Hard decisions have to be made

[hermerl]

First rule to be adhered too is if your disposal is poor you do not play, So Alan Toovey needs to be replaced in our best 22, I know a lot of supporters will be horrified and I know he is one of our best one on one players but he is our worst kick, if you beat your opponent and give it straight back to the opposition it is pointless, Hawthorn would not have him in their side. I would also replace N Brown I know everyone says we need someone to play on the gorillas but he gets beaten far to often in one on one marking contests inside fifty and his kicking is also poor, he gives us no drive out of the backline at all, when frost Keefe and Reid are back I think we are far better of with them.

[mattys123]

Yep, we are just going to drop our only 2 defensive leaders because they are apparently bad kicks.

Next.

[hermerl]

[roar]

[Piesnchess]

Ummm, on the strength of a Nab cup loss ????

[neil]

Drop a player due to a poor performance in a glorified training match
Over reaction much

[Mr. Burns]

Every year round this time we get all the doom and gloom regarding how we lost a practice game. And the proper season still hasn't started yet.

[roar]

[The Prototype]

Good to see we've handled the training match loss well, here I was worried there were going to be overreaction threads. Oh wait.

[themonk]

The people complaining now would have been talking up top 4 after the Hawthorn win.

Yet here we are in preseason.

☺️

[The Prototype]

I am more interested in players playing well, and not getting injuries from the Drab Challenge. I think form leading into the season is more important than winning meaningless practice matches.

[HAL]

[thompsoc]

The Hawks have spent the last decade picking only players who have elite foot skills. Hence, their efficiency of foot is superior to us. These foot skills have not been a priority come trade period to us. Other factors have influenced Hine and Co. So we can't complain, but is Hine above criticism about this policy?

[Bob Sugar]

[roar]

Broomhead, Scharenberg, Langdon, DeGoey, Maynard, Abbott and Manteit we're all drafted as players with superior foot skills. Even Kennedy and Ramsay were said to be good users by foot, so you can't say it hasn't been a focus.