Always Right Match Committee Round 14 vs Fremantle Dockers

[Mantis]

Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 14 vs Fremantle Dockers

Hey welcome back!

I love Garcia too but I'm ok trying something different. With Ed and Tony in who else do we drop? Gaggs tends to play wing.

Like anyone but Garcia.

I know roles are different, but he has outperformed all of Macrae, Gallagher, Libba, Daniel, West & Bramble over the past month.

[JanLorMill]

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I don?t get the angst. Khamis came in last week. Are posters arguing he should be omitted after ten minutes of game time? Busslinger is unproven and this game is critical, calling for his debut is more about a new toy than a solid plan. Let him debut when he has good support around him. Cody and Ed are in which is great. And Ed is now clearly seen as a midfielder, so who goes out. It could have been Sanders, or Daniel, or MacCrae, or Garcia. I see that decision as a toss of the coin, so I?m happy to go with the MC. I guess Scott should be included in that discussion, but the MC have been keen to get him back into the team for some time and suspect he will have a specific role. Re Buku, the MC saw what we saw last time, so I?m actually not expecting to see the same thing happen again.

Busslinger is unproven but Khamis is proven can?t defend. Play him in the forward line

[Sedat]

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Like anyone but Garcia.

I know roles are different, but he has outperformed all of Macrae, Gallagher, Libba, Daniel, West & Bramble over the past month.

Yep, Garcia omission is a real head-scratcher. If really pushed you could mount some sort of case for the selections of Macrae, Gallagher, Libba, West & Bramble this week, but Daniel can count himself incredibly fortunate.

It's not the first time (and I daresay it won't be the last) that we are bemused and befuddled with the selected team on Thursday night. I had the same feeling as recently as 2 weeks ago.

I'll try to be positive - Richards and Weightman makes us much better, both in the middle and up forward. And Libba has a crucial run under his belt which he clearly needed. If we break even or win the midfield battle we go a very long way towards winning on Saturday. I'd like to think the 15 year low in terms of clearance smashing that our mids copped last week would sting them into action this week to never lower their colours so comprehensively again - no better way to test that theory than against the current best clearance team in the comp.

[Bullies]

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Is Bont a late scratching?

[chef]

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Is Bont a late scratching?

Maybe. Garcia out may just be a ruse and he's really still playing.

[Grantysghost]

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Is Bont a late scratching?

He seems to play no matter what so I reckon he will be there. Might play forward more.

[GVGjr]

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My guess is that it was either Garcia or Sanders to come out with Richards and Weightman coming in.

[Bornadog]

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My guess is that it was either Garcia or Sanders to come out with Richards and Weightman coming in.

Bevo in his presser said, Garcia needs to work on some aspects of his game. He may have got 20 odd disposals the last few weeks, but it is about quality not quantity. I noticed he had 7 turnovers last week and only 1 tackle. He will go back to VFL to work on these amongst other stuff. I also noticed the past two weeks he was caught holding the ball several times. I am happy with the explanation.

[Mantis]

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Bevo in his presser said, Garcia needs to work on some aspects of his game. He may have got 20 odd disposals the last few weeks, but it is about quality not quantity. I noticed he had 7 turnovers last week and only 1 tackle. He will go back to VFL to work on these amongst other stuff. I also noticed the past two weeks he was caught holding the ball several times. I am happy with the explanation.

There's clearly different rules & KPI's for different players.

So what now for Garcia? Based on early season form he'll go back to the VFL team, rack up 35+ touches and be in our best couple of players... he'll then come back into the senor team and play pretty much solely as a HF.

He would be well within his rights to ask for a trade at the end of the season.

[azabob]

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Funnily enough Corn Kanes said it is a head scratcher why Garcia has been dropped.

Not sure if he really cares or just another opportunity to have a go at Bevo!

[azabob]

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There's clearly different rules & KPI's for different players.

So what now for Garcia? Based on early season form he'll go back to the VFL team, rack up 35+ touches and be in our best couple of players... he'll then come back into the senor team and play pretty much solely as a HF.

He would be well within his rights to ask for a trade at the end of the season.

He is out of contract so it will be very straight forward for him if he wishes to leave.

[Grantysghost]

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Funnily enough Corn Kanes said it is a head scratcher why Garcia has been dropped.

Not sure if he really cares or just another opportunity to have a go at Bevo!

He trawls forums for sentiment and rides that wave.

[Grantysghost]

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GG I'm sure there's an AI generated Prince Harry mashup you can work on with this material.

Not AI - but a quick and dirty image edit.

[GVGjr]

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He trawls forums for sentiment and rides that wave.

I think he might be on X more than he lets on and the MC was copping a fearful bagging until Bevo explained why Garcia was dropped and what he has been asked to work on.

[Mantis]

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I think he might be on X more than he lets on and the MC was copping a fearful bagging until Bevo explained why Garcia was dropped and what he has been asked to work on.

That explanation doesn't wash with me.

In my simplistic mind it's much easier to drop Garcia, who by no means deserves to be demoted rather than make the tough call on a Daniel or Macrae who continue to under-perform due to the ''bashing'' he copped earlier in the season.

As previously stated, there are clearly different rules & standards for different players which is shit.