Aerie wrote:JK wrote:What was the deal with Eddy, was he injury cursed, or just couldn't find form?
We obviously didn't see much of him, but he didn't seem to add a point of difference to the side. Was excess to our requirements (but probably what we may need in 2014), particularly with Shirley being recruited as well. May have had a chance to prove himself if he was available when Powell was injured but was injured himself then. Didn't seem to have great speed or brilliant skills or anything that would make him anything more than a role player in the side. In the end a pretty poor choice of recruit by the club.
Well put Aerie, after Hoban walking out early in the season, I think Eddy must have pushed Godden well over the edge! To not be selected in the last five games tells the world this guy wasn't desperate enough or hard enough for Godden to play him in the league side even though the Eagles were crying out for extra midfield drive and some crumbed goals. On a positive note, having a young Footy dept., they will learn from that one and next time take the recruit with the rougher edges ( Cachia ) and back Mick to polish him up!
Eddy being a bust, losing Allmond & Tiller mid summer, Hoban walking out after maybe round 3 with Bock proving to be way out of his depth, plus the usual suspensions, really compounded the poor preseason that didn't finish until after the Eagles 0-5 start!
The biggest error though may just have been not reacting to losing Allmond & Tiller when there was certainly good money available to chase and sign some weapons for Godden. We know the $ under the cap were there because the club later after the 0-5 start chased hard for a ruckman here and interstate, while meeting Shannon who chose North mid year. We are a club that must max out it's cap every year and maybe blow off some AFL players late in the season so we stay under the cap, just!
