Hopefully we put the most talented players on the park. I'm not convinced this has occurred this week.
Not playing Hartigan but embracing Mackay and VB suggests to me that we're going nowhere.
It's a culture and it remains to this day.
Seems overly pessimistic mate. The McGovern and Milera picks flag some change in my opinion.
I'm not even sure what role McGoven is playing? I would have expected another mid with the rotations capped, but they've put some faith in him.
I dont see that we have enough data yet to make a call on the Mackay selection. If we're looking at 3 main run & carry roles on the wings and HB, plus maybe a 4th at HF then we have a lot of guys underdone or out. We dont know where he's seen in that list:
Smith
Seedsman
Atkins
Hampton - out
Menzel - fitness?
Cameron - fitness?
Knight - fitness?
Mackay?
Leaving out Hartigan is putting a lot of faith in Lever - again, not the conservative mindset of the past.
VB is the one i have the most trouble with, but i'm wondering if the plan is to play him as a tagger/defender? Pyke was a run with guy himself back in the day, so might put some more stock in it than Walsh did. If that is the case, do we have a better option? Maybe (probably?), but not sure who else you'd look at. CEY could be tried maybe? Luke Brown would be interesting to try, but then who takes the lock down defender spot?