Lachie Schultz (Shooter)

[Pies4shaw]

Look, let's be fair - it isn't like we had a 20 year old, 1.5 goal a game goalsneak on our list that we could have played in that position, anyway.

[Pies2016]

He’s a quality player who isn’t playing well. The effort is there but the reward isn’t. Not sure he’s up to speed with our game style because just not getting to enough contests compared to his days at Freo. He’s not handling the ball well either but we have a plague of that at Collingwood at the moment ( most likely due to short turnarounds and a bit of travel which doesn’t allow proper training blocks to hone the skills )

[Pies4shaw]

^ In any event, we didn't recruit him as a star, goalkicking forward. He just isn't one. Almost half his goals last season came in just 4 matches. Two of those were against West Coast and Gold Coast - hardly our prospective Grand Final opponents. He did do well twice against Sydney (4 goals in each game last season) and that may have been a factor (although they were not much of a team last season, either). Really, we recruited him because he's a strong tackling machine and ranked third in the AFL last season for pressure acts. He's the right profile to stiffen up a team that wants to press for back to back flags. With the benefit of hindsight, it may be that Collingwood isn't doing that (though we continue to hope) but you make these calls on the thinking at the time. Plainly, Collingwood was topping up to have another crack at a flag and Wright's view, at the time (reported earlier in this thread) was that Schultz was the best available trade/free agency target last year, so we targeted him.

[Culprit]

Clearly, he's the player some love to hate.

[Charlie Oneeye]

He is an experienced player in a new side.
He would love to be trying to get loose and be a target and kick 4 goals , provide highlights for the crowd, and get slapped and hugged by everyone... but he is mature enough to forego all that and play his role.

We have Elliott and Hill predominantly playing closer to goal, he sits in no man's land shutting down across half forward. His roll takes him away from goal to fill gaps, find contests and provide extra support.

[themonk]

Look, let's be fair - it isn't like we had a 20 year old, 1.5 goal a game goalsneak on our list that we could have played in that position, anyway.

Who can't run or tackle and throws team mates under the bus.

No thank you, next...

[woodys_world69]

Better than all these guys below him in fantasy points.

[piffdog]

For what its worth, SEN had him worst Pie on field:
Lachie Schultz - D

Dermie (SEN) also gave Crisp 1 vote for a quarter and a half of footy….

He’ll be fine. He’s three games in ffs. We’ve had quite a few more staple, much higher paid players do less in the first three weeks.

[Gerry Cooper]

Look, let's be fair - it isn't like we had a 20 year old, 1.5 goal a game goalsneak on our list that we could have played in that position, anyway.

Yeah, instead we had a selfish lazy little narcissist who refused to follow team rules and tried to make an issue out of it.

[MatthewBoydFanClub]

More to the point it's time to retire Scott Pendlebury before he further dents what has been a wonderful career.

[Charlie Oneeye]

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He’ll be fine. He’s three games in ffs. We’ve had quite a few more staple, much higher paid players do less in the first three weeks.[/quote]

Toms dad comes to mind

[Big T]

He is playing the role the club wanted and goals will come. His pressure acts are through the roof.

[Newelly]

Look, let's be fair - it isn't like we had a 20 year old, 1.5 goal a game goalsneak on our list that we could have played in that position, anyway.

Yeah, instead we had a selfish lazy little narcissist who refused to follow team rules and tried to make an issue out of it.

Who showed spirit on one match at the Hawks and may have already faded

[Said by Zed]

No one can deny that when Ginni first came into the team it was obvious he had something and was worth persevering with. He subsequently repaid the faith and became one of the most exciting young players in the game. Unfortunately, the media attention and negative press got to him…not to mention his fondness for sipping his own bath water and other substances…Selfishness and arrogant attitude soon ensued obviously pissing off coaching staff, management, and team leaders.

Trading him out was inevitable…thank you for your service and best of luck elsewhere. Picking up Schultz, which was somewhat of a knee jerk reaction to losing Ginni, was and will end up proving to be a master stroke.

This guy can play. He’s all heart…all 4ft of him. He’s selfless and looks to make team mates around him benefit. He’s robust and deceptively quick over short distances. Pressure acts depict a players ‘want’ to contribute and his metrics to date are off the chart. He’s the personification of team player. As others have already pointed out coming into a successful team is daunting….it will take a bit of time for him to fit in, maybe 10-12 games or so but when he does he will definitely repay the faith and more.

[pietillidie]

For what its worth, SEN had him worst Pie on field:
Lachie Schultz - D

Dermie (SEN) also gave Crisp 1 vote for a quarter and a half of footy….

He’ll be fine. He’s three games in ffs. We’ve had quite a few more staple, much higher paid players do less in the first three weeks.

I haven't got around to voting, but I was going to do the same, partly out of joy at seeing his trademark run and carry again. His time on the field was super impactful, and at the business end of a tight game, too.