by therisingblues » Sat Sep 24, 2016 5:48 pm
matt35 wrote:I think the legitimate comparison here is what has happened in the WAFL. We have seen that in spite of Fremantle's horrid year and failure to make the finals, Peal, i.e Fremantle's reserves side, have stormed through the WAFL finals; nobody has come near them so far. There are certainly no accusations that they aren't trying, in fact all the talk is, correctly imho, of tightening their qualification rules for AFL listed players, which are far less tight than ours. So why do the Fremantle listed players try but the Crows listed players not try? Of course, it doesn't ad up. The Crows tried on Sunday. They had an unbalanced side, especially without the run provided by the three players missing from the previous finals. They were unable to match Sturt's run and spread. As the pace went out of the game, as they say talls don't get shorter as the game goes on and the Crows did make a run in the last quarter. But they lost on Sunday to a far better balanced team.
On another but related point, I can't agree that Seedsman dropping out was a good thing for the Crows. His run was badly missed on Sunday.
I would need more information before saying for sure, but is there a possibility that Peel is so much stronger than the rest of the league with the 17 players in their side, that they don't even need to try?
The other thing is, with their AFL side out of the finals, is Peel stacked with whoever is eligible?
I would answer those questions before assuming that things don't add up.
I'm gonna sit back, crack the top off a Pale Ale, and watch the Double Blues prevail
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