Slattery is first picked every week. I love having him in our side and so does every single person at the club whose opinion actually matters and know what they are talking about. Well done Slats!
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This is not just a reaction to yesterday (specifically he was putrid last week as well) he has a history.
I will acknolwedge his strenghts before getting tuck in because it is only fair. He is up there with the most courageous players in the league (evidenced by his mark in the thrid quarter to cut of a Riewoldt lead). Henry can also do the occassional stopping role on some of the more average small forwards in the game.
The major issue I have is that Slattery simply cannot play the game. The first thing Slattery supporters will do in response to this will point to a game where he arguably beat someone of the ilk of Didak as evidence that he has a role to play. Arguably, he beat Milne one on one last night as well. There major issue with the line of argument is that by vitrue of their role, small forwards don't gusually get much of the ball and fade in and out of games which is as much the result of their own team as it is the performance of the backman. Just beating one of these players is not good enough, especially when we need good decision makers (and users of the ball) coming out of the areas that Slattery oftenfinds himself.
The win last night paints over a few cracks from last week that are still there. The major crack is our system of bringing the ball out of defence (our players still dont actually understan when to handball the ball). More often than not when we turn the ball over without even kicking the thing Slattey is involved. The stats dont reflect just how much he turns the ball over because he doesn't kick the thing.
The insistance that we need Slattery has to stop. His role is essentially simple andcan be taught to a player like Houli who can actually play the game.
Slattery is a liability whose output is negative most weeks.
FFS, are we really asking if Slatts is in our best 22?
Please all you Slatts haters, go to the class "Understanding AFL 101" then come back to this site.
Thankyou.
Exactly right with everything you write there. Houli or Atkinson can do his role and have more impact with better disposal and better pace and skill
Like I said, his turnovers are not refelcted in stats.
They are handballs to players under pressure, refusing to kick the ball even though he should and other poor decisions.
Hocking is not a better option, Houli did not do a better job.
I haven't seen Houli do what Slattery did in front of Roo and Kosi last night.
Winderlich, Dyson and Welsh are midfielders.
Reimers and Dempsey are attacking half back flankers.
Why would we rob ourselves of attacking players to remove a bloke who does his job every week?
Slattery is a liability whose output is negative most weeks.
Milne had 13 touches and kicked 1 goal against Houli, while Houli had it 24 times in a game that we lost. Milne had 12 touches and kicked 3 goals against Slattery, who had 14 touches. How exactly did Houli not do a better job?
Have a look at the Geelong game and compare the performances on Steve Johnson of Hocking in the first quarter and Hank for the rest of the game. Hocking is a better player by amassive margin.
Winderlich, Dyson and Welsh have all played in the backline. They are just capable of playing elsewhere as well.
All defenders need to have an atacking side to their game. Dempsey and Reimers both can play on similer types of players, so the comparison is valid.
Instead of hurling insults, how about someone actually explain why they think Slattery is a better option than any one of these players. I'm happy to be wrong about him, I'd love him to be agood player. The problem is that he just isn't!
and gets caught at least once a week that results in a goal.
Exactly right with everything you write there. Houli or Atkinson can do his role and have more impact with better disposal and better pace and skill
Milne had 13 touches and kicked 1 goal against Houli, while Houli had it 24 times in a game that we lost. Milne had 12 touches and kicked 3 goals against Slattery, who had 14 touches. How exactly did Houli not do a better job?
Have a look at the Geelong game and compare the performances on Steve Johnson of Hocking in the first quarter and Hank for the rest of the game. Hocking is a better player by amassive margin.
Winderlich, Dyson and Welsh have all played in the backline. They are just capable of playing elsewhere as well.
All defenders need to have an atacking side to their game. Dempsey and Reimers both can play on similer types of players, so the comparison is valid.
Instead of hurling insults, how about someone actually explain why they think Slattery is a better option than any one of these players. I'm happy to be wrong about him, I'd love him to be agood player. The problem is that he just isn't!
All defenders need to have an atacking side to their game.
Slattery is in the side as a defender. if he isnt in the team, who becomes the small defender? Believe it or not, most teams have good small forwards. They need to be negated with defenders, not running players. Guys like Milne, Le Cras, Porplyzia and Betts demand respect. If players try to run off them, they will get hurt. Stop a good small forward and you go a long way to winning the game.Instead of hurling insults, how about someone actually explain why they think Slattery is a better option than any one of these players.
Like I said, his turnovers are not refelcted in stats.
I don't think you could be more wrong. Mulitple times last night when the game was in the balance he put his body on the line and won some massive hard ball.
You may be able to teach a player how to defend but you cannot teach a player to show the courage of Slats and win the hard ball. That is all guts and instinct.
I thought he was one of our best players last night and a key to our defense going forward.
You're not serious are you?
Hocking was moved off him and as a result Slattery had to go onto a bloke who was red hot.
Hocking is playing reserves and Slattery will finish top ten in our B&F. I can only conclude that Slattery is a better footballer than Hocking.
Actually, you're wrong. But I expected you to be subjected.
Milne kicked his first goal on Atkinson and kicked his second when Slattery went back in a pack to stop Kosi marking.
You're right, he would never had kicked that goal on Houli, because Kosi would have marked the ball.
What Utter Garbage. Some of the best defenders have no attacking side to their game. Look at the likes of Max Hudghton, Darren Glass, Ben Rutten and Presti. They are great DEFENDERS. Defenders need to defend. anything else is a bonus.
What about the multiple goals he saves or stops? No mention of them, or are we just looking at his mistakes?
I think the reason why the coaches love Henry and why he will poll highly is because he gives it his all, he never backs down from a contest and does reasonable jobs against the best small fowards in the businessYou are correct that Hocking is playing reserves and Hank probably will do well in our B&F, because the coaches seem to think he contributes something, I just can't see what.