Last week when I checked out injuryupdate.com.au, it said that Fisher was expected back in Round 6 (but remember that this doesn't mean in the seniors, it might mean VFL). Now it has swung wildly. With due respect to that site, I won't assume that Fish is on the LTI until I hear it from the club.
Now, if he is on the LTI, it is obvious that Santy has to be promoted. Anybody who says otherwise is joking, surely
Santy might say he isn't ready. So when does a player decide when they should play? Our Irish friends point out that perhaps undue modesty and excessive self-criticism are part of Santy's personality.
Why promote a young body that will struggle to make an impact on AFL football? With Santy, he will make an impact. He will be like the Allies unleashing the first Tanks at Cambrai in WW1 or the Germans blasting the rocket-propelled Me 163 Komet at unsuspecting Allied bombers in WW11. If you are an opposition coach, you can't plan for what Santy will do. After all, he might be a plan that explodes in our faces. But if things work out, he will be a fireball of muscle, energy and speed that will take robotically-programmed defenders by surprise.
To say that he isn't ready this year overlooks the fact that clubs include youngsters in the side who make hardly any impact in their first games, or are so inconsistent in their first years that the best that can be said about their inclusion is that they gain the experience that will make them good players down the track. Anyone remember Simmo's triple-bagel games?
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