Mitchell's woeful defensive errors have finally cost him. Amazed he still wasn't in the squad, though. I thought one of Turner or Mitchell would make it; maybe one of them will be included at a later date (if they are still accessing Shepherd's club form?). Hynes, Turner and Mitchell have done little since the end of the S14 season, and all 3 had good to great S14 seasons. But it's impossible for us to know how they are training right now. Anyway, regarding Mitchell, we can only hope he learns - because his defensive errors mostly result from laziness and lack of commitment - something he definately does not suffer from when he runs the ball.
Douglas is no surprise; he got little chance in the Baabaas and didn't do too well with what he got. The selectors gave Simmons more of a chance, and I thought that Simmons was one of the better forwards in the woeful second Baabaas game (along with McCalman). Again, it's hard to tell how Douglas and Simmons have been training, like Lee said, but I think the current assessment of Douglas (and Simmons) around here tends to be more on potential then actual delivery, as of yet. I said it before, but if Caldwell never got sick and had the form of last year again, I think he'd be selected ahead of both of them and I'd be happy to see a fully fit and tough Caldwell with Sharpe in the second row.
