07-08-2015, 02:34 AM
(07-07-2015, 11:44 PM)Lods link Wrote:Point here though is...At his very best or even at about 80% of it Thomas would be in our starting 22....probably the same with Walker.
But they may never again reach that type of form.
On the other hand we may get someone upgraded off the rookie list that needs a few games to find his feet and by the end of the season is "the next Kouta".
Players that struggle under a game plan or allocated position may blossom under a change of plan or a move to a different position
So the best 22 is a fluid, flexible thing and would change constantly throughout the year and across seasons.
It's a real "point in time" thing.
My choices now are quite different to the start of the year.
The best 22 indicated above is arguably our best 22 now.....it may (should) be different at the end of the year.
I want to show people that it is fluid. How fluid i'm not sure, we shall see at the end of the year.
There are always people who argue player x is CLEARLY in our best 22 and has been all year......perhaps not.
A couple of examples....
First poll...
Walker - 65 / 66 people had him best 22.
Jones - 41/66 votes
Graham - 8/66 votes
Armfield - 3/66 votes
Current poll...
Walker - 6/23
Jones - 0/23
Graham - 18/23
Armfield - 20/23
In retrospect we might find out that someone like Walker is carrying a terribly debilitating injury, which has affected his form.
I was also hoping to highlight during our worst periods that our best 22 was far from easy to select.