ant555
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- May 4, 2004
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OK maybe I've misunderstood what you were saying. Just curious as to why you said you wouldn't pick Quinn in a final but would pick him this week. That made me think that you thought he's not in our best 22 this week. I thought you were saying he should be in for development alone. Let's say it's a final and all things are the same including availabilities. Who would you pick instead?
The reason i said i would not pick him if tommorrows game was a final is simple. Anyone who has played any sport at any level knows that finals of any nature simply have more pressure.
Thats where your selection your selection policy dictates how brave you want to be.
I am not sure who i would pick if tommorows game was a final and we had the same personal issues as we currently have. The only one i would consider is NLM based on his good VFL form and his 70 odd game experience.
If we had Hurley available i might go with Daniher at Half back.
If we had Welsh and McVeigh at full fitness then you start looking at maybe playing one of those two off half back. Even Hocking is a possablitiy somewhere in defence although he is not going to fill the fast breaking role out of defence.
At this stage with the current players available i think the contenders for half back are Quinn, Myers , Houli and NLM (outside Dempsey). In a normal season game i lean towards Quinn. If it was a final i would probaly go NLM based soley on the fact that the pressure steps up 30 to 40% when you play finals and at this very moment Quinn is very inexperienced.
I will say that i find it interesting that a number of people are dead set against taking what i see as a minor risk with Quinn. Some of the best results in footy have come from coaches who have taken a risk or gone with a certain thought that no one else has entertained.
Lets face it. We are not exactly filling the whole side with Quinn's. We do have a couple of very experienced players coming back into the side.