04-17-2018, 02:01 PM
(04-17-2018, 02:31 AM)blue4life link Wrote:Losing your captain and best midfielder in the warm up was the equivalent of the deep end fear for some of our young fellas.Yes blue4life , a lot to ask first yr players eg Dow & OBrien , rest are still finding there way, u fortunately Graham hasn't taken this chance again on all counts I have read. Not the way you would want to come into the side, but if there's an opportunity need to grab it. ,
All of a sudden the likes of SPS, Fisher and Dow were asked to play 20 or 30 percent above what would normally be expected of them to cover the loss of the skipper.
If they'd had since Thursday night to get their heads around it they would have made a better fist of it but it was always going to be very tough at a few minutes notice.
It was almost as tough on Nick Graham who was looking forward to a seat in the stand until 10 minutes before the game.

