read the last few pages of this thread.
i agree with those who think miller is a step backwards. he surely wont be on the list come seasons end.have always thought we still need to get games into kids weather they have earnt them or not. fast vtracking kids is actually the thing that has made us mnore competetive and all of a sudden we want to stop doing it. still to many hacks on the list to stop doing it.
so what options did we have and do we have.
for the gws game i would have played maric out of a fp for 80% of the game. would have given graham a run in the ruck for 80% of the game.
with ivan and riewoldt both playing forward the option would have been to give a kid a game against kids. elton or post should have played.post would have given us the flexability to cover the oppositions extra tall forwards if need be.
what do we do if ivan gets hurt. we cant even give another ruckman a game while hes there and being run into the ground, if ivan goes down we just throw that ruckman in the deep end without having played a game all yr.
we had an opportunity to develop and have a look at other players just by tweaking things a bit and we failed to do so.
me i think connors earned another game. id really like to see o'hanlon get a full game and edwards has had another good game as a small forward. those are your three medium small forwards for next week.
personally id drop both king and nahas who both did little again and again very much looked like vfl players.. i have to say if miller is not the future these two arent either.
people go crook about post but i have to say as a backman hes done just as much as griffiths if not more when he has played, yet so few want to give him a decent run at it.
after the break we get grimes back we need to either play griffiths and rance with him or play post and rance with him and send griffiths to ff.when astbury gets match fit i would play him as a hit up chf.
to me the tall options and all the forward options are.
b/ morris - rance - grimes/moore.
hb/ dea - griffiths/post/astbury - newman/batchelor/ whos out of touch in a big way.
c/ deledio - tuck - grigg
hf/ o'hanlon - griffiths/post/astbury/elton - connors.
f/ edwards/king/nahas/a maric - riewoldt/griffiths - vickery/derickx/ i maric
r/ maric/graham - cotchin - foley.
int/ ellis - houli - conca - jackson/arnot.
if every one was fit and in form, my side would go.
b/ morris - rance - moore only if fit and hes regained his pace and form.or if we need balance a small in newman or houli.
hb/ grimes - post/griffiths - batchelor/newman
c/ deledio - martin - grigg
hf/ o'hanlon - astbury - connors/maric
f/ edwards - riewoldt - griffiths/vickery/derickx
r/ maric - cotchin - foley
int/ tuck - ellis - conca - helbig/arnot.
emg houli vickery jackson nahas king.
young players like vickery havibg had numerous opportunity would now have to earn a game and older players who arent a part of the future will be slowly phased out like jackson nahs, king miller only to get a game if injury happens.
