Well if I was coach, I would try as many players as I could and move the team around to see what else they can do!
I feel that Horse has done this so far. In the mean time he has blooded a few kids.
Agreed that a few moves would be considered not preferable for the long haul, it does give a few differing solutions if we need another game plan on match day.
LRT in the ruck comes to mind and while he could have played on Buddy a couple of weeks ago, LRT wasn't ready. He had only played a couple of games in the 2nds and as such probably not ready for a key back position. Since he has had a run in the firsts, I feel he could ready to take on a Jonathan Brown if needed. (if we had enough ruck stock ..)
I would suggest that we will have a few more weeks of shuffling to go, before we settle a team towards the finals. Some players that are playing in the seconds may be back later on when we head towards the "settling towards the finals period"
There are only so many game plans and plays that a team can have, and while it would be good to be settled, we need as many options to victory as we can.. Therefore I don't mind the playing players out of position that much at the moment. Hopefully we have a short term hurt for long term gain.
I feel that Horse has done an excellent job thus far in trailing options. While I would love a functioning forward line, we need to keep on trying options till one clicks. (maybe we will get one for Christmas..?)
Keep on blooding and experimenting and we will be ready come September.
If you bought a new car and you only drove around in first gear, you would know what it did. You try them all. While I wish the swans were travelling in overdrive, perhaps that will be closer to that by the end of the year... (Or next year..?)
Keep on trailing the options is my preference.
Horse has the reigns and hold on for the ride. We will have good days and bad and I hope we have more good!
Cheers
Rod_
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