08-02-2021, 03:55 AM
(08-02-2021, 12:05 AM)LP link Wrote:Our making finals is really totally dependant on others losing, we are unlikely to bridge the percentage gap so ending up on the same number of wins isn't good enough. I think Freo are in prime position.
The other problem is that some of the teams above us that are vying for the last spot play each other, so some of those above are guaranteed one win and excluding Freo they all have better percentages.
If we do a Melbourne and smash GC we might get enough of a percentage boost to put us closer, but I'd assert if we have to us and injury sub in the process it's not going to happen. Plus at this stage are we going to have a ruck?
What do we stand for as a club? The individual or the group? Playing Murphy in spite of his inability to perform just so he can get to 300 is definitely putting the individual before the club given we're sitting 1 win outside the 8 with 3 to play.
That isn't even a question for me. You never want to put the individual before the club. It may mean Murphy cuts up about it but who cares? If he does that just indicates he wasn't much of a person to begin with.