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CibbuanoDemon veterans futures in doubt
August 22nd 2008 08:04
MELBOURNE veterans Adem Yze and Jeff White remain in danger of being delisted despite being recalled for Saturday's clash against Port Adelaide at AAMI Stadium.
Yze has been out of the side since round 11 while White returns after passing a fitness test on his knee.
Melbourne coach Dean Bailey said the inclusion of Yze and White showed the club was focused on winning games of football.
"We've held a policy for the whole year, if your form is good enough it doesn't matter how old you are or who you are playing for, you'll get a chance to play," he said.
"We've got Adem Yze and Jeff White back playing and to be fair to Adam, his form in the last two or three weeks at Sandringham has been good and he's been unlucky not to have played more games.
"Although we've got a lot of our young blokes playing, form is really important. You can't afford to play anyone who's out of form, it doesn't matter how old they are or what you are trying to do, because it reflects in the game and hurts the other 21 players."
But Bailey refused to elaborate on what the future held for the pair.
"We've taken the policy that we'll talk with, we'll sit down and Jeff and Adam will let the world know next week in regards to where they want to go and what their future is. So we'll leave it to those players to announce those sort of things," he said
Yze has been out of the side since round 11 while White returns after passing a fitness test on his knee.
Melbourne coach Dean Bailey said the inclusion of Yze and White showed the club was focused on winning games of football.
"We've held a policy for the whole year, if your form is good enough it doesn't matter how old you are or who you are playing for, you'll get a chance to play," he said.
"We've got Adem Yze and Jeff White back playing and to be fair to Adam, his form in the last two or three weeks at Sandringham has been good and he's been unlucky not to have played more games.
"Although we've got a lot of our young blokes playing, form is really important. You can't afford to play anyone who's out of form, it doesn't matter how old they are or what you are trying to do, because it reflects in the game and hurts the other 21 players."
But Bailey refused to elaborate on what the future held for the pair.
"We've taken the policy that we'll talk with, we'll sit down and Jeff and Adam will let the world know next week in regards to where they want to go and what their future is. So we'll leave it to those players to announce those sort of things," he said
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