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14 Aug 2006, 17:51
Hopefully some reality checks prior to the finals may help us in our preparation for September.
I havent been entirely happy with our team selections over the past few weeks and believe we are slightly behind the eight ball when it comes to getting our best team prepared for September.
The problems for me started on the week of the West Coast game. Bock was dropped after playing a reasonable game, Bock is in our best 22 and we should be getting him prepared for September playing at centre half back. Van Berlo walked straight back into the side while most other players have to come through the SANFL system which to me contradicts some of our team rules.
Welsh should have also been in the side last week, his form warranted it and the West Coast game also exposed our need for Roo to play in the middle, so in preparation for September I thought that Welsh should have played against Collingwood and Roo should have been rotated through the midfield.
I am just hoping that we have gotten our wake up call early this year whereas last year we got it in the first final.
As I said before I have total faith in Craig and hope that the last three games are a kick up the backside that gets us into gear for September.
I havent been entirely happy with our team selections over the past few weeks and believe we are slightly behind the eight ball when it comes to getting our best team prepared for September.
The problems for me started on the week of the West Coast game. Bock was dropped after playing a reasonable game, Bock is in our best 22 and we should be getting him prepared for September playing at centre half back. Van Berlo walked straight back into the side while most other players have to come through the SANFL system which to me contradicts some of our team rules.
Welsh should have also been in the side last week, his form warranted it and the West Coast game also exposed our need for Roo to play in the middle, so in preparation for September I thought that Welsh should have played against Collingwood and Roo should have been rotated through the midfield.
I am just hoping that we have gotten our wake up call early this year whereas last year we got it in the first final.
As I said before I have total faith in Craig and hope that the last three games are a kick up the backside that gets us into gear for September.