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It’s worse than that. He sucked as the sub against Port, then replaced Nank in the starting team even though Nank played very well against Port.
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He was dropped in July and never played again.
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He's internally admired and we'll do everything we can to get him in.
On occasions dire form and a mountain of losses forces our hand but when given any free choice (like Round 1), I predict we'll do what we usually do.
The funny thing is that starting a season without Smith is the thing we've never done. Maybe take some reassurance from that when it actually happens.
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Great.
Why is that one the permanent one that all future decisions will follow but the one a handful of weeks prior is ancient history, never to be repeated?
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No-one on this board wanted him .....can't give Crouch away ....Free to a good home, doesn't even have to be good
Just saying ....this is not the first time this board has completely written off a player .....to then do a backflip
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Okay, well I guess we should be in full panic mode, but I'm still okay with the fact that we have Isaac Cumming, Mitch Hinge, Max Michalanney, Chayce Jones, Luke Nankervis, Rory Laird, Wayne Milera, Oscar Ryan and Hugh Bond all either equal or ahead of Brodie Smith in the queue.
The last thing that happened was that he was dropped in July and never brought back, and I can't see him suddenly proving to the coaches that decision was wrong.
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The reason they were happy not to pick Smith and to experiment with the likes of Bond at the end of last season was because we couldn't make the finals.
There are four canaries in the coalmine imho that will determine whether Nicks and this coaching crew will ever be successful
1) Whether Smith plays
2) If Laird is a starting centre square mid
3) Murphy at half forward
4) We play all four tall defenders
Those are the indicators for me.
As recently as a handful of rounds ago we would be 0/4 with these decisions, hence our dogshit season.
What internal analysis have we undertaken since 2024 finished? Has anything dawned on us? What perspective will Davis bring?
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Faarrk, I am one of those people now.
