gothebombers wrote:......they could have gave him one last year(as long as his knee was ok,which poss would have been by pre season)(in his opinion) and used him off the bench.....
The three provisos in brackets are your answer. IF the knee was OK; POSSIBLY would be by pre-season (need to know sooner); in WEST'S opinion (not the medical staff's).
Not many blokes pich hit off the bench these days - midfielders all have to play in the order of 80% game time.
The Bulldogs got it right.