I will be the contrarian - McKernan should never have been selected this week and his performance today supports my opinion - Picking McKernan avoided EFC making touch decisions with certain players and getting a more effective structure - The better option would have been to move Hooker forward which would have lead to possible three outcomes - Stewart has found it difficult in the last few weeks because instead of getting the third best tall defender, he is now getting the best tall defender, because clubs will play their second best defender on McKernan, while if Hooker played forward he would get the number one defender, therefore reducing the pressure on Stewart - the second benefit is that it would force Hurley to play as the number two tall defender, instead of the third defender and more importantly we could have PLAYED Ridley who can play as the third tall defender but can match up on smaller players - Some may think McKernan played a decent game but i am confident Hooker could have played this role to the same level or better - This week was a missed opportunity from the selectors.