OMG DAL AND STVIE R OUT

[Solar]

Seriously people sort yourselves out and get back to us....

first you all bleated for young players to come in, to drop some underperforming senior players.... Let's bag lyon for playing the likes of dampster etc........

Then he makes some big changes, with the underperforming dal (I'm sorry but 59% efficiency for an outside player is not good enough) and milne being dropped. Then we have the sad sacks like plugger66 suggesting that this is similar to the hawks match last year.....

You can't have your cake and eat it kiddies....

I personally like the changes, would not be suprised if either dempster or harvey don't come up that howard might be a late change.

We are getting in form youngsters of armo, allen, mcenvoy and eddy. This is exciting, I can't wait!!!

[redwhite&blackblood]

About FN time. These changes should have been made 6 weeks ago. Apart from 1 game each these two have drifted in and out of form by their own will. Had these 2 been given a wake up call 6 weeks ago we may have still been a chance at the top 4 now it is merely cosmetic to change the team now we look like we are Tanking.

[krabb]

Good one Ross....keep it up!

If they dont perform....drop the b@stards!

[Ralphy]

if they dont perform then they need to be drop back to seconds to regain form. its what has to happen! good choice ross!

[SB10]

About FN time. These changes should have been made 6 weeks ago. Apart from 1 game each these two have drifted in and out of form by their own will. Had these 2 been given a wake up call 6 weeks ago we may have still been a chance at the top 4 now it is merely cosmetic to change the team now we look like we are Tanking.

100% agree with this. This injection 6 weeks ago could have saved our season before it turned into the train wreck it has. I seriously don't care if we win or lose tomorrow night, the sheer fact is we're not playing the same predictable players week in week out, win one, lose one crap that's been getting us absolutely nowhere.

I for one was debating whether or not I could be bothered going tomorrow night, but now I can't wait to go. It's called youth and enthusiasm. Something that's been sadly missing in this team for frigging ages!

[degruch]

I agree Solar...half of this forum are as soft as butter and don't know what they want. Good on Ross for having the balls to act on his convictions, make some changes and send a message...I hope he's not foxing.

Bummed I'll be out tomorrow night, so I'll miss the game

CARN SNTRZ

[plugger66]

Seriously people sort yourselves out and get back to us....

first you all bleated for young players to come in, to drop some underperforming senior players.... Let's bag lyon for playing the likes of dampster etc........

Then he makes some big changes, with the underperforming dal (I'm sorry but 59% efficiency for an outside player is not good enough) and milne being dropped. Then we have the sad sacks like plugger66 suggesting that this is similar to the hawks match last year.....

You can't have your cake and eat it kiddies....

I personally like the changes, would not be suprised if either dempster or harvey don't come up that howard might be a late change.

We are getting in form youngsters of armo, allen, mcenvoy and eddy. This is exciting, I can't wait!!!

You have no idea. I said that because 3 players were making there debut but if you cant read between the lines you have lived up to my expectations of you.

[milney044]

I still think Dal will play so maybe not such a big call. The Milne chopping was to be expected really, lets hope he can find some form.
I guess there will be big discussions here Saturday morning. I hope it's after a nice win. I hope the players realise that what they've been delivering so far this season is not acceptable and this is the beginning of a turn around. Here's hoping.

[Bernard Shakey]

About Bloody Time!

[Cairnsman]

I strongly second everything being said in this thread. Good on you Ross.

And yes they probably should have been dropped 4-6 weeks ago but at least they can't say they weren't given time to get some form (or toe the team line, whatever the case may be).

[gO.SainTs]

So in come Geary, Mcevoy and Allen I think

[joffaboy]

Personally I dont like dropping Dal Santo. However I applaude the direction.

Also I hope Dal responds like the potential champ he is and blitzes in the seconds and is back next week. I hope Schneider also gets a bloody kick up the arse, and Milne.

Look how Charlie Gardiner responded to being dropped? Has played pretty good footy and showed spirit.

Good luck to McEvoy, Eddy et al. bout time we got some new blood in the team.

Mabye it is too late but that is said with 20/20 hindsight.

Great direction. Lets be frank. 2008 is stuffed, lets look toward 2009. Lets gets some high dps who are quick mids. We need to get the best before the AFL corrupts the draft for the GC ad WS.

Final throw and it must be made now. The flag chances are gone. Time to look at to 2009 and beyond.

[plugger66]

Personally I dont like dropping Dal Santo. However I applaude the direction.

Also I hope Dal responds like the potential champ he is and blitzes in the seconds and is back next week. I hope Schneider also gets a bloody kick up the arse, and Milne.

Look how Charlie Gardiner responded to being dropped? Has played pretty good footy and showed spirit.

Good luck to McEvoy, Eddy et al. bout time we got some new blood in the team.

Mabye it is too late but that is said with 20/20 hindsight.

Great direction. Lets be frank. 2008 is stuffed, lets look toward 2009. Lets gets some high dps who are quick mids. We need to get the best before the AFL corrupts the draft for the GC ad WS.

Final throw and it must be made now. The flag chances are gone. Time to look at to 2009 and beyond.

So we are tanking in your opinion.

[LENNY LEADS THE WAY]

Ross has done Dal a huge favour weather he knows this now or not.

Dal can go back to the vfl gat a few kicks and not have to deal with a tag he can just go back to basics and get some confidence.

Ablett has been successfully tagged once this year and only once and guess who it was against yes u gueesed right it was against freo, crowley stitched him up nicely.

So go out Dal get a few kicks and come back to face the roos in 2 weeks even hungrier than before.

[Cairnsman]

It will be interesting to see how BJ goes tomorrow night. He's always said that he'd like to play in the middle and one would think that if he gets a consistent go at it tomorrow night he will work hard to impress.

[skeptic]

i wanted Ross to play the kids... just not all of them together at the same time for the first time in rd 13

would have preferred a bit more of a play them on their merits as form warrants regularly throughout the season

the other extreme is no good either

[joffaboy]

So we are tanking in your opinion.

You really are an idiot.

Read my posts. YES I beleive we are tanking. Not in the simpleton definition of deliberately throwing games to get high dps, but to blood young kids, work out who is going to be there next year ad beyond etc.

Doing that means you lose game you may not have so the benefit of that is higher dps.

understand?? sheesh

[plugger66]

i wanted Ross to play the kids... just not all of them together at the same time for the first time in rd 13

would have preferred a bit more of a play them on their merits as form warrants regularly throughout the season

the other extreme is no good either

That is how I feel. We still want to win the game surely. Cannot beleive some people have said they care if we win or lose as long as we play kids. Well to me that is a cop out. We should be trying to win at least until the season is shot.

[Cairnsman]

i wanted Ross to play the kids... just not all of them together at the same time for the first time in rd 13

would have preferred a bit more of a play them on their merits as form warrants regularly throughout the season

the other extreme is no good either

That is how I feel. We still want to win the game surely. Cannot beleive some people have said they care if we win or lose as long as we play kids. Well to me that is a cop out. We should be trying to win at least until the season is shot.

It's shot. I know it hurts but it is shot.

[The_Dud]

disgracful decison, even more so that Gwilt and others are still in the team

[Winmar7Fan]

Seriously people sort yourselves out and get back to us....

first you all bleated for young players to come in, to drop some underperforming senior players.... Let's bag lyon for playing the likes of dampster etc........

Then he makes some big changes, with the underperforming dal (I'm sorry but 59% efficiency for an outside player is not good enough) and milne being dropped. Then we have the sad sacks like plugger66 suggesting that this is similar to the hawks match last year.....

You can't have your cake and eat it kiddies....

I personally like the changes, would not be suprised if either dempster or harvey don't come up that howard might be a late change.

We are getting in form youngsters of armo, allen, mcenvoy and eddy. This is exciting, I can't wait!!!

Excellent and good to see the positive response and stirring up the adrenaline and bringing a lot of us back to life lets hope it's doing the same at the club.

[WinnersOnly]

[quote="milney044"]I still think Dal will play so maybe not such a big call. /quote]

If Dal Santo play LYON will make himself a complete laughing stock of AFL coaches an rightly so...

[The_Dud]

I still think Dal will play so maybe not such a big call.

If Dal Santo play LYON will make himself a complete laughing stock of AFL coaches an rightly so...

too late...

[iwantmeseats]

I still think Dal will play so maybe not such a big call.

If Dal Santo play LYON will make himself a complete laughing stock of AFL coaches an rightly so...

too late...

Waaaaaaaayyyyy too late.

[Jaz]

Good move I think, no point dropping fringe players like gwilt & blake etc. because these guys have been playing to the best of their ability (which is not good enough imho) But to drop a great player who is well off their best is just what we need.

I would have preferred to drop Gram about 6 weeks ago and milne the same. We all know that they are better players than 90% of our list and I am sure they will come back better for it, and if they dont then they are not the team players that we want.