(04-01-2018, 10:23 PM)kruddler link Wrote:re a), been saying the same for weeks, nobody agreed with me (well maybe 1) and now every man and his dog is saying the same.
but....b) you say the selections don't bother you.
So there is no spot for Weitering, which you admit. He is not required, but you have no issue with him being picked every week? For his 'development' it is best? What is more important, his development or the teams? Playing him is not helping us win. Picking a better suited team will give us a better chance at winning.
Sure, its not win at all costs, but we don't need to try and lose the matches do we?
It's a catch 20/20. Maybe 2 or 3 sides have a match up for all of Marchbank/Jones/Weitering. Ideally we would get by with 2 and Plowman who can play oversized at a pinch. So what's the catch?
For the future it's
Marchbank, Weitering then Jones.
On form it's
Jones, Marchbank then Weitering.
Marchbank and Weitering are blue chip talents who have only played 22 games and 44 games. They need to play AFL level to together. Not VFL. So what do you do?
Drop Jones? Harsh.
Drop Weitering? Yeah maybe now. But I never hated the decision to play him, even though it clearly didn't work. Doens't mean the idea wasn't great.
Thirdly if you are going with 2, then maybe (just maybe) you might look at trading one at seasons end. Playing VFL is not great for their trade value.
I don't think it's as simple as dropping him and waiting until he has a match up.