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(07-13-2015, 06:23 AM)Baggers link Wrote:I didn't think that Rowe was dropped, rather out with an injury and the club decided to bring him back through the NBs... probably hair-splitting/a mute point.
Rowe was a late withdrawal with a back problem. Not something that would require our best key defender - apart from Henderson  - to come back through the NBs. A very strange decision to say the least, particularly when an underdone and under performing Menzel was rushed straight back.
I would be more sympathetic if Rowe was left out to give one of the up and coming tall defenders a shot. Oh! that's right, we don't have any (with apologies to Jacksh who probably should get another game).
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(07-13-2015, 09:15 AM)DJC link Wrote:Rowe was a late withdrawal with a back problem. Not something that would require our best key defender - apart from Henderson - to come back through the NBs. A very strange decision to say the least, particularly when an underdone and under performing Menzel was rushed straight back.
I would be more sympathetic if Rowe was left out to give one of the up and coming tall defenders a shot. Oh! that's right, we don't have any (with apologies to Jacksh who probably should get another game).
If Rowe had've been played, and his back played up on him and had to be subbed in the first quarter....everyone would've gone postal. The club gave him a chance in the 2's to test it out. He got through. Yay.
He'll be back next week.
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We did give a young kid a chance. Didn't we play Fields. He wasn't great in any way, but will obviously improve with more game time.
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(07-13-2015, 10:18 AM)kruddler link Wrote:If Rowe had've been played, and his back played up on him and had to be subbed in the first quarter....everyone would've gone postal. The club gave him a chance in the 2's to test it out. He got through. Yay.
He'll be back next week.
That's a reasonable approach atm, we aren't currently playing for sheep stations.
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(07-13-2015, 10:18 AM)kruddler link Wrote:If Rowe had've been played, and his back played up on him and had to be subbed in the first quarter....everyone would've gone postal. The club gave him a chance in the 2's to test it out. He got through. Yay.
He'll be back next week.
He had all week to test it out : 
If his back was suspect, he shouldn't have played with the NBs, particularly given the conditions.
By the way, what's 'gone postal'? It sounds serious
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(07-13-2015, 10:37 AM)DJC link Wrote:By the way, what's 'gone postal'? It sounds serious
It's a "mailman" thing 
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(07-14-2015, 06:35 AM)PaulP link Wrote:http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-07-14/wh...lues-clash
Now they are taking the p1ss!
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(07-13-2015, 10:37 AM)DJC link Wrote:He had all week to test it out :
If his back was suspect, he shouldn't have played with the NBs, particularly given the conditions.
By the way, what's 'gone postal'? It sounds serious
The NB's played a day later than the seniors. Perhaps that, along with the 50-50 nature of his back, made the difference to playing or not.
Backs are hard to predict and look after. Maybe Thursday night when they did the teams, he was a bit stiff. Maybe he woke up friday and it was much better. Saturday it was fine. Who knows.
The question is, why risk it? What have we got to gain? We are not playing for finals.
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(07-14-2015, 08:01 AM)kruddler link Wrote:The NB's played a day later than the seniors. Perhaps that, along with the 50-50 nature of his back, made the difference to playing or not.
Backs are hard to predict and look after. Maybe Thursday night when they did the teams, he was a bit stiff. Maybe he woke up friday and it was much better. Saturday it was fine. Who knows.
The question is, why risk it? What have we got to gain? We are not playing for finals.
That's true, but why risk it in the NBs?
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