Macca19 said:
It's hard too know at this stage whether Choco would give the youngsters a run on good SANFL form alone. To be honest, last year Ebert deserved a game on SANFL, but didn't get one, this year he got games due to injury, he hasn't really performed that well at AFL level and his form last week for the Magpies was average. This year White has deserved a game on SANFL form but probably only really got AFL games because of injury, which isn't a great sign. But apart from those examples no one has really played great footy at SANFL over the past few years, mainly because of injuries.
To me the right thing to do is give a player a game when his form warrants it, be they 20 or 30, sometimes choco doesn't do that IMO. But i'd hope he knows better than us what match ups/strategy will work against each opposition and as such perhaps players get picked on other reasons rather than just form alone.
I'm not worried about our list management, i reckon it's pretty good. We had a problem with younger tall defenders, Chad pretty much took care of that. We only need a replacement FB as a major component of our team in the next few years. I'd imagine Pettigrew or Gilham will get there chance next year or perhaps even Ackland! You never know. The others like Gav, Dimma, Schoey and Monty have got replacements starting to make their mark in JB, Dom & Kane. Another young HBF would be nice, the Guru springs to mind but alas.
