In all fairness I did say I'd take his word for it. Then I explained my opinion and backed it up with some evidence.
If Avenger says he saw Ben Roberts at dummy half then I believe him. I saw Ben Roberts at dummy half earlier this year, when he grabbed the ball and ran over the top of Daly Cherry-Evans.
Even if you take his word for it, the most likely scenario is that of the 5-6 games that it is possible Roberts came on at hooker, he only came on because of injury to someone else.
That in no way qualifies him to play hooker again on a regular basis!
Or to put it another way:
Because Rory Brien played wing in first grade last year, we now should be considering him as a winger in our future planning.
And we should be considering picking him at winger because he's a good backrower for Wenty, and because wingers make hitups and have to catch the ball - and he can catch it when it's passed to him and make a hitup early in the tackle count.
There's a certain lack of logic to the argument. And a stubborn refusal to see that in almost 100 games, Roberts has never before been picked as a hooker, and (to the best evidence available) never been chosen as a bench hooker either. The argument to pick him is based on an appearance at dummy half when someone else was injured.
I don't see it.
Strider: sorry for arguing about it - but at least it's footy related and not an argument about SK or the board!!