Roos the Axe????

[Xie Shan]

Bevo will just have to wait his turn. They still have to fit Malceski back in. Surely Schmidt deserves a debut? And what about Spriggs?

[Bleed Red Blood]

Originally posted by Xie Shan
YES to the former, not sure about the latter. Dempster would be very stiff to get dropped. But he may have to be the unlucky one.

I agree (When do I ever agree with you? ) . Drop McVeigh before Dempster.

[Damien]

Originally posted by Captain


Dempster out for Moore/Schmidt

Spot on with that one IMO. I would persist with Richards a little bit longer though.

There is no way on earth I would be dropping McVeigh though, he is finally showing some form and improving every match.

[Roscoe]

Agree 100% that Dempster is Goooonnnnne

he was very slow and added very little

But I don't dislike him - I prefer him to Richards

Schmidt /Moore must be looked at

I don't think that Vogels is up to scratch - too soft, no intensity

I'm sure that I will get bagged for this but - lets discuss

[Tuesday]

Originally posted by Roscoe
I don't think that Vogels is up to scratch - too soft, no intensity

And have you been to watch the ressies any time in the past year, or have you just managed to cross Salt Pan Creek Bridge for the first time in your life?

[ROK Lobster]

Where does the "Vogels is soft" train of thought originate. I have noticed it here a bit. Why. I never saw him shirk like Ted does.

[Damien]

Originally posted by Tuesday
And have you been to watch the ressies any time in the past year, or have you just managed to cross Salt Pan Creek Bridge for the first time in your life?

Possibly would be more constructive of you to actually give your review of Vogels performance in the Ressies this year to combat his argument instead of deliberately baiting.

Just a thought.....

[liz]

Originally posted by Damien
Possibly would be more constructive of you to actually give your review of Vogels performance in the Ressies this year to combat his argument instead of deliberately baiting.

Just a thought.....

I'm a bit confused where the "soft" tag has come from. He's not yet done any Byron Pickett impersonations but I thought his intensity last year at senior level was decent enough for a player in his first handful of games.

I think he's been a mixed bag at reserves level this year, even within games. But it is easy to spot what seems to turn his game around - a move from the backline to the forward line. I know he played as a key back in the Hamden league and did ok back there in the NSO game, but every time I've seen him down back this year in the reserves he's looked slow and disinterested, even against the mediocre opposition he tends to be up against in the ACTAFL. Switch him forward and he suddenly comes to life.

He played a very very good first half last week in Canberra...as a forward.

I have no doubt he could play senior football. I'd choose Vogels over Richards in a flash if you're just looking for a forward, but what Richards maybe has over him at the moment is the ability to play down back as well.

[NMWBloods]

Hardly surprising anyone in our reserves will look disinterested in the backline. I think most of them would be disinterested just turning up to the game when you expect to win by 20+ goals each time.

[ugg]

Agree with the notion that Vogels is a better forward than a backman. Even in the few times he's played on a decent opponent he has been beaten, especially on the lead. As for Teddy, I don't think he's much of a backman either.

[shole]

Originally posted by Bleed Red Blood
I agree (When do I ever agree with you? ) . Drop McVeigh before Dempster.

I think McVeigh has been contributing more than Dempster has. been picking up a few disposals as well as tagging others when he's on

[SimonH]

Very easy to come up with 'for god's sake, give the kids a try' gut reactions. Sure... why not? Everyone loves kids.

However, as we're discovering, much harder to decide who to axe. And except for Mathews, most of the nominees people come up with are the same age as those aforementioned 'kids'.

The fact is, our core 18-or-so players are a darn good team. None of them should feel secure if they drop their form: but it would take several weeks of consistently poor performances before you could dream of giving the arse to any of numbers 1, 2, 5, 6, 10, 12, 13, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 24, 28, 30, 31, 32 or 37. That leaves a pretty small droppable contingent.

[NMWBloods]

It is a darn good team, but it has played darn poorly in the past two games, and in half the games this season. Sure they've looked very good in the other half, but sometimes a bit of shakeup is needed to produce more performance.

[liz]

Originally posted by NMWBloods
It is a darn good team, but it has played darn poorly in the past two games, and in half the games this season. Sure they've looked very good in the other half, but sometimes a bit of shakeup is needed to produce more performance.

The problem is, though, putting your finger on why they've fallen off in those games. It hasn't been a group of players playing noticeably more poorly than the rest - rather everyone has dropped off just slightly.

I was impressed by McVeigh on Saturday (to balance the disappointment I expressed in him in the Hawthorn game). He didn't dominate but his skills looked cleaner than most of his team mates. They say that the better skilled players actually look even better in atrocious conditions and I thought this was the case with him. I'd love to daydream that in a couple more years, with more experience and more confidence, he could become a Travis Johnstone (the good version) type player.

[Piobaireachd]

Originally posted by stellation
I reckon he'll drop Davo. I bet Roos is sitting somewhere right now (probably eating a sandwich, does he ever stop eating?!?!?!?) thinking "Okay, I've done the ground work... how can I truly crush him emotionally... who are we playing next?"

Probably well deserved after the saints effort.