Funny, living in the here and now somehow seems more relevent than living in the past.
I agree, Henry in the halves and gids to fullback, but there is certainly a place for 'living in the now' in league. Players develope or drop off, form rises and falls and circumstances change constantly.
yeah, but to say that we should stick with McDonnell at fullback and Gidley at #7 just because
Mullen has hit some stellar form with Gidley playing at half is a bloody long bow to draw... particularly when it is at the expense of a bloke who could potentially be a marquee player at the club, versus Shannon McDonnell... who is more or less the definition of a solid
backup in his positions.
sure, Gids has played pretty good at halfback, but he plays pretty good
anywhere most weeks. Mullen is hitting the sort of form that had him talked about as our big Joey replacement years ago... and yeah i'm sure its not coincidence that Gids is at half allowing that to happen... but the point is any half who takes the pressure off Mullo will most likely have the same effect, with the added bonus of having Gidley there at fullback.
don't confuse Mullen killing it at 5/8th with Gidley killing it at halfback. i think Gids has been adequate at half, but hasn't really done anything that he couldn't have done with the #1 on his back, either. Mullen has just been getting more and more dominant over the past 2 months. i was actually very surprised that Gids got MoM last night over Mullo.