04-22-2017, 12:30 AM
As others have said, simply too many young blokes on the park at once.....6 first years players someone said - and another batch of 2nd year players.
Smedts and Palmer should be in the 22 week in, week out and the young players rotated through with some sort of system.
Polson. Had he really been tearing it up in the 2s? Not from the reports I've read. Whereas Kerridge gets 40 possies and gets overlooked - what message does that send?
Even Boekhurst (on recent form) should have played before Polson....
All that aside, i can't fathom why we became some wary about moving the ball forward and taking the game on....our ball movement was simply abysmal - and that's not a function of youth.
Phillips looked unready and quite uncoordinated - not surprising given his lack of game time since returning from injury...
Smedts and Palmer should be in the 22 week in, week out and the young players rotated through with some sort of system.
Polson. Had he really been tearing it up in the 2s? Not from the reports I've read. Whereas Kerridge gets 40 possies and gets overlooked - what message does that send?
Even Boekhurst (on recent form) should have played before Polson....
All that aside, i can't fathom why we became some wary about moving the ball forward and taking the game on....our ball movement was simply abysmal - and that's not a function of youth.
Phillips looked unready and quite uncoordinated - not surprising given his lack of game time since returning from injury...
Finals, then 4 in a row!