Originally Posted by
liz
Hang on. Which "more experienced players" were available for selection on Saturday? Grundy, McVeigh, Smith, Franklin, Jack - who combined have over 1000 games of experience - were all unavailable. The most experienced players who played for the NEAFL side included COR (4 senior games), Fox (13), Cameron (1), Stoddart (2) and McInerney (1), while 9 game Rose was the non-playing emergency. Unless you count not playing Fox as choosing to pick inexperienced players over available experience, there was literally no-one available at the weekend who could have provided more experience to the side.
When Jack and McVeigh were available, the coaches picked them (to the howls of disappointment, maybe even derision, from some posters on here who think they are has-beens that we need to move past). I am pretty sure a fit Smith would find a spot, and probably a fit Grundy too - if the coaches are allowed to have their way, that is. (I'm not going to include Franklin in this conversation, because I don't think even the most pessimistic Swans fan would advocate not picking him if he were available).
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