hotchilli
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I feel like you risk losing plenty of bottom age 19s to go play elsewhere who aren’t ready to play against men in senior footy.Surely something has to give in this reserves comp. Both Norwood and Berwick listing 14 players today (I believe is the minimum), neither scored, beaten by 231 and 124 points.
Starts to affect the rest of the clubs, you’ve got four games for the year which you don’t have a reserves contest, you wouldn’t want to be a fringe player or somebody sent back to find form, how can coaches take anything from it.
Six of the Norwood players didn’t have a number listed which tells you they are probably ring-ins.
If I’m the league I’d be pushing pretty hard to protect the integrity of the comp. Fold Norwood’s 19s so they have enough Reserves. Makes the Premier U19s a eight-team comp and removes the bye.
Same with Berwick’s second U19 team in D4, fold them and remove the bye to boost their reserves numbers.
Would have to stuff around with the U19 fixture for the rest of the year but could be done. Better than having four byes in the Premier reserves.