OFFICIAL Blake Ayshford [Discussion]

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i think all these headlines are very poor reflection of whats happening, i think players are being told the truth about performances and the direction wests want to take and are given the opportunity to explore their options else where.
 
Blair missed 77 tackles your correct 6 more than Ayshford, but he also made 600+ twice as many as Ayshford. Not only that but **Blair is a proven performer for Melbourne and NZ and should be given more time.**

anyone could see in his last 3 years at melbourne Blair was going backwards and getting worse,he should not be given anymore time hes had a whole year to get him act together and doesnt even look like he improved one bit

Ayshford going sucks but the clean out is needed the only problem is we still have benji and sheens until they both go the club is still gonna go through the same problems
 
You can't have both your centers as the "best in the game"! It is about the quality of the overall squad. You need a mix of superstars, solid players and juniors to keep the team balanced.

Blake is our Michael Pobjie. He is reliable and can bust tackles. It is not fair to compare his missed tackles, as he defends at center and his tackles are more likely to be one on one whereas Blair defends in the middle as part of the wall of forwards.

I agree with madunit, but I also like dermos argument. I don't want to lose Blake, in fact I don't want to lose any of the players mentioned when I look at them individually. But the fact is our team has no backbone and it is those individuals that make up the experience in the team.

My concerns is that Sheens gets rid of the players and does the hard work with a plan in mind. If he then gets sacked who is to say that the replacement coach would have agreed. We cannot send ourselves broke by getting rid of Sheens - as much as I want him gone. If he has a cushy job at the Warriors planned then negotiate. I can't help but think this has been planned for a while to give the new coach a clean slate. Lets hope so.
 
I don't think Blake deserves the chop. He has had a pretty ordinary season but showed last year he has plenty of talent. The whole team was a mess this year. I think he will come good. Could be one to come back and bite us if he moves on.
 
@madunit said:
I can't believe so many people sit here and bag Ayshford and not Lawrence, who was equally as bad, for exactly the same reasons.
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Probably because Ayshford didn't go through a career threatening injury like Lawrence did.

Also, Ayshford has had one above average season, that is it. Lawrence has runs on the board, even if he was poor this year too.
 
I have liked Ayshford, but believe he was very poor this year, IMO our worst player (of the regulars), he gave away so many penalties, often late in the tackle count, he made mistakes and seemed to have lost a bit of pace. 2010 & 2011 he impressed me.

IMO whether he stays or go doesn't concern me either way.

Of the players we have let go, none concern me to much.
 
@Goose said:
I have liked Ayshford, but believe he was very poor this year, IMO our worst player (of the regulars), he gave away so many penalties, often late in the tackle count, he made mistakes and seemed to have lost a bit of pace. 2010 & 2011 he impressed me.

IMO whether he stays or go doesn't concern me either way.

Of the players we have let go, none concern me to much.
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Geez, you rated Moltzen above Aysh this year?
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Just saw a story coming up on Channel 10 news
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Keep us posted. I got 1 hour work left

Bit of a nothing story, Brad Mcewen (i think?) said Sheens 10yr tenure is set to be terminated tonight by the board & Lote said that the players are on Sheens side but the players are confused why Ryan & Heighnington we're shipped off to the Sharks. That the Warriors are interested in Sheens & would save us a six figure payout. Then Adam Hawse said if Sheens survive's tonight there could be a player revolt as his information is that the player's are off with Sheens including Farah & Benji. That a group of players met at the Oaks pub on Monday night to discuss what's going on & including the loss of Ryan & Heighnington to the Sharks. Also possible replacements were Brown & Taylor but the name he keeps hearing is Matt Parish but the Tiger's board is hoping Sheens goes quietly to the Warriors to advoid a $500K payout. So pretty much everything that we have read & heard in the last few weeks. Will be a little be clearer after tonight's board meeting.

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I don't understand why the tigers are getting rid of ayshford and ryan who are 2 of our best players, heighington was always going to leave because he is not good enough.
 
@EggButterRoll99 said:
I don't understand why the tigers are getting rid of ayshford and ryan who are 2 of our best players, heighington was always going to leave because he is not good enough.
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You have low expectations
 
Ayshford had a poor 2012 but he was far from being alone. I think he can get back to his best next year for sure and hopefully maybe even put himself into contention for rep jerseys as he was at the start of the year.
 
Lots of news articles are mentioning Ayshford as being released, has this been confirmed or is it just speculation? What was his contract status? Another verbal intention to be extended without the actual paper being produced?
 
I know he has been released. It's reality now, not sure about the link, but the article is in the thread "Farah considers deal with Parramatta"
 
@Demonborger said:
Lots of news articles are mentioning Ayshford as being released, has this been confirmed or is it just speculation? What was his contract status? Another verbal intention to be extended without the actual paper being produced?
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I've heard that Souths and Parra were interested, but I can't find anything official on his release.

I guess we will find out in the coming weeks.
 
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