: Fri Jul 24, 2009 8:52 am  

Terry Monster wrote:

Although I'm resigned to missing out on the playoffs, we still need to give ourselves the best chance of making them and that means playing our best players. But in my books we also have a duty to play our promising young stars that have shown they can hack it with the best.

You also need to give yourself the best shot at the playoffs in 2010. It won't help to develop players by throwing all your academy products in at once, but playing one of them as your starter in a game, then trying another and then another will not be the changing point of a match and will build for next year.

: Fri Jul 24, 2009 10:53 am  

To answer the original question a naked run at half time could put bums on seats. We could throw rotten vegetables at them. Could deflect blame from MAcca