That may be true, but he's hardly going to flourish into a mature 1st grader playing nsw cup is he? His age suggests that his body would be mature enough to play 1st grade and that he would understand his game enough to play 1sts.
Guess how many 1st grade games Stuart Flanagan has played?
Answer: 24.
That's 9 more that Ports, and you, like me, are happy to have him at half.
lol At the Porter argument. If we had a more experienced, talented option (both of those, not just one of the two), then he'd be our first choice. You use the tools you've got.
Understanding and consistency is two different things. I didn't disagree that Flanagan, in the long run, is the better option. However, the preferred option, for the start of the season atleast is clearly Morris. Let Flanagan play NSWCup and get that consistency.
Somewhat inexperienced yes, but this will be Barrett's 15th season of 1st grade footy and though Porter hasn't played much 1st grade, he's a mature bloke not some 20 year old fresh from the Toyota Cup.
I was talking about the whole team, not just the halves. The entire team needs as many experienced heads as they can get.
That seems a little contradictory... they don't have to be "flashy, quick, playmaker sort" they can play "a Cam Smith type of role serving as a second halfback"??? I'm not suggesting Flanagan be purely a runner- I think Aiton's style is more along those lines. I'm suggesting that Flanagan has better skills to play the classy, controlling 2nd halfback option for us. My point is that Flano has better skills that Morris, already. He needs confidence and faith.
For christ sake mate, you're running a dead argument. I clearly said that Flanagan is the more skilled player, and will eventually be our 9. Don't throw words into my mouth in the sake of making me look like a fool.
As for confidence and faith, I agree. Confidence and faith however, is not chucking the bloke who has only played 24 games straight in there with an inexperienced team. Thats just plain silly.
Surely Morris has to prove himself as a hooker too? He's played almost his entire career in the halves, its not like we've picked up a bloke who's been playing 9 for his previous club. At least Flano is a proven hooker, though fringe 1st grader.
No, but his best position is 9. And we picked him up to be our 9.
I don't know how most of you are basing you votes, but I'm doing mine the most logical way and picking what we think the team should be come Round 1. If you're doing it any other way then it's not accurate, you're relying on ability, form and all sorts of other variables that you can't control.
