9 players who have been heavily criticised or more to the point continue to be heavily criticised its been the same forever. they play too many below par games then have a decent game or two then its back to normal.
The decent games are the aberrations. They most weeks fail to have enough impact in a game.
The 9 most guilty of this this year who are in the team are Cumberland, Short, Graham, Dow, Sonsie, McIntosh, Mansell, Ralphsmith and Kossie. Outside of Sonsie who im yet to give up on, if the rest were cut it would not matter i cant see them being a part of any future successful team we may build.
What do we actually lose if most of them do not get a game this week?
Prestia for Dow. its a huge upgrade despite Prestia's body and longevity..
Hopper for Graham. same as above.
McAuliffe for Sonsie getting a full game.
Trezise for McIntosh. Enough is enough.
Smith for Shortsteps poos his pants.
Blight for Kossie and Balta to chf no brainer atm.
Bauer for Cumberland.
Mansell is at least giving some defensive fwd pressure besides there is no one else putting their hand up for a sml fwd shot..
Ralpgsmith or Banks to sub
What do we lose? imo nothing.
The team would look like this with seven changes
Vlastuin - Miller - Broad
Brown - Blight - Smith
Rioli - Taranto - Trezise
Nankervis - McAuliffe - Baker
Campbell - Balta - Mansell
Bauer - Lynch - Bolton
Martin - Hopper - Prestia - Ralpsmith/Kossie
Ralphsmith/Banks
Is that not the way forward. Have the ins not put their hand up. Have those dropped really done enough consistently enough.
Imo if everyone was fit the only three id have in contention outside of that team would be Gibcus, Lefau, and Ross.
