04-21-2019, 08:27 AM
(04-21-2019, 08:19 AM)flyboy77 link Wrote:I think today showed (and not for the first time) that LOB and Polson aren't ready for the big time.
Gibbons remains a maybe.
SOJ was good - looked like a wise head....takes the smart option almost always and he's a big lad these days (I was surprised).
Levi too looked pretty good - stood up when needed.
Samo the stand out - always had it in him, just needed to want it enough.
Great team win.
Kudos too to Harry - could have kicked 7 or 8. He will soon.
Charlie who? (joking)
....and thats why our team has struggled. Not because our players can't play, but because they are not ready to compete at the highest level yet.
We have 28 players 22 and under on our list.
17 players 23 and over.
Of that 17, it includes Kreuzer, Lobbe, Phillips and Casboult. You can only play max 2 at a time in the team, so 15 23 and over. Take into account Doc been missing for 2 years, and we are down to 14 players who are 23 and over that we can pick each week. Obviously we'll get some other injuries in there as well, so its certainly not unrealistic to suggest we can have a team that has as many players under 23 that it has over 23 in it.
....and people want to blame the coach. They are a bunch of kids still learning the game and/or the speed of AFL football....of course they are still learning their teammates too.
As a collective, we just need to be patient and let our kids come on.