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Morris Thomas competition
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Chimptastic said:
You cannot be serious. Fair dinkum, I know half the fun of PRE is being a wanna be coach and second guessing the sh!t out of everything, but this is ridiculous. Dimma coaches for the KPIs? Dimma unleashes Thomas on the side for punishment? Sorry, but haha.
How's this for a theory? Dimma brings in a depth player who has been battling away in the seconds all year and sticking at it to cover for a lengthening injury list? Pretty mental theory I know, but there it is. 8-
tigersnake said:
No doubt about it, its hilarious reading all the tripe at times though, and concerning at the same time :hihi
Leysy Days said:
one of his kicks went through the goals. that one wasnt sideways.
another of his kicks was a 40m pass (forwards) to TV who marked and goaled.
perhaps his other 2 kicks were sideways.
You've got to love a good theory. So far this year we have had Thomas being selected as punishment for the rest of the team, Lennon using extortion to force his way in, Morris using pictures to do the same thing, and McDonough putting himself out of contention for selection by farting in an elevator. Never change PRE 
Rancey18 said:You've got to love a good theory. So far this year we have had Thomas being selected as punishment for the rest of the team, Lennon using extortion to force his way in, Morris using pictures to do the same thing, and McDonough putting himself out of contention for selection by farting in an elevator. Never change PRE
Good summation Rancey. Don't forget McBean being excluded because Dimma hates forwards that score goals
tigersnake said:
The punishment comment was tongue in cheek, and Dimma does coach for KPIs; he's always been a process-driven coach.
It seems spot on to say he was spooked by the low contested numbers against Adelaide. He could have brought in Dea, McDonough, Menadue, McBean etc, but he chose Thomas to boost a crucial KPI. I didn't criticise his decision. Just saying that I reckon Dimma expects his team to win the contested ball without needing to bring in a Thomas to paper over the cracks for a week.
Ideally, we'd be strong enough to bring in a Liam McBean against a depleted Gold Coast without fear of losing a crucial KPI to a bottom 4 team. Dimma didn't have the confidence to do that. At our best he would. Case in point having the confidence to select Menadue and Ellis in the first Fremantle game.
Chimptastic said:
Sorry about the smart arseness of that previous post. The buildup of the bagging and hatred for Thomas just got to me and you copped it, I can't really fathom it. If he was on good money and entrenched in the side, fair enough.
On this post, still don't get your point. By 'contested ball KPI' do you mean hardness in the packs? By 'papering over the cracks for a week', do you mean bringing in a fringe player who isn't quite good enough to cover for injuries? If so, fair enough.
Also when you say 'at our best' you mean when we had less injuries. The fact is, in hindsight it was a good selection. I was skeptical prior myself. To bring in an experienced, mature physical player when we are undermanned seems like the canny move to me now, and more so because he repaid the faith and played well. Bring in the young blokes when they have more cover, unless they're smashing the door down.
antman said:
Exactly. Not too hard to fathom. He did the job he was selected for and a better player is now available.
All those stats showed it was the correct selection. It gave Shed another week off and relieved some pressure off Miles and Cotch.
No shame at all.
antman said:
i think Yazzy Daze is one of those posters who thinks the worst player(s) each week should be dropped for the best player(s) in the VFL. anything else is a bit complicated.
Leysy Days said:
this does not prove your argument Brian I'm afraid. The opposing argument to yours was he did alright as as fill in, a stop gap. To suggest he was anything else is dumb, and as far as I can tell, those saying he played well haven't. Quit while your behind
Your setting up this annoying straw man whereby anyone who says Thomas came in and did his job and aquited himself well are saying he should therefore be entrenched in the side, nobody is saying that. You are displaying a complete lack of comprehension of what a depth player is.
Doesn't do it for me. DE% might have been high but it wasn't due to good decision-making. Often gives it to a player under high pressure themselves and just gets beaten too many times cause he's so slow. Just 2 tackles as well. A player of his speed needs to be a tackling machine to warrant their midifeld position in the team. At least we have some promising youngsters coming up. I hate playing Essendon, it always reminds me that Heppell could have been in the midfield (in this case instead of Thomas).
