Stuart Maxfield

[Plugger46]

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[Foreign Legion]

IF his injury is still affecting him then he needs a week or two off. If he is injury free then he may be in trouble but deserves a hell of a lot of chances.

[Louellyn]

You're a disgrace too

Evil Stue is our glue, and today we became unglued. How dare you slag off Maxfield after one poxy game.

You can get over it too.

[Plugger46]

Originally posted by Louellyn
You're a disgrace too

Evil Stue is our glue, and today we became unglued. How dare you slag off Maxfield after one poxy game.

You can get over it too.

Love the bloke, always have. But he hasn't had a kick for ages. It's not one bad game. He can no longer find the pill. Maybe you should open your eyes? I'm not slagging him off, just don't think he's got it anymore.

[midaro]

There's just no point talking about Maxfield - it p@sses-off too many people

He'll play out the year, then either retire, or relinquish the captaincy and take his chances on the periphery.

End of story.

IMO

[dendol]

Why do we single out Maxfield? Clearly we can see that so many in the team are under-performing so far. Every week we look for a scapegoat.... blame our freakin midfield.

[ScottH]

Maxfield has not had a great season, but his last qtr against the bombers was very good. I don't think he is finished yet, but maybe he needs the pressure of the captaincy removed, and allow him to finish his time as a great player.

Not every great player can handle the pressure of Captaincy.

But it can't be done part way thru the year.That would be demeaning to Stuie.

[Captain]

Originally posted by dendol
Why do we single out Maxfield? Clearly we can see that so many in the team are under-performing so far. Every week we look for a scapegoat.... blame our freakin midfield.

Maxfield is part of our midfield. He is under performing this year and is finished.

Maxfield has not played a good game this year and for a captain that's mot good enough.

Dendol, you are a fan of Maxfield and Saddington, who do you think is under performing specifically? IMO Maxfield and Saddo need to be playing good consistent football given their experience. They aren't.

[desredandwhite]

Maxie still does the occasional good thing, but IMHO he has been far, far, far from his best this year. He has lost his explosive pace, and I think his decision making is a bit suspect now - he often has to stop and have a think about it (and it's common knowledge that it's NOT good when footballers need to think )

[dendol]

Originally posted by Captain
Maxfield is part of our midfield. He is under performing this year and is finished.

Maxfield has not played a good game this year and for a captain that's mot good enough.

Dendol, you are a fan of Maxfield and Saddington, who do you think is under performing specifically? IMO Maxfield and Saddo need to be playing good consistent football given their experience. They aren't.

Yes, I am a fan of both players. Saddington has shown that he can play some good footy in the forward line. Maxfield played a big part in our comeback last week against the bombers. I admit that they have been very inconsistent this year, but who do you suggest we replace them with? We have enough kids running around out there, so as soon as you stick in one of two more, I doubt we will be seeing a change in our fortunes.

And if we are talking about dropping players for inconsistency, then why dont we drop J Bolton, Fosdike, Kennelly, Goodes, Williams as well? Can you tell me the last time any of these players have had excellent games this year? They have all been patchy at best, which is shown in the whole team performance thus far.

[boroboy]

I'm not convinced Stuey is giving the team any inspiration at present - in fact I'm starting to question his leadership abilities this season (in direct contrast to last season when he performed well in the role). Our form is horrendous, but he seems to be getting dragged down with it. I see no signs of leading from the front by doing something extraordinary to lift the team, and I see no signs of him motivatng the other players out on the ground.

He should be doing more - and like any captain should walk off the ground beyond reproach no matter what the result. He has to improve...

[Bear]

If there is one game that Stu gets up for it's against Richmond. Wasn't able to do too much today.

The captain should accept extra scrutiny and he is in deep trouble IMO.

[Captain]

Originally posted by dendol
And if we are talking about dropping players for inconsistency, then why dont we drop J Bolton, Fosdike, Kennelly, Goodes, Williams as well? Can you tell me the last time any of these players have had excellent games this year? They have all been patchy at best, which is shown in the whole team performance thus far.

All those you mentioned with the exception of Williams are young players still learning the caper, who can't be expected to maintain excellency the way older, more mature players can. In addition, they have all played some good games during the year.

Williams has been very solid, consistently getting 20+ possessions. When was the last time Maxfield did this?

The fact he is captain is even less reason for him to be as inconsistent as those you mentioned.

[dendol]

Maxfield has been averaging about 17 posessions per game (not inlucding the Geelong game where he was KOed) up until this round. Where does it say in the club rules that you have to average 20+ disposals or risk getting dropped?

Sure, its not up there with the 30 posessions per game like the superstars in the comp, but who in our team ever gets that many? We are not a team of stars, and I think Maxfield is still in our best 22.

I ask again, who do you think we should drop Maxfield for? We all love to make someone a scapegoat - I'd make it the midfield as a whole, not Maxfield himself.

[liz]

Maxfield has always been a player who relies heavily on his fitness. My guess is that he's a long way from where he'd like to be fitness wise, and his recent shoulder injury has severely restricted his training recently.

What is disappointing me is a lack of on-field leadership elsewhere. If the rest of the guys know that their captain is struggling for fitness, should they not be taking the lead. At the end of last year we were salivating that both Goodes and B1 looked as if they were emerging to be excellent candidates for captaincy when Maxfield retires. At the moment both look anything but. The only player who seems to have really tried to lift the team at critical moments this year is Crouch.