Played golf yesterday with a guy who is very close to a player on our reserves list, players are constantly dazed and confused regarding selection process for our AFL team.
They lose initiative and desire.
Evidently a big problem.
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"Our reserves list"? 
We don't actually have one. We han an AFL list with rookies and we have yet to cpmpleted VFL list
So which group are we talking about here?
The VFL list who rarely spend any time with our AFL list apart from once a week when they train with the AFL list who arent playing seniors. Sorry but they wouldn't have a clue
As for the AFL players not getting games, wouldbe less than 6 that could lay claim to being disillusioned
From our playing list then WP.
Of those 6 then, how many of the players who are getting a game realise they have to take up the slack of players who shouldn't be playing?
It all comes down to team and list ethos (if you would indulge me to use that word)
Development, belief, fairness, structure, solidarity, team.
Anything less and you create self doubt and internal dissidence.
Call it what you will, until this is corrected we cannot move forward.
We are talking about winning a final, that is a very mediocre target IMVHO
6 is the number you mentioned, that is a pretty high number and the whole playing group is most likely aware of it.
Not 6 each week i know but even 2 in the mix on a weekly basis is a disgrace