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Except it doesn't appear to have panned out like that. Dunkley contributed very little as a midfielder after QT. I think someone else posted the stats - but you could see that without needing the stats.
It also doesn't explain why the other (admittedly limited) options aren't tried/persisted with, such as Young, Bruce, Schache. All can play other roles when not helping out in the ruck.
I haven't seen enough of Sweet but if he's an unplayable plodder why keep him on the list? Trengove maybe is a plodder too but as a 60% KPP and a 40% chop out for English thus releasing Dunkley to actually have a positive midfield impact it still makes a lot more sense than what we saw last night. I see you have no time for Trengove as a KPP either but he's not the only option other than Dunkley.
And as you say, it's an indictment on our list management ...
You're right, it does seem to have had a significant negative impact on Dunkley's output. I'm not going to argue that it's a good strategy or that it's working. It's clearly not. Just pointing out that I think the logic behind it is reasonably sound and I don't think that Bruce in the ruck would be better. I definitely don't think bringing in a plodder like Trengove would be better. It's a strategy which I think is marginally better than the shitty alternatives. However the best strategy would be to have a competent ruck which the other 17 teams seem to have figured out.