03-22-2017, 09:40 AM
(03-22-2017, 09:11 AM)Raydan link Wrote:Again explain to me how swapping a decrepit player like Thomas for Cunningham upsets the balance. Do we really need to carry two below average players neither of whom made our top 10 B&F when we have a future 200 gamer needing experience. Let him run out in front of 70,000, where they say a playing in front of a big crowd is worth 2 games of experience.
Cunningham will get plenty of chances. We have a young side already, and just like retaining gibbs, playing thomas gets some experience in the side. He is our only player with a premiership medel. Without wishing to turn this into a thomas discussion (we have a long thread for that!) he adds experience and i would think some leadership to the backline.
Playing the kids is fine when they can play alongside some experienced hands, even if they have limited futures. This is why we recruited the likes of palmer and alex sivagni. Neither of them are going to set the team alight, but they might speed up the development of the young players by adding experience here and there. Otherwise we are back to where we were when murphy and gibbs were belted up in their first seasons with the likes of whitnall and stevens to lead them. :
