blueslander wrote:
I think that we miss Jamo, and with him out of the side we are left filling holes. Losing a key position player is always going to hurt and he is not as easily replaced as one of our midfielders would be. I would like to keep seeing the faith in the young guys. Afterall we criticised Pagan for keeping the young guys running around in the 2's.
Which makes you wonder why we didn't replace Jamo AT ALL.
Gee, even Garry Lyon said on Footy Confidential that Jamo appears to be the most irreplaceable player in the side, so the lack of a KPP is obvious.
But Santy has previously played as a key position defender, and has been in good form in the Bullants. Why wasn't he called on to replace Jamo? Was the problem that Ratts is devoted to the idea of having a core of rebounding defenders? Imagine if Santy had done well? That would have been most inconvenient, especially if he performed well enough to make it hard to demote him. Better to go in a key position defender down rather than risk that, and pray that Jamo returned quickly.
It reminds me of Douglas Bader's stubborn obsession with the Big Wing Theory in the Battle of Britain. He figured that if the RAF could scramble 3-5 squadrons of fighters, they could join up in a really big air wing which could smash the German formations. Only problem was that it took so long to assemble such a Big Wing that it wasn't of much use defending against German raids. Nevertheless, Bader remained certain that it was the way to go - a triumph of hope over experience.