(10-08-2021, 02:58 AM)PaulP date Wrote:Right, but that's more about list balance, as opposed to three players competing for the same spot ? Clearly you need a mix of players who defend and those who attack, a mix of talls and smalls, a mix of inside and outside etc. ? IMO, Kennedy and Ed would be kept out of the side by Cripps, Hewett etc., and not Cuningham.I disagree, and I think in the weeks after Barker got kyboshed we saw a positive change under Power's guidance, things were far better balanced even if it was left up to some more erratic players in Dow and Kennedy.
I think based on what we saw early last season, if he is ready to go, Cunnigham will be comfortably in the side and rightly so, and he'll be in there at the expense of a slower Mid, not at the expense of a zippy SF or HB!
Anyway, I realise my position on this is based on some list philosophy that some will find uncomfortable, as we have already debated.
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