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Originally posted by liz
Riewoldt is young and in his prime. It is unlikely that he will be worn out by season end by dint of being up and running now.
It's a slightly different situation with players over 30, especially ones who all had niggles during the prior year. The stance on Williams, Maxfield and Ball is probably justified.
Of the rest who missed -
Crouch and Schauble aren't fit to play at the moment and wouldn't have played even if it had been for premiership points
Mathews and Barry are recovering from bone injuries in their feet and haven't been back running very long.
Goodes, too, is still easing back into training.
It is possible that the recovery programmes for these three would have been accelerated had Roos wanted to be competitive in the Wiz Cup but personally I'm glad the club is taking it easy with these three, especially Barry and Goodes who are in our top 5 most important players, unquestionably.
Davis sounds like he has a fair way to go before getting anywhere close to match fitness.
O'Loughlin has to be managed week to week even during the season proper.
I'm guessing Kennelly suffered some minor injury during the Bombers game or in training last week, given that he was originally listed in the squad.
That probably just leaves Hall as the player they were being really cautious with. And arguably just having him in the team might have made the difference. If nothing else it may have given the team the belief they could win, and with that (even without Hall - if that makes sense) I reckon they might have gone close.
Riewoldt is young and in his prime. It is unlikely that he will be worn out by season end by dint of being up and running now.
It's a slightly different situation with players over 30, especially ones who all had niggles during the prior year. The stance on Williams, Maxfield and Ball is probably justified.
Of the rest who missed -
Crouch and Schauble aren't fit to play at the moment and wouldn't have played even if it had been for premiership points
Mathews and Barry are recovering from bone injuries in their feet and haven't been back running very long.
Goodes, too, is still easing back into training.
It is possible that the recovery programmes for these three would have been accelerated had Roos wanted to be competitive in the Wiz Cup but personally I'm glad the club is taking it easy with these three, especially Barry and Goodes who are in our top 5 most important players, unquestionably.
Davis sounds like he has a fair way to go before getting anywhere close to match fitness.
O'Loughlin has to be managed week to week even during the season proper.
I'm guessing Kennelly suffered some minor injury during the Bombers game or in training last week, given that he was originally listed in the squad.
That probably just leaves Hall as the player they were being really cautious with. And arguably just having him in the team might have made the difference. If nothing else it may have given the team the belief they could win, and with that (even without Hall - if that makes sense) I reckon they might have gone close.
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