Re: 2015 AFL Season - Rnd 1 Carlton vs Richmond (April 2nd MCG)
Reply #155 –
What is the point of bringing in Clem Smith in and then naming him Sub, it is ferking pointless!
He is useless as the Sub for most players starting on the ground, and he gets stuff all experience if he only comes on with a quarter to go.
Surely he would be better off starting in his first game and then being sub'd off, I think it's the first 5 to 10 minutes of AFL game intensity that highlight the difference between AFL and other footy levels.
Further wouldn't we be better off with a genuinely experienced Sub like Buckley, Armfield or Graham?
Clem wouldn't have the fitness to be in the starting 21, and you're right, it's a risk. I would have been a little more conservative and gone for Denny.