07-22-2023, 10:01 PM
(07-22-2023, 09:18 PM)shawny link Wrote:Pies are a few classes above us. They are close to full strength and we have too many under injury clouds to get close to them IMO
I know this goes against what many will think but I would this game as though is a bye round and conserve energy for the last 5 games where if we get most of our soldiers back we can win enough to make finals.
Need a full strength team to have any chance of beating this mob unfortunately and the timing of when we are getting them gives us very little chance imo.
Better to save petrol tickets for the run after this week.
It goes against every fibre of my being, but it's really a logical idea.
Rest now, don't bust a gut only to be overrun in the final quarter, don't show our hand and just bide our time.
The chances of beating them now are slim.
Jump them in the Grand final.
The counter argument is that we need to win games to play finals...but realistically, are we in any shape to take them on if many of our key players are struggling with injury?
We can't afford to take injured players into this game.