Firstly you must settle down a little. I'm worried you are going to have a coronary.
Let me address your points calmly point by point.
That's true. I forgot about Cooper but while the team was still a chance of making the semis, no point in dropping Cooper. Even now there isn't unless his form warrants it. Gus Gould was saying yesterday every team which is out of finals contention wants to finish the year well. Host will get chances. This year or in the trails next year.
As for Rein and Marketo, so you would have had one of those two playing hooker for 80min?
The difference is quite large actually. The current 5/8 is absolute s**t. The current backrow and front row is quite strong and has depth. I believe JDB is over 105kg and Thomson right about there but what is the relevance? You would have dropped Thompson or JDB for Host?
There is not only no problem, but a good thing to blood more than 1 young layer at a time if they are covering a a specific weakness. It seems to me the 1 place the team isn't weak in is back and front rowers. A good (relatively big) young winger, centre, fullback (so Duges can move to centre) and especially a 5/8, halfback or hooker would be a god send about now.
As for a back rower or front rower, I'm comfortable to go with the coaching staff as to whether he plays in the trials next season or is tried out along with Leilua in the final 2 games of this year.
Lets stick to the subject matter and forget about the backs.
I originally posted how would Host be feeling about getting picked, left on the bench, picked and play, picked left on the bench, picked and played and now not picked and Leilua gets a run
So the entire post is about Host and the forwards.
You contest there is no room for him and I say Marketo, Matthews, Cooper or Rein at least could be sacrificed for Host.
You then question would I have Marketo or Rein playing 80 minutes well the current methodology with our hookers is really working well isn't it so would you persist with that?
If need be I would punt both and play Mc Crone at hooker for the rest of the year if it meant getting Host into the team.
You made an inference re size and I merely pointed out Host is bigger than De Belin and Thompson and you question that by all means look it up.
Your then question would I drop either De Belin or Thompson obviously looking to rekindle an old argument re De Belin.
I never said I would drop either of them, you alone introduced that to the conversation hoping to get a particular response.
You then say you are happy to go with the coaching staff re when Host plays which is the precise point I have made many times which you fail to comprehend
The coaching staff have got not idea of when or how to do anything let alone incentive and motivate young players and you would be happy with what they do?
So that indicates to me you have even less idea than them and if they have no idea therefore you must have NFI.
By the way your suggestion that we had a chance of making the semis as a reason for not picking Host is just farcical as is your contention that our forward pack is going OK and not a weakness.
