Team selection disection

[northernblue]

I agree re Kerridge and ability.
I guess though, if part of where we are at is building culture, reward for effort must be looked at as well. If he is performing in the 2s and giving his all, is that enough to get him a gig when we are complaining about the lack of effort shown by our 1s?

Yep, absolutely.
Effort must be unconditional, you can persist (for a while) with players that make poor choices (learning their craft) but the effort must be there.
If you promote guys who don’t put in the effort, it smacks of favoritism and that will destroy the place.