Please, please, please drop Tadhg

[RoosysLoveChild]

I love Tadhg, but his decision-making at times is woeful. Had 5-6 costly turnovers the last fortnight, but let him play through it. Looks extremely slow at the moment. Lost all pace.

[JF_Bay22_SCG]

Kennelly is the bloke who creates run through the middle. OK he had a bad turnover but he got us more goals than he cost us. Understand the game, you knockers!

But he hasn't got the pace to do that any more. Considering his runs off half back are what he gave to the team, the one thing he used to offer us is just not there any more.

I cannot handle his idiotic short handpasses to players under pressure 20-40 metres out from our goals. They are just crazy. Surely he has a better sense of peripheral vision than that.

JF

[On-Baller]

Let's just make one thing clear.... it isn't his last 2 weeks that have been bad. It's two ERRORS in the last two weeks. A single error in each game does not make each game terrible. Defensively he is in arguably the best form of his career, and he is still providing very useful rebound. He has made two errors. TWO. Think about that for a minute. And his error last night was as much the bloke giving it to him's fault as it was Tadhgs. Definition of a hospital handpass.

Tadhg is well and truly in our best 22, and anybody thinking that a couple of errors means he should be dropped has rocks in their head.

Lets just make one thing clear Kennellys decision making and disposal all this year has been under afl standard,only getting a game on rep these days,wouldnt make any other teams best 22 including GCS.
I by no means am saying he's not a great bloke,or really good clubman over the years just imho he's past it and the moment Rohan and Ted are both fit he shouldnt get a game.

[chuckie]

I think Malceski, Smith, Mattner & Grundy are getting of lightly, there kicking continues to miss targets and maybe with the exception of Mattner they are also a bit soft.

[On-Baller]

Malceski can look a bit soft at times but i thought Grundy was ok after 1/4 time and one thing Nick Smith will never be is soft.

[BSA5]

Lets just make one thing clear Kennellys decision making and disposal all this year has been under afl standard,only getting a game on rep these days,wouldnt make any other teams best 22 including GCS.
I by no means am saying he's not a great bloke,or really good clubman over the years just imho he's past it and the moment Rohan and Ted are both fit he shouldnt get a game.

Seriously? No, you couldn't be.... seriously?

[dimelb]

I think Malceski, Smith, Mattner & Grundy are getting of lightly, there kicking continues to miss targets and maybe with the exception of Mattner they are also a bit soft.

Smith? Soft? Shirley you jest! And I wouldn't put Reg in there either.

[On-Baller]

Im quite serious,i last week called on Kennelly to retire and a day later thought damn maybe ive gone way over board but after having enough time this week to watch most of our games this season for a second time im more convinced than ever that unfortunately the game has passed him by.He pretty much is only valuable these days as a spoiler in marking contests anything else and its heart in mouth stuff everytime he has it.Then again this is just my opinion and find it amusing when people on a forum mock others for having a differing opinion to there's,be pretty boring if we all just agreed on everything.Having said that maybe i was a bit flippant in my response,but i value anyones opinion on here so it's all good.

[Swansinger]

Smith? Soft? Shirley you jest! And I wouldn't put Reg in there either.

And no "maybe" exception for Mattner - the lad's courage is beyond reproach.

[Ratna]

Let's just make one thing clear.... it isn't his last 2 weeks that have been bad. It's two ERRORS in the last two weeks. A single error in each game does not make each game terrible. Defensively he is in arguably the best form of his career, and he is still providing very useful rebound. He has made two errors. TWO. Think about that for a minute. And his error last night was as much the bloke giving it to him's fault as it was Tadhgs. Definition of a hospital handpass.

Tadhg is well and truly in our best 22, and anybody thinking that a couple of errors means he should be dropped has rocks in their head.

Totally agree.

From sitting behind the goals last night at the end the ERROR was made it was obvious Kenelly was not to blame. ROK was in 20 metres of free space on the left half back flank when the ball was handballed to Tadhg under extreme pressure. ROK was an easy target that would have launched a dangerous attack and thats where the ball should have gone instead of to Kenelly. Often the blame is put on the last player to handle the ball rather than the passage of play that put them under pressure. Such and easy game to play from the second tier of the grandstand.

I don't think Tadhg is in his greatest ever form but makes our best 22 comfortably still.

[Bloody Hell]

Stupid thread.

Wrote a whole lot of (deleted) diatribe in response to some of the stupid comments in this thread, but don't really want to be drawn into a conversation with stupid people.

Stupid.

[Sauce]

He just looks so slow these days.

Two things have gone from Tadhg..his hair and his speed! He has also added muscle, which he couldnt in his first 5 years and i think him baulking up has slowed him down a lot. He looks out of sorts and too heavy.

And did i mention his baldness..there are guys who are lucky they look good with chrome domes..he just looks old and ugly.

[S120]

By these days, do you mean the last 2 weeks against 2 of the best teams in the comp? He has been fine before the last 2 weeks when we've been up against the 2 best pressure sides in the AFL. While that isn't to excuse completely such bad errors that really hurt us, he has been good all year up until his game against Carlton. Before that game he had been playing very consistently and wasn't looking slow.

Doesn't deserve to be dropped.

[Margie]

I watched the game back last night and, in light of the many negative comments on here, paid close attention to Tadhg's game. I thought he played well (apart from the aforementioned error that cost a goal) but everyone makes mistakes.

His pace might be a little slower, but he's an integral part of the team and won't be dropped and neither should he be.

[wolftone57]

For years we have had Marty making one clanger/game, Rhyce making a few, Grunds losing concentration & doing a Derwent, Teddy horrible by hand & LRT trying to take em on & getting caught. Through all this Kennelly was usually solid & a few times this year has tried to take em on & been caught. Just needs to realise the limitations of getting older & the young blokes getting faster. I would like to see Byron brought in for a game but not at the expense of the Irishman.