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mrposhman said:
You assertion (and its been made many times on here by you and was the reason for your Bauer comment) is that we get players in and then try and turn them into something that they aren't.

Short came to us as a forward, we turned him into a JDM winning HBF
Baker came to use as a forward, we turned him into an outstanding HBF
Rioli came to us as a forward, we used him there and then turned him into 1 of the best HBFs in the game

We know when to move players to different roles.

Bauer came to us as a forward (having played there for a half a season very well for whichever team it was in Adelaide). We started him there as thats where he was drafted, and are trialling him down back where he is thriving. I'm not sure why there are so many on here that want to bag the club out for this, we find the positions that suit the players the best.

Ross to me is 1 of those players where we have wanted to play him, but we have had to find a role for him as he isn't better than our best midfielders. He's a midfielder (and Dimma mentioned that in todays presser) but we have to be straight here, he hasn't played in that position in the 1's because he isn't better than Prestia, Cotchin, Martin, Bolton, Graham, Edwards from past seasons and now Hopper and Taranto. He's a good player and we have tried to find a a way to get him in the team in different roles because we rate him as a player.

MIller is probably similar to Ross, hasn't been good enough to play in the roles that he is best at (who would you have had him in for last year? Gibcus? Tarrant? Grimes? Balta?) so we have tried to find alternative spots for him to give us flexibility. IMO he's a defender, and the club probably knows that, but if he's a defender, then he is a VFL defender for us as he isn't a best 22 defender for us, we have better players there.

Shai IMO is the one you can say is played out of position, but thats probably because of how good and how flexible he is. He's a mid in my eyes, but he's probably also our best small forward, so when we have a logjam in midfield he is the 1 to be shunted forward.

We haven't "constantly" made the wrong selection. We have stuffed this up in 2 games. The Dogs game for leaving out Jack in the wet was a horror decision (but also remember some of those calling that a horror decision, wanted Jack banished and retired after Round 1, which IMO is the bigger joke of the 2), and the sub decision against Melbourne was a very poor decision.

Some just want to complain at pretty much everything the club do, and I put you in that boat, you are probably only 1 person short of being the most negative on this forum (King Kong is numero uno) and frankly its tiring, boring and it makes the forum unenjoyable for every decision to be sensationalised as awful etc.
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Also a few posters on here appear to not understand that professional AFL coaches may have differing opinions in where players should play than amateur junior/state league coaches do.
 
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jb03 said:
Prestia aside I think the team looks a little better. Miller had to stay in guess to help Ryan in case Soldo runs out of juice.
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I would have liked Clarke to be given more time as I see something in this kid.

If he isn’t the sub then I hope Bauer debuts. But in saying that Hardwick did say in the ‘wind swept, microphone issues that Bauer won’t play. Tough on a kid to debut and be the sub, so that’s fair.

Who do people think will be our sub?
 
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mrposhman said:
We haven't "constantly" made the wrong selection. We have stuffed this up in 2 games. The Dogs game for leaving out Jack in the wet was a horror decision (but also remember some of those calling that a horror decision, wanted Jack banished and retired after Round 1, which IMO is the bigger joke of the 2), and the sub decision against Melbourne was a very poor decision.
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Jack was rested, and they clearly made the decision not to deviate from the plan- i dont reckon you can say that is the wrong decision, for all we know he might have popped a hammy if he played.
and it is easy to call the sub decision against Melb a bad one, but we were always up against it so Hardwick threw a long shot to try to steal a win- it failed, but I dont reckon it changed what the result would have been.
 
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That is one of the slowest forward lines we have ever fielded.
Assuming they line up as selected.
$hai and maybe Cumbo providing speed.
They must think they can stretch The Suns.
Thoughts?
 
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Tommy Chong GIF

MC on the way to selection meeting at Punt Rd
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"I Know !! Lets Put Dave In" !!

"Daves Not Here"!!
 
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Would have liked Clarke in for some zip.

Do they close the roof these days at Marvel?
 
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dimmauchamp said:
Would have liked Clarke in for some zip.

Do they close the roof these days at Marvel?
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I think its permanently closed now for footy after they got slammed a few years ago for the impact the sun had, but its going to rain tomorrow anyway, so 100% it will be closed
 
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Miller is one lucky boy. Can’t ruck, can’t mark, can’t compete, can’t kick.
 
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So the small forwards are going to be Baker, Bolton, Sonsie, Cumberland this round by the look of it. Not a lot of forward pressure there.
 
Can only assume Ryan will play permanent forward but i actually liked Ryan's ruck work on Monday. Hope he gets some good game time in the middle.
Probably should have rested the Cotch as well.
Clarke as a sub is a nice idea just not sure it helps his development.
 
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