Pre match. Pies v. Eagles - all comments please

[Dave The Man]

[woftam]

Sidey has a technical flaw with his field kicking. In my opinion it contributes greatly to his lower than usual efficiency.
Watch him closely next game. He doesn't drop the ball calmly on to his boot. He almost forces it down & actually has the ball spinning before it hits his boot. It is just adding to something else that can go wrong at disposal. With the ball spinning it can sometimes not make contact with the foot at the right place.
I have pointed this out to my Mrs for a couple of years. The ball should drop down on to the foot without any rotation of the football before you kick it. The rotation isn't big, it's just enough to throw things out.

[qldmagpie67]

[HAL]

I am glad to see him playing well hope he demands bucks to select him with more strong performances too.

[MagpieMad]

mattys123′s Match Preview Round 10 – Collingwood vs West Coast is up on the site

http://www.magpies.net/nick/?p=1487


cheers Matt

[Hiss]

I have said before on here that a few good games in the VFL should not mean you should be elevated to the AFL senior side. Reasons:

1. VFL is a pussy standard compared to the AFL Big League

2. Seniority works in the public service so it should also apply to Club selections. You do your time and wait your turn. Just like ALP preselections. Talent is irrelevant

3. We need to adhere to long standing Club traditions which do not promote players without more time in the seconds and their seniority.

4. We have a good team that is winning this year. Lets not disturb it with rookies.

5. Rookies need to be protected by more senior players. This can distract from our game plan and key positions needing to keep focus.

6. Experimenting with youth is dangerous. Big men win Premierships, not kids with potential.

7. We have tried playing Tasmanians before and it never works out..

8. Fans do not know how to select players unless they have had coaching experience. I coached a side once so I know.

9. In Bucks we trust. If Bucks reckons these rookies are ready then he will select them. Lets stop trying to put pressure on him through this site by posting puerile stuff about why players should get a game when we don't have all the facts.

10. And remember we don't select players because they train well in summer and look ok on the track. We select on the basis of the right stuff.

[Az]

Dropping Tooves is laughable. He might not be firing 100% but he has absolutely toweled Darling up in past match-ups. Is a lock in. As for Adams, a solid performance against a bad VFL side isn't going to bring him back from that horrid performance he put in the seniors not long ago. I get he was played in a back flank out of position, but he made some extremely poor skill errors that scream he wasn't up to the pace of it that night. In my opinion he is going to have to put more than a few blinders in the magoos to warrant redemption for that.

[Doc63]

I agree. Last weeks VFL result & form should be largely ignored. Bendigo would struggle to beat some of the better suburban sides.

[Dave The Man]

[Bob Sugar]

[Pies4shaw]

And yet, he's still in the first 5 picked, every week. What must those coaches be thinking?

[Bob Sugar]

[jackcass]

Has had a couple of shockers over the last couple of years but is improving his consistency. I'd doubt he's been close to getting dropped though.

[Bob Sugar]

He's always been fairly consistent, but he went through a phase in 2012 when his foot skills went to absolute shit, went on for weeks, if Adams can't get a game because of lack of foot skills then sids must have been very close to getting dropped.

[Bob Sugar]

Macaffa had an ordinary game, 10 disposals @20%DE with 5 clangers, Makes me wonder if he was playing hurt, I predict no changes this week, just the swap of Subs, Dwyer in-Blair out.