Re: R20 Brisbane v Carlton - Battle for the Spoon
Reply #73 –
Best way to look at it. If we were vying for a position in the 8 our selections would, of course, be different. But we're not, we're at the bottom of the table and already looking to next year in terms of assessing who gets a guernsey at year's end and who gets traded and who gets the heave ho. Of course you play the kids. Of course you don't take the slightest risk with injured blokes. Of course you put injured blokes out for surgery. Of course you experiment.
To the cynical mind you could mount a conspiracy case for tanking but to me it looks as if we're doing exactly what we should be doing in the best long term interest of the club factoring in the reality of where we are right now. I still think we're in with a good chance to win tomorrow and against Melbourne and against GWS.
It's one of the main reasons when I was in Oz (back later in the year... yah!) to go see NBs games, to see who's coming through. Winning was great, but if we lost but a newbie shone - great stuff. If we win tomorrow night - great. But if we lose and we get another game into blokes who might not have otherwise gotten one - great, more preparation for 2016. If we get a look at someone under real heat in preparation for 2016 who might not have gotten a gig this year - great. And you can bet that the Aints, cheats.com.au, GCS and Dees are doing exactly the same thing but because there're not as close to the bottom as us and BrisVegas there is no tanking suspicion.
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