Frank Castle
Draftee
Quick thought...
Do many teams have big enough lists where players actually miss out on selection on thursday nights??
If so, what happens when the dominant team plays a much weaker team, do the coaches tend to give less talented players a go or do they still put the best team on the park... e.g what will OE do this week against Bentleigh, will they want to give them a thrashing or rather give a couple of their other blokes more of a go?
Same question goes out to teams like OI and OT?
Being quite close to the OE brains trust I can assure you that a selection dilemma/option like that is one they would dealry love to have. If it wasn't for an injury/holiday list as long as the dingo's johnson (long/imposing), their list may be big enough to rest some players. Reality is though, resting better players is not option.
If it were an option, i think games against lower sides are a great opportunity to try players in different spots, you never know what you'll discover about different players when played in spots not normally their own.