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Why is playing walsh dumb?

There's two games left, and if he's going to get hurt, then he'll get hurt, but if he's fit and training, there's no reason not to play him.

These guys are competitors.  They dont want to sit on the sidelines and train.  Training is boring.  You play because you love playing the game, and will be retired a long time when its over. 

Why is playing walsh dumb?

There's two games left, and if he's going to get hurt, then he'll get hurt, but if he's fit and training, there's no reason not to play him.

These guys are competitors.  They dont want to sit on the sidelines and train.  Training is boring.  You play because you love playing the game, and will be retired a long time when its over. 

Quote from: Thryleon – on August 14, 2025, 08:13:53 pm

Why is playing walsh dumb?

There's two games left, and if he's going to get hurt, then he'll get hurt, but if he's fit and training, there's no reason not to play him.

These guys are competitors.  They dont want to sit on the sidelines and train.  Training is boring.  You play because you love playing the game, and will be retired a long time when its over. 

He's our Rolls Royce, he's been injured for several weeks, we have zero to play for, he should be focussing on rnd 1 2026 and doing bare minimum now. The preseason is long and hard and he hasn't done a full one in years. He should be in cotton wool right now just ticking the legs over. Just my uneducated opinion, gonna look farken stupid if he re-injures himself in nothing games.

Our line-up:

B:   42 Adam Saad   23 Jacob Weitering   32 Matthew Carroll
HB:   2 Lachlan Cowan  26 Nick Haynes   4 Oliver Hollands
C:   13 Blake Acres   9 Patrick Cripps   18 Sam Walsh
HF:   44 Francis Evans   33 Lewis Young   3 Jesse Motlop
F:   6 Zac Williams   10 Harry McKay   12 Tom De Koning
R:   40 Hudson O'Keeffe   36 Cooper Lord   43 Ashton Moir
Int:   35 Billy Wilson   19 Corey Durdin   45 Flynn Young   8 Lachie Fogarty   29 George Hewett

Em:   27 Marc Pittonet   38 Will White   11 Mitch McGovern

I must admit that when I look at this side I do question how badly we want to win it.
[1] Our defence looks shaky, whether Young plays there or not.
Weitering is not 100% and not moving well against a really good forward in Georgiades, who leads. That is not a great matchup, but what other options do we have?
Not sure who Haynes will match up on.

[2] Our forward line: well, we know that injuries have screwed that up, but Lewis Young at CHF? I'd have played Mitch McGovern in that job. As for the small forwards ... no, I don't want to go there.
White probably needed a week back in the 2's.

[3]Walsh: Much as he is a great player, he hasn't played in 10 weeks. I'd prefer to have him start on the bench on limited minutes.

[4] The last couple of times Sweet had really had it over Tom de Koning. We have Skull as a backup, but that looks questionable.

Hopefully the MC know more than I do, but I hate playing guys who aren't 100%. It is playing with fire.

He's our Rolls Royce, he's been injured for several weeks, we have zero to play for, he should be focussing on rnd 1 2026 and doing bare minimum now. The preseason is long and hard and he hasn't done a full one in years. He should be in cotton wool right now just ticking the legs over. Just my uneducated opinion, gonna look farken stupid if he re-injures himself in nothing games.

Quote from: crashlander – on August 14, 2025, 08:24:21 pm

Our line-up:

B:   42 Adam Saad   23 Jacob Weitering   32 Matthew Carroll
HB:   2 Lachlan Cowan  26 Nick Haynes   4 Oliver Hollands
C:   13 Blake Acres   9 Patrick Cripps   18 Sam Walsh
HF:   44 Francis Evans   33 Lewis Young   3 Jesse Motlop
F:   6 Zac Williams   10 Harry McKay   12 Tom De Koning
R:   40 Hudson O'Keeffe   36 Cooper Lord   43 Ashton Moir
Int:   35 Billy Wilson   19 Corey Durdin   45 Flynn Young   8 Lachie Fogarty   29 George Hewett

Em:   27 Marc Pittonet   38 Will White   11 Mitch McGovern

I must admit that when I look at this side I do question how badly we want to win it.
[1] Our defence looks shaky, whether Young plays there or not.
Weitering is not 100% and not moving well against a really good forward in Georgiades, who leads. That is not a great matchup, but what other options do we have?
Not sure who Haynes will match up on.

[2] Our forward line: well, we know that injuries have screwed that up, but Lewis Young at CHF? I'd have played Mitch McGovern in that job. As for the small forwards ... no, I don't want to go there.
White probably needed a week back in the 2's.

[3]Walsh: Much as he is a great player, he hasn't played in 10 weeks. I'd prefer to have him start on the bench on limited minutes.

[4] The last couple of times Sweet had really had it over Tom de Koning. We have Skull as a backup, but that looks questionable.

Hopefully the MC know more than I do, but I hate playing guys who aren't 100%. It is playing with fire.

1/ Not sure what you expect, thats about our best backline that we can put up now. SOS/HOF they won't be options next year. Gov, is probably a 50-50 at this stage. Doc is gone. Saad to maybe go out too. Newman to come back in....thats about it.

2/ Similar. Put Charlie in for Young and thats about our best. Maybe throw Cottrell in.

Voss says Gov is required. He just has to accept a lot less money.

Nothing to be gained by playing Walsh.
He should be resting his foot till preseason starts.