Well i hope your wrong.
With Miller, Balta, Vlastuin and potentially Broad in the back half or on the bench there is plenty of experience. Games into kids is the go. Who do you play Short in front of ? he has become superfluous to needs. Im all for playing Smith in front of that pea heart.
With the likes of Trainor and Brown you could say Broad is no longer needed as well but i agree his nous and experience will see him play no matter.
Mansell i think will be played with only Lynch being experienced in the forward half there is no one else and again the class of Hotton Algar as forwards they are going to be picked in front of others like Green and Rioli.
It would be a backwards step not playing two of Faull, Armstrong or Sims with Lynch. I think Lefau makes for a mature tall if Lynch is injured.
Based purely on talent and that need for speed and the real need to pump games into our kids neither Ross nor Sonsie would get a game and i think with Taranto and Hopper in the team that makes for enough leadership. Maybe Prestia but me i want us to pump games into the very talented kids that we have who address a serious weakness in run spread and pace. You are not suggesting i hope, that Ross or Sonsie play in front of Taranto or Hopper and they are definately behind the youngsters coming thru.
Are we going to play Ross Sonsie plus Prestia in front Lalor, Hotton, Cumming, Smillie and McAuliffe. that is the future and the priority has to be to get them to 80 odd games as quickly as possible. If injury or poor form hits then you have some reasonable cover with Ross Sonsie and the ageing Prestia.
Grlj straight off the bat can and should play hb he makes for a more than decent D Rioli replacement.
For me im really hoping we go similar to the following ive seen enough of some to know they are not the way forward.
FB: Vlastuin 32 - Miller 26 - Gibcus 22
HB: Grlj 18 - Balta 26 - Brown 23 or Banks 23
C: Campbell 21 - McAuliffe 21 - Retschko 20
R: Nankervis 31 - Taranto 28 - Lalor 19. Does anyone seriously want to see Ross play either of these roles in front of those 6.
HF: Hotton 19 - Faull 20 - Mansell 25
FF: Algar 19 - Lynch 32 - Armstrong 19/Sims 19. No Lefau simply because Faull and Armstrong show so much upside.They will be better for this years experience.
Int: Smillie 20 - Cumming 18 - Hopper 29 - Broad 32 - Banks 23.
Im in the other camp play as many kids as possible and when they tire or struggle for form then bring in some relief.
