Quote Originally Posted by wolftone57 View Post
As much as it pains me to say that a champion like Goodsie should come back through the Twos I think he should because he will be totally out of match fitness. Last year he had 4 matches off in the middle of the year and came back. He took a few weeks to get match fit even then. This time his time off is 6 matches and it is going to be much harder to regain match fitness and better he has a game at a lower, slower level where he can ease himself into the game. The a week later present for selection. I think we will manage without him until then. A totally fit Goodsie is better than one on one leg even if the one on one leg is still good.
All very well in theory, but last year we had a luxury of him coming back mid season.
There is no time for him to play a couple in the 2's as we only have 6 games left this season, and he is still a number of weeks away.

A semi fit Goodes would be more dangerous than a fully fit Morton for example.