by strap »
11 Feb 2014 22:14
Am I in a minority in having mixed feelings about the ban being overturned?
I think we are all agreed that we need at least 1 CN who is comfortable on the ball, has acceleration, and can read the game.
With all due respect to AP, he is deficient in at least 2 of these 3 attributes. Whereas Michael Hector would appear, from his stint at Aberdeen, to at least have the basic requirements. Had AP received a 1 match ban, it would have offered NA the perfect opportunity to give MH his first start - albeit against a top 3 team in the division.
Now that AP has, (rightly in my opinion), had his red overturned, it means in all probability that AP will retain his starting position. We could be in danger of losing MH at the end of the season as he may well decline the offer of a new RFC contract knowing that he would walk into lucrative contract at Aberdeen and be a shoe-in for a 1st XI starting role there.
Who knows what would have happened had AP been banned, MH taken his opportunity, and established himself in the RFC team. It's on small twists of fate such as this that careers are made.
Let's just hope MH decides to sign a new contract with us, as Kasper's career at the MadStad must surely be on the wind down.
No offence intended to any of the players mentioned in the above.