I know there are positives of having the dual alignment, but I think we need to align with one or the other.
Very good point DaveyBoy. I watched both games on the weekend. I noticed how professional both Geelong and Box Hill were. They were following their senior team's AFL game plan.
Relentless pressure and elite foot skills.
These squads train together at AFL standard facilities every week.
Its no surprise these sides controlled their games and both won easily.
Yesterday, we had about 5 -6 NMFC representatives.
They followed the Scott West game plan. They dont follow the Brad Scott game plan.
Do they train at Arden St and then on the weekend go down to Werribee to play with a team they have had nothing to do with the whole week ? Or do they train at Werribee ?
Not sure.
This also happens with our 8 or 9 players aligned to Nth Ballarat. They follow G Fitzgerald rules. They go down and play with Nth Ballarat and probably have nothing to do with their team mates during the week.
Yesterday, I would have liked to have seen one Nth Melb reserve team play Box Hill. I would have liked to have included B Mabon, B McKenzie, T Garner, B Jacobs, M Wilkins, L and C Delaney, Max Warren to that team.
Add to that the injured Daw, Harper, Wood, Curran and Hine. And as Brian Taylor says Wowee....
With Geel, Coll and the Hawks, if a senior player goes down with injury, they are replaced with someone from the seconds. They know the rules. They know the game plan.
We need to get back to one reserve team. One set of rules, one gameplan. I think this is best for our development. Not sending 10 guys into one environment and 10 guys into another....
We can still be Werribee or Nth Ballarat, but not both. I think this is essential for our development....