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borderbarry wrote:McQualter Miles and Dawson the only rookies gettting a go for the second game in a row. None of them did enough against Brisbane to justify this selection. Give the other kids a go. And I am sick of seeing posters nominating Dawson as a Senior player. He has to have a huge improvement before he earns a senior post.
Thanks for that lack of knowledge. mini is a senior player. dawson will probably be in the next 2 weeks.borderbarry wrote:McQualter Miles and Dawson the only rookies gettting a go for the second game in a row. None of them did enough against Brisbane to justify this selection. Give the other kids a go. And I am sick of seeing posters nominating Dawson as a Senior player. He has to have a huge improvement before he earns a senior post.
McQualter had equal most clearances in the Brisbane game in limited game time. He was right up there in contested possessions. He didn't have an ineffective disposal all night. There's no reason to drop a guy who played well just because Saintsational has arbitrarily decided he's not good enough. He's only 22.borderbarry wrote:Howard or McQualter, whichever. I want to see the boys who have never or rarely been blooded.
So Choo Choo was more impressive than Dawson. Well unless he can play full back that means jack shite.borderbarry wrote:These are practise games remember. Are we now at thestage that we are not going to play anybody until they are 20? Tim Watson had nearly 100 games up by then.
I would like to see how Choo Choo goes in the seniors. He was more impressive in the intra-club match than Dawson and a lot of the others named to play. He kicked most of the white team score.
I have nothing against mini. It is the rejects from the other clubs that I am disappointed in.
I knew that's where you were heading - for Tungatalum to get a game over senior listed player McQualter, or a KPP in Dawsonborderbarry wrote:These are practise games remember. Are we now at thestage that we are not going to play anybody until they are 20.....
....I would like to see how Choo Choo goes in the seniors. He was more impressive in the intra-club match than Dawson and a lot of the others named to play......
I have nothing against mini. It is the rejects from the other clubs that I am disappointed in.
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hahahplugger66 wrote:So Choo Choo was more impressive than Dawson. Well unless he can play full back that means jack shite.borderbarry wrote:These are practise games remember. Are we now at thestage that we are not going to play anybody until they are 20? Tim Watson had nearly 100 games up by then.
I would like to see how Choo Choo goes in the seniors. He was more impressive in the intra-club match than Dawson and a lot of the others named to play. He kicked most of the white team score.
I have nothing against mini. It is the rejects from the other clubs that I am disappointed in.
Heyne and Steven are 18, McEvoy and Connors are 19, Armo and Geary are 20. They're all playing. Tim Watson may have played 100 games by the time he was 20, but Jobe Watson had played about 8. It's a different game today. It's very tough for a lightly built 18 year old, particularly one that didn't play a high level of junior footy.borderbarry wrote:Are we now at thestage that we are not going to play anybody until they are 20?
Going by that article it sounds like he's got a pretty clear view of the team this year.Quixote wrote:In this interview, dated the 23rd of Feb --
http://saints.com.au/fanzone/supporterg ... fault.aspx
Ross Lyon basically states his intended back six for 2009. The names are as follows, the positions are my guess work:
B: Baker Max Dawson
HB: Raph Maguire X Clarke
if that list is the prefered backline, this implies SFisher and Goddard move forward, why did we get Begley and Ray?Quixote wrote:In this interview, dated the 23rd of Feb --
http://saints.com.au/fanzone/supporterg ... fault.aspx
Ross Lyon basically states his intended back six for 2009. The names are as follows, the positions are my guess work:
B: Baker Max Dawson
HB: Raph Maguire X Clarke
Pretty sure clubs just get a chance to elevate a rookie mid-year, regardless of injuries. But we've got Allen and Dempster both out anywyay.vacuous space wrote:I don't think we have to elevate him. From what I gather they have changed the rookie list rules (again). Clubs with vacant veteran list spots can nominate a rookie to play.
Zac Dawson is almost a dead cert to be elevated IMO, I have not seen too much of him, but if is able to fill a role down back and free up someone else like Gram to play up the ground I feel that if there is a spot or two he will be elevated.mad saint guy wrote:Pretty sure clubs just get a chance to elevate a rookie mid-year, regardless of injuries. But we've got Allen and Dempster both out anywyay.vacuous space wrote:I don't think we have to elevate him. From what I gather they have changed the rookie list rules (again). Clubs with vacant veteran list spots can nominate a rookie to play.
Don't wait for the light at the end of the tunnel to appear, run down there and light the bloody thing yourself!
It's hard to find the rules on these things, but here's an article that would suggest what I'm at least partially correct:mad saint guy wrote:Pretty sure clubs just get a chance to elevate a rookie mid-year, regardless of injuries.
From what they were saying on the game commentary during the Hawks-Demons game, Stokes is guaranteed one of two spots. Garry Moss is in the running to get the other. That would lead me to believe you get one nomination for every vetrans spot not used, which would give us one. That would mean we could play Dawson from R1 without elevating him or adding anyone to the LTI list.The Hawks decided to retain [Stokes] on the rookie list but with no veterans on the list, he is free to play at AFL level as a nominated rookie.