As I've told you on numerous occasions here:flavaofvlav wrote:Baggygreen wrote:Well obviously he hadn't been fired when we selected the squad, and there is not much you can do to prevent numpties firing Nat players they recently bought for $500K, he must have had some childish malfunction but who knows.flavaofvlav wrote:why was this guy playing in a T20 when he's been fired from his squad?
http://fromthepavilion.org/player.htm?playerId=137532
and why is Rodriguez getting a trundle when Hayes is a better prospect short and long term?
As for Hayes - definitely not a better short term prospect seeing as though there is a good chance of Rodriguez going to the WC and 4/5s of FA chance of Hayes going.
If he is a better long term prospect then he might get selected in the longer term.....
3yrs younger not far behind in primary and decent secondaries at 24, i'd say best time to pump him full of exp is now and watch him flourish instead of playing 29yr olds who have 1 WC in them and owned my managers who don't want to keep their best players but flog em off to someone whois going to fire them.
Kevin Hayes: Batting Reasonable
Gabriel Rodriguez: Batting Exceptional
He's 27, coming close to his peak years. I do believe that Hayes will see play, but the three year gap is not enough to merit his selection - if he were 22-23 he'd obviously see play, but Homer Simpson, Tristian and Gabbers are all solid FM bowlers, with different merits - and Hayes is not strong enough at pure bowling to push any of them out. Homer being a better bowler, Gabbers being a similar bowler and an awesome batsman to boot, and Tristian being a better bowler and batsman.
After this world cup, I'd be surprised if Tristian didn't lose his place to Hayes or another FM - but since I am not running, I doubt that will be my decision to make. I was voted with people wanting some victory mixed in with development - so hopefully the team and I are meeting both of these.