Rohan does struggle in September, no denying it. However, it was reasonable for the club to believe maybe he would finally be able to produce on the big stage after a career best season, and a fair few big moments in big games this season. Cunningham is a difficult one. He also stunk it up against the Cats, and I was yelling at the TV whenever he got near the football, but he had been in career best form before his injury.
It makes for a more difficult question next year, but the thought of dropping Rohan wasn't even considered by this board, and even Cunningham was given the all clear by most. In fact, plenty of posters were calling for Cunningham to remain in the side and for Towers to be dropped (who, in my opinion, was one of our better players in both matches).
Pretty hard to begrudge the board for their selections in my opinion, and I think "poor selections" is a harsh way of putting it. Our squad has pretty bloody impressive depth. Consider the 22 we had against the Bombers (it makes for nicer thoughts than the Cats), then consider we also have Melican, Aliir, Hayward, Dawson, Marsh, Tippett and Robinson (he plays his role well enough without being great when selected imo) right on the cusp of selection. Maibaum, Cameron and a few of the currently rookie listed players look like they can push for selection too.
I still firmly believe our best 22 is better than, or at the very least matches, any other 22 in the competition. Hopefully some fresh voices in the coaches box will change things a little, but people have pretty quickly forgotten that we had won 15 of the last 17 before the Geelong game - including away wins against all of the top four.
September seems to be our issue. Not the list.