LOL We need to move on / eschew any player who will not commit 100% all the time.

Ballarat now by 34. Third quarter halfway The orange maggots totally changed momentum in the second with an absolute clanger decision mark to NB and a clearly wrong "no goal" after Bennell kicked a nice goal.. Twomreal game changers. Now it is just a cakewalk.. pS make that 40

Bate will have to learn a few more tricks, and learn to recover and turn quicker than USS Enterprise. I am sure he does have talent, but others do as well as the other basic attribute. If he can sometime force his way into this team he will be doing very well. But back to the topic - I agree that this was Dunn's best game - he seems to relish the contest, and has learned to be fully accountable for his defender. Are there stats - indeed can there be - on who is on which rebounding defender and how they do. He has shut down a few this season - the much criticised (including by me) experiment as a tagger have given him the confidence to do this.

I would have thought that the main thought in "resting" Trengove vs Cats was the fact that they were absolutely physically drained and exhausted after the visit to the tropics the weekend before, and not the fact that they were playing against a terrific midfield. To withdraw them vs Hawks would be just plain molly coddling not due to exhaustion but due to intimidation. After all, they played vs Hawks round 1 - sure they were "beaten up" mainly mentally, but they survived and hopefully have learned from the experience. Had they been physically up to it I am sure they would have played vs Geelong to learn from it.

Did a bloody good job today. One of our best. Who will make way for Moloney next week if he is up to it??

Bogans?????

I was pleasantly surprised by Addam today - sure he didn't stand out in a pretty brilliant all round mid / forward group, but he did some pretty good things with delivery and chase - deserves another run.

Well of course percentage will not effect us, having had the draw, but may well determine the others.

Awesome. Traditional yet a bit modern too. Bring it on!

Morton looked as soft as ever and contributed little - but then when you are sent to Casey for a lesson and to harden up, and then get selected after not having set the world on fire, where is the message?? He now knows that the selectors are as tough as a limp lettuce, and that he can get away with doing what he has always done - would have been better to not have demoted him at all. IMO Bate needs a few weeks at Casey to toughen up and hopefully gain a bit of consistence - but if the selectors play true to the standards of this soft club, were he to be sent down he would probably be back in no time without having learned a thing. We are not a ruthless club - haven't been for nearly 50 years - and will not attain any real success until and unless we become so. Can we under the current coach and match committee??

Well said - give the guy a go. Some love to condemn both players and staff just for the sake of it - if you don't get instant gratification than the player must obviously be a "dud".