Kyle Martin.

[Bob Sugar]

Last week had 38 disposals(26contested) -kicked 1,4 and had 15 clearances, obviously not good enough to make the bests list, but a handy game all the same.

How this bloke hasn't been promoted is one of life's great mysteries, if he does get promoted i reckon Bucks will play him in the ruck.

[rand corp]

I really hope we give this kid a game after getting smashed in the midfield for the last month

[WarrenerraW]

There's no questioning his numbers - always finds the ball and uses it well. Why he doesn't get a game in the seniors is beyond me unless the club believe he isn't good enough yet. Haven't seen a lot of him so I can't comment on his defensive game but could that be a reason why or have we got too many players like him who are ahead at this point in time. I believe he deserves a shot though; he's certainly working hard enough to earn it. If we don't then he would surely go to another club where he had more opportunities.

[woftam]

Those stats are even more impressive seeing he spent most of the match being tagged.

[Bob Sugar]

If he doesn't get his chance after the disgraceful performances our senior team has put up over the last 2 weeks he should quit, 15 clearances under a tag, and didn't make the VFL bests PMSL.

[Pies4shaw]

Since he's an inside mid, perhaps he could be given the role on Dangerfield, just so we can see how close he is to the mark?

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[AN_Inkling]

Broomhead had 36 touches. How many did he get at AFL level when we played him earlier?

[Tannin]

^ Is your attitude pure willful ignorance? Martin has already played senior football and already been good at that level - much better than several of our senior regulars. In his two and a half senior games, Martin got a fair number of possessions and averaged two goals per game - i.e., four times more effective than Blair on the scoreboard. No players in our senior side score at around that two goals per game average apart from Elliott, Cloke, and Beams.

We have reason to be deeply concerned about our selection policy: it's not just Martin, we also keep leaving out Keeffe, despite the fact that he is our only tall defender besides Frost. Why? What is the reasoning behind deliberately crippling our side by leaving out quality players with good records? (If Brown was fit, Keeffe would be on the selection fringe. Without Brown, he is a no-brainer. He's had a couple of poor games out of a dozen or more, but otherwise been good. Compare with (for example) White, who has had a couple of good games out of the 14 or so he's played.

[AN_Inkling]

^^Very small sample size, and he went pretty much as I would have expected in those games.

Anyway, my only point above was that VFL is very different to AFL. Saying a player must be selected because he got plenty of ball in the VFL is too simplistic.

If others think Martin deserves a game based on the attributes he can bring to the senior side, fine. My opinion is that he's not really what we need, but given that we are struggling I could see him getting a game. Now we'll see what the selectors think.

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[John Wren]