jim wrote:
bondiblue wrote:
IN: Harry Charlie Docherty Williams Martin McGovern Cerra
OUT: Owies (Susp) Durdin (inj) Motlop Binns Lord Carroll Moir
If Durdin is fit to play, he's in for Fantasia
Cowan Weitering Gov
Saad Young Newman
O.Hollands Cripps Acres
E. Hollands McKay Cincotta
Williams Charlie Kemp
Pittonet Hewett Walsh
Docherty Kennedy Martin Fantasia
Cerra
Motlop Binns Lord Moir Carroll Boyd Marchbank
We bring them all in at once we lose. Being half fit, out of form started our slump.
Yeah I know where you are coming from jim, but there's a lot of buts on both sides of the argument.
As mentioned previously, I expect anyone who is named to be fit for purpose. Form is separate from that. I don't blame the selection of Cottrell and Cerra for our form slump. That's just an excuse. Momentum swings have happened to all teams throughout season 2024 and that was part of that. Personally, I feel we were selecting players who were not fit to play let alone fit to play for 4 quarters. Eg Charlie standing in the goal square waiting for the high bomb since the GWS game. So much hard work further up the field only to be wasted by a long bomb to a player with ankle issue.
The way I would like to look at it is if we leave all our kids to play and give their all, performing a team role as best as they can, to give us another honourable loss (like we did vs 14th placed Saints), we will lose against the higher ranked> Hence I am going with hardened bodies and experience and I'm assuming players are over their injury and have been conditioned to play footy.
Doc is the one example. He's been training for 6 weeks and the last 3 weeks full on and standing out. Do we play Lord, Binn s or Carroll before Doc? I wouldn't. As its turned out, he's come through.
Cerra hasnt been sitting idle, nor has Martin, nor has Williams (who only felt hammy tightness)
I'm going with fit experienced players vs fit novices learning their roles whilst their bodies are being developed for the rigours of AFL footy. It goes up a level in Finals.
Let the men play.