Wounded Magpies want more on the bench

[craigsahibee]

http://news.realfooty.com.au/sport/wounded-magpies-want-more-on-the-bench-20080622-2uwn.html

C'mon Mick, where were your calls for more on the bench when we lost Murphy to a knee reco and Gia to a hammy a couple of years ago.

For the most part today you had 21 on the ground with those additional three in yellow.

You can't expect an underdone Rocca to last a full game. Maybe you should have alook at your selection process before you start changing the game Mick.

[bornadog]

THe trouble with more on the bench is when is it going to stop. How the hell would you be able to determine if a player is really hurt, or a team is making a change to get a fresh man on. Sorry Mick, no excuses pal , you lost today.

[Twodogs]

http://news.realfooty.com.au/sport/wounded-magpies-want-more-on-the-bench-20080622-2uwn.html

C'mon Mick, where were your calls for more on the bench when we lost Murphy to a knee reco and Gia to a hammy a couple of years ago.

For the most part today you had 21 on the ground with those additional three in yellow.

You can't expect an underdone Rocca to last a full game. Maybe you should have alook at your selection process before you start changing the game Mick.


Spot on. They've got no-one else but themselves to blame if they play injured players and then find themselves struggling to cover a player injured during the game. Pick 22 fit players Mick and then get back to us.

[westdog54]

Spot on. They've got no-one else but themselves to blame if they play injured players and then find themselves struggling to cover a player injured during the game. Pick 22 fit players Mick and then get back to us.

Not only that, but when you lose a key player to injury for the remainder of the game then you need to adjust your tactics accordingly.

He didn't.

[Twodogs]

Not only that, but when you lose a key player to injury for the remainder of the game then you need to adjust your tactics accordingly.

He didn't.



I was talking to a couple of maggie fans at 3/4 time and we talked about Malthouse. I mentioned that in his Footscray days he was very inflexible on match days. They were saying that it's still the case he goes into a game with one plan and sticks to it no matter what.

[Sedat]

Spot on. They've got no-one else but themselves to blame if they play injured players and then find themselves struggling to cover a player injured during the game. Pick 22 fit players Mick and then get back to us.
Was great to see the ever-vigilant media take him to task on this :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[Twodogs]

Was great to see the ever-vigilant media take him to task on this :rolleyes: :rolleyes:


But, but, but he might have been rude to them if they had. They hate it when he's angry with them their because their little hearts start to pump faster and they feel all dizzy.

[LostDoggy]

I like the way his only concern about the issue is when it affects him. There is no way that a substitute player could work, how are they supposed to prove that a player is really injured? What if they sustained an injury late in the third quarter or in the fourth quarter? You can't let a fully fit player on the ground to substitute them. Collingwood have only themselves to blame for Rocca injuring himself, they knew he was a risk, they took the chance and it didn't pay off- bad luck, that's what you get when you roll the dice. Like you've said, when you sustain injuries, you have to work around them and readjust, just like we had to in 2006 etc. they're not the first team to play less than half a match with 2 on the bench.

[The Underdog]

The only way this rule could possibly work without being exploited was if the injured player who is replaced is automatically made to miss the next 2 games. That way coaches won't be able to just replace a guy who's fatigued by pretending he's hurt himself.
I still think it's just coaches trying to cover their arse. No one complains when it happens to the opposition.

[aker39]

I still think it's just coaches trying to cover their arse.

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[Mantis]

They take in a player who is less than fully fit who breaks down with a re-occurence of the same injury. This injury denies them flexibility and they use this as an excuse.

Serves yourself right!!!

[craigsahibee]

They take in a player who is less than fully fit who breaks down with a re-occurence of the same injury. This injury denies them flexibility and they use this as an excuse.

Serves yourself right!!!

See J. Romero (1997 Preliminary Final)

[Twodogs]

See J. Romero (1997 Preliminary Final)



The difference is that Wallywood wasnt moaning and whingeing about changing the rules to cover up his own balls up.

[The Pie Man]

They take in a player who is less than fully fit who breaks down with a re-occurence of the same injury. This injury denies them flexibility and they use this as an excuse.

Serves yourself right!!!

So true - thought it a big call to include him, and once I saw him hobble off I thought I'd hate to be Mick Malthouse right now. Jeff Kennett whined about Nathan Thompson coming back, should have re-directed that to Collingwood, especially since all the noise they made about it was 'after the break'

Wood was having an impact for them up forward anyway (Reid wasn't) The way they played, if Medhurst and Didak had better days (and Lockyer/Shaw kicked straight early) they could have won. Baffles me why they played Pebbles.

[Sockeye Salmon]

Rather than increasing the interchange bench make it two interchange and two reserves.

Once a player has been replaced by a reserve he hits the showers.


Lets get back to ruckman and rovers resting in forward pockets.

[Rach]

Gosh Mick's a big whinger when something doesn't go his way. Sore loser? It happens a lot when more then one player for the same team gets injured in a game.

[westdog54]

Rather than increasing the interchange bench make it two interchange and two reserves.

Once a player has been replaced by a reserve he hits the showers.


Lets get back to ruckman and rovers resting in forward pockets.

Here's a question. Would an extra two interchange players have made any difference whatsoever yesterday?

The Dogs would have still had two more on the bench than the Pies.

[LostDoggy]

They take in a player who is less than fully fit who breaks down with a re-occurence of the same injury. This injury denies them flexibility and they use this as an excuse.

Serves yourself right!!!

Exactly, if we were playing cricket and a batsmen comes into a game with an existing injury and then aggravates it, he would not be allowed a runner. Same in this case.


cheers,

Jaxs :cool:

[Topdog]

Why is it impossible to win without a full compliment of players?

Teams have been doing it for centuries and if any of the idiots in that press conference had half a brain they would have mentioned that the Saints won on Friday missing their most important midfielder. Essendon won with Slattery going off after 5-10 minutes.

Take this clown to task please.