Who else should get a runin 2001?

[daddy_4_eyes]

Just reading the posts here, i was wondering which other player who has not had a run this year yet will get a game?

Mcdougall?? Antonovich?? Green?? Donnelly maybe? A rookie list player??

I would like to see KJ give every player on our list a run this year. Especially Green and McDougall.

Also, what strategy are the eagles coaching staff taking into the remainder of the season? Are they still trying to win as many games as possible, or will they experiment and try to get kids some AFL experience?

 

[Mr Eagle]

Anyone who is match fit and under age 25 should be getting a run. Better to get the blooding over with now and avoid the accusations of playing for draft picks in the last few rounds.

 

[GoEagles]

Promote Buszan and drop Cummings for a week, see how that works out.

 

[daddy_4_eyes]

I read somewhere during the last week that McDougall is on the verge of getting a game. And from what i've heard about his WAFL form of late, he could be quite impressive.

 

[eagleskickass]

What the Eagles are doing is playing their young guys, but still trying to win as many games as possible, whch is what any team should do, stuff the concession picks, its just not right to try do anything other than win. Read the article on AFL.com.au to get an idea what the board thinks on the issue.

 

[Visro]

Players that should get a runin this season:

McDougall - at least two games
Green - at least three games
Antonowicz - at least three games
Buszan - at least two games
Haynes - at least 4 games

McDougall is going to play AFL footy so if he isn't really physically ready yet, we should just wait for him. Green, Antonowicz and Haynes are all at a stage of their career where you can tell if they are going to hack it. I would love to see atono make it cause he would make a great fullback to replace Milli. If we dont give enough of a go though, we will never know if he was good enough. Same deal with Green and to a lesser extent Haynes as I feel he will still make the grade.

 

[Voice of Reason]

I heard that Haynes was very good for East Perth yesterday (I went to the West Perth v. Peel Thunder game, so am not an eye witness). He's probably worth putting in instead of (say) Munro for a couple of games.

But I reckon these guys have ot to earn their place with some good games in the WAFL. We're already trying out a few players in the seniors.

 

[eagleskickass]

I would say he has earnt an AFL call up after yesterdays performance!

 

[tjrra]

When they look at the team for next year every player on the list should have had a chance to prove what they can do.
Before the end of the season they will have tried all players they want to check out so they can make decisions for the future.

 

[jod23]

I thought Hunter was pretty good in the amount of time he was on the field and i hope he gets a few more games this year. I would also really like to see Green, he impressed me last year so i would like to see him get couple of games. Also rest Kerr, we dont want to burn him out and give Humm a run, i mean a real run where he is actually on the field for longer than 5 minutes.

 

[Visro]

Yeah, I agree. It would be a great shame if Kerr was to burnout next year as a result of playing too much AFL too soon. Humm looks up to it so give him a run.

Vis

 

[daddy_4_eyes]

I don't believe Kerr will be burnt out. The eagles apparently have the best medical staff of all the AFL clubs and would be aware of any burnout possibilities. I'm sure they are keeping an eye on him.

 

[Captain Random]

Originally posted by daddy_4_eyes
The eagles apparently have the best medical staff of all the AFL clubs

They've certainly had the practice