I didn't see it but apparently Neale Daniher was on Talking Footy Monday night trying to justify just why we're doing so badly this year.
When the obvious question of why Chris Lamb can't get a game was asked his excuse was that they're trying to convert him into a running half-back at Sandringham. That's all very lovely, but is it the smartest decision to make when our backline is getting absolutely slaughtered every week? He beat Alistair Lynch convincingly when we rolled the Lions last year yet it looks like he'll be still be running around in the two's this week. Richardson, Stafford and Justin Longmuir have all destroyed us in the last few weeks and if Tredrea could kick straight he would have done the same yet we persist with Brad Miller who frankly isn't up to it yet and Ryan Ferguson who is a rookie.
Daniher does have a decent record of changing players positions (Nicholson, Bizzell, Bruce and Luke Williams come to mind) but surely this isn't the time to do it. He's obviously got a lot of faith in the board too, because if we finish in the bottom three this year he probably won't be around to reap the rewards of his experimentation.
What I wouldn't give for a Seecamp, Ingerson or Shanahan in our backline at the moment.
Oh, and we've got no fans either in case you didn't hear it somewhere else. To quote the Sex Pistols "And we don't care"
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