Blue Sombrero wrote:
smithy wrote:
There should be a changing of the guard this year- Thomas White Kerridge Rowe and a few others should not be given games ahead of youngsters, we know what they deliver and it's mostly below par. This is supposed to be a rebuild so it's time our match committee grew some balls stopped being so damn conservative and play the first and second year players.
Kerridge is still young and we haven't got anybody else to do his job.
Rowe had a great year last year and still has plenty of footy in front of him.
White is a footsoldier and versatile if not spectacular. I don't know who the 'few others' are. You might like to elaborate.
There seems to be some sort of sense that the young kids don't have to earn their spots in this team so we'll just kick out a few of the established players and give them an easy run. I'm sure SOS senior agrees with that after struggling to get his first game and then being dropped for a GF. Not.
Every year everybody starts with a clean slate. New kids against older players competing for the same spot on the paddock. Until the new kids actually forces the older player into the seconds, we make no progress. Look at Hawthorn and the number of good players are in the reserves waiting for a chance. It's about culture and patience, not instant fixes and easy games.
Any one SPS/Fisher/Polson would already offer more than Thomas and Kerridge, if Rowe's year by your standards was "Great" then we're done here.
There should be a warning before one says" look at Hawthorn" lol, means nothing....if we are just going to try to copy Hawthorn we will fail.
I don't think you understand what a rebuild is or where we are at, how do you think Hawthorn got to where they were, or the Bulldogs?