04-23-2023, 08:34 AM
Wonder if the Pies should have kept Grundy because they had no rucks after Cox, Cameron and Kreuger went down with injuries? My answer would be no - you can’t stockpile players in any role. That’s not practical given caps on player numbers.
Saad, Newman, Docherty, Williams, Boyd, Cowan (who they obviously were eyeing off), Gov, and Plowman should have been enough but the injury gods weren’t with us. And in a parallel universe where we did keep Stocker and he played in the VFL because we didn’t have a problem with injuries, our supporters may well be complaining about keeping Stocker rather than adding another tall defender or tall forward or ruckman if injuries hit us in those areas.
Saad, Newman, Docherty, Williams, Boyd, Cowan (who they obviously were eyeing off), Gov, and Plowman should have been enough but the injury gods weren’t with us. And in a parallel universe where we did keep Stocker and he played in the VFL because we didn’t have a problem with injuries, our supporters may well be complaining about keeping Stocker rather than adding another tall defender or tall forward or ruckman if injuries hit us in those areas.