"Why are we playing Sydney forward when his best spot is half-back?" come the anguished cries.
As stated,
everyone's best spot is half-back. Dirty Bum-Jokes can fool AA selectors at half-back.
Why should we make things easy for Sydney, when he makes them hard for everyone, including himself, by turning up out of shape? "Oh, you're fat? Here, have an easy kick. Would you like a biscuit?"
No.
It's a delicate balance, between tough love and tough titties. Forward in the twos? Hardest place in the club to get a kick, especially if you're unfit. You're gonna have to earn it, Syd, we're telling him. And to his credit, he has worked his backside off most games I've seen this year. In-match endeavour has never been his issue. He got promoted - prematurely I thought, but we were short-handed - and relegated immediately. He kept working.
Wednesday night was his worst game for the club. The teeter tottered towards tough titties.
Sydney has done half a season's penance in the barren wastelands of the Punt Rd pockets. Is it enough? It doesn't matter. We need speed in our small forwards. Bing: MoJu and Juddy.
Wastelands are a harsh, discouraging climate. The boy needs a cuddle. Half-back for the next month. As
@Harry points out, Bakes might be stepping into Lablett's role, opening a position on the half-back flank. And we all know who's best spot that is:
Everyone's. That's the answer but it's not the question. Who is the best half-back flanker to step into the role, that is the question. Hugo has a hand on it but keeps fumbling it (and maybe we wanna try Hugo on a wing to see if we can throw Marlion on-ball).
Over to you, Stackman.