Is Hall finished?

[Blood]

I didn't think his first half today was poor at all. He was frequently ignored and when they went to him he was well covered by not only Scarlett but a multitude of defenders to help Scarlett out.

Absolutely. Blind Freddy could see he was leading brilliantly at times.

As for his second half.....

His DUMB free when he threw Stokes away was the start and it went downhill from there. Roosy benched him at least twice for petulant behaviour.

Maybe, but the horse had well and truly bolted by then. I honestly can't blame him given that his team-mates (as well as the umpires) give him very little.

But Barry will kick 4 next week and rest assured he'll be a fan fave again.
Gotta love RWO.

[Nolie]

He is quite useless. Can he see or are his eyes stuffed?
Having said that he was crucified by the umpires today. He simply cannot touch an opposition player or he gets penalised. Down the other end Moody was scragging, tearing, eye-gouging our guys - and nothing!

[Ludwig]

There is absolutely no point in playing Barry any more.

He is an average key forward at best now, and is easily well contained by any reasonable defence. Add to this the histrionics and free kicks given away, he has got to be an overall detriment to club's ability to win a football game.

He is only stealing the experience of his replacement, whether it be White, Grundy or someone else. We are not going anywhere with the current team. That was made evident today. We really need to play for the future. I am not saying to throw in the towel, but if we succeed this year, it should be with a team that has a future and can improve next year. And the first move is to retire Bazza.

Give the Ressies a chance for another title. He can teach our newbies the art of good sportsmanship.

[10Totti10]

SEN is always saying crap. Apparently every old guy is finished after one bad game with them. Listen to ABC. They said and was seen that Hall was leading but the kicking to him was rubbish. Had nothing going to him. Will kick 3-4 goals next week, just watch.

[EMJ]

There was three kicks that if the kicker had looked up and not kept it to themselves Hall was in the best shot for kicking a goal.

Like Davis if they do not kick to you how can you get a goal which is why is up forward.

[BSA5]

Teddy.

Teddy was on Mooney.

[IrishSwanPerth]

Hall is not finished, but he wont kick 7-8 goals in a agme again (Maybe with the reserves) . He has tos top giving away stupid penaultys

[ScottH]

Teddy was on Mooney.

That post was from 2008??

[Robbo]

Finished, no question about it. Was finished last year. Can't believe so many people thought he would still be around for our next premiership tilt. God there are some morons in the world.

Play White instead.

[ep2006]

We'll trade Hansen for him.

[thedoc]

Robbo, love your passion mate, but you are light on intel on the bloods.

Hally has a lot to offer.

[BSA5]

That post was from 2008??

@@@@.

Hell, Harley was causing us problems again, I just assumed!

[Nico]

Teddy was on Mooney.

And he was woeful. He was always 2 to 5 metres behind Mooney and Blind Freddy out the back of the ground could see they were going to spot him up on the lead. How about standing on his shoulder Ted.

[Legs Akimbo]

Objectively, Hall is an average player now. I mean average in the sense of there are a lot of players better than him and a lot worse.

Sure he's big and bad, but he's also a dodgy kick, poor mark and has lost a yard of pace. What are his match winning attributes?

My main frustration with Barry Hall, aside from his consistently low returns (we seem to rate 4 goals a great effort these days) is his appalling body language and penchant for giving away stupid free kicks at critical times.

This should definitely be his last year and I personaly think he made a mistake playing on.

[Nico]

Whatever opinions people have of Barry Hall, today I am prepared to cut him a lot of slack, it was about the worst delivery to the forward line in my 50 years in following the red and white.

There had to be a dozen times coming into the forward line where players tried to short pass to a small player whether on the lead or static, when Hall or MOL made leads or were one out in the square. There were times when they were both in the square.

There were so many culprits but Mattners brain exposion after about 4 bounces, dodged a couple of players then kicked about 10 metres to nothing topped the lot, closely followed by a couple of Malceski howlers. I just don't get it. The more you stuff around and give Geelong a sniff the more they slaughter you on the rebound. How many times did that happen today.

I think, is this part of the game plan, because it happens too often to be coincidence. It is a serious flaw in our game.