yea that woulda been so much wiser. fell back, built their forces up, make some alliances, destroyed the lannisters. let stannis be king with renly as hand or ned as hand. stannis doesnt have male heirs tho so that wouldve been a hurdle. so many possibilities.
also, i was thinking about this today. i play this android game called westeros conquest, its like the game of risk with the westeros map. i couldnt help but notice how fukking close the iron islands are to casterly rock and the westerlands.
how fukking stupid was balon greyjoy for not just going after the lannisters? i mean sure i understand the revenge factor for him, but omg nikkas coulda been running the westerlands right now while robb attacked kings landing. tywin woulda been busy defending casterly rock and woulda never had a chance to get to KL to save joff and cersei.
damn so many possibilities in this world. its just fun to think about.
dont mind me, i spend 11 hour shifts 3 days a week sitting on a loading dock with nothing to do but read and surf the net.