Quote Originally Posted by Jeterpool View Post
I think to have 3 young players (Cowburn, Jackson and Ugarkovic) in our team featuring regularly is an achievement. Cowburn and Jackson are essentially shoe-horned in the position because we didn't recruit a reserve left back. I would think we'd have eassumed Ki-Je would still be here. Kitto can't get back into a winning team unfortunately.

I agree the likes of Borello and Kamau have come along this year, but Mauk has been in the City fold for maybe 3 years and only now is performing.

This year we needed to consolidate and improve on last year and Miller has relied heavily on experienced players. That's why we were seeing the likes of Cam Watson getting extended runs in the team.

Perhaps if we get to a point where finals are no longer a chance we will see a Brennan, Cooper or Pavicevic get a go especially if we don't see Enver, Nordstrand, Milos or Leo (being they're the direct squad competition those young players have) being part of the club next season. Cooper still has a year but to be honest, he has 32 appearances for the team already so I'd think he is quite established.
Mauk has moved to Adelaide I think?

Also I agree that once our season is gone we should blood some youngsters.. Within reason and not at the expense of regular starters who they are looking to keep next year.. Last few games can work well to form some chemistry and give blokes one last shot. It should however be relatively clear who they are and are not keeping by now.