OOP: Ron ( Reserves?)

[Laura]

No: HPFGUIDX 55241


HughRoe wrote:
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At no place in canon is there any reference to any form of reserves 
for the house teams
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Heidi Tandy wrote:
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Actually, in Book 1, there's a reference to either Katie Bell or 
Alicia Spinnet having been a reserve the year before.
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Cathy wrote:
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Also in the match where Snape was going to referee---Ron and Hermione 
told Harry to pretend to break his leg, or really break, it to get 
out of the match.  Harry told them that there is no reserve seeker - 
to me this implies that their are reserves for other positions.
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Now me:
There is no reference to *current* reserves.  I prseume that a Chaser 
graduated the year before Harry first came to Hogwarts and Alicia or 
Katie (can't remember which) came to fill the position.  However, 
there is no mention of current reserves.  Wouldn't reserves 
presumably practice with the team?  There is no mention of them being 
at practices.

My theory is that there are reserves whenever reserves present 
themselves.  Like everything else in the WW, it doesn't really follow 
a pattern or logic.  Perhaps Alicia/Katie was an excellent player and 
Wood decided to keep her around, just in case.  But perhaps now there 
are just enough players to make a team, and no one else is really 
good enough to be worth the troube of keeping them as a reserve.

Besides, they aren't really necessary, are they?  There's no mention 
of sibstitution.  And in the Muggle World, teams keep extra players 
in case of injuries.  But what magical injuries can't be cured 
overnight, if not in 2 seconds?

-Laura