If you cared to go to your English classes than having a wank in the sheds, you would have understood what is meant by “through out the last 3 years”. Run along and play with your crayons.
Except Ham was an emergency, and you’d expect was always the Zaharakis cover
There may also have been some concerns around Bellchambers, and the last 2 were really the next in line (cover for Hooker not getting up? And maybe for someone else with a question mark over them that we don’t know about)
If there were only 4 “types” in a team you might argue that we could have covered every eventuality, but if we never had any doubt on Clarke, and had others who we had some concerns about, then it can be a legitimate situation where Essendon decided the $5K was the best option to maximise our chances of winning.
Does anyone really think Essendon, of all clubs, likes giving away $5K if they can avoid it?