Opinion 2023 Fwd Line chat

[armpit]

We had the backline deliberately trying not to move it forward, racking up amazing stats while they waited for St Kilda to get back, whilst the forwards dropped their marks or missed. In the middle Serong was tagged out of it and it affected our movement and there sat Brodie and Jom on the bench. In the end, Mr Darcy beat Marshall. Marshall is a very good ruckman.

It's an anomaly, otherwise it doesn't make sense. I'm going with we gave Ross a gift, a good welcome back to get on with. I'll know more next week.

 

[kp junior]

Freddy Jackson Sturt
Fyfe Amiss Walters

That's the six I would roll with. With a seventh forward on the bench that would ideally be another medium with speed/agility/marking ability. Unfortunately the cupboard is bare and it would be down to Emmett versus Kuek (taller than a medium, but has the genuine speed/agility unlike say Jackson and Fyfe). No to Banfield. No to Corbett (too straight line) unless Fyfe is injured or we abandon the forward plan and move him back into the guts.

I wouldn't be playing Schultz and Switta. Or at least one of them. The coach and most on here would think that ridiculous, but that's my opinion. Our forward line does not work and they are part of it. Battling smalls win people's hearts, but I would like to try something different.

I would bring Johnson and Erasmus into the side and move Chapman to the midfield, and have them all getting some time forward of the ball. O'Driscoll kicks goals as well.

Look at Collingwood on the weekend ... 1 x resting ruck, 1 x KPF (McStay), 1 x small KPF (Mihocek), 2 x smalls (Elliot and Hill), multiple mediums (WHE, McInnes, McCreery, DeGoey is a mid now but still gets down there, Lipinski when fit). Same setup as I am proposing.

Port only played 2 x smalls as well (Rioli and Fantasia) and go with that ruck-KPF-smallKPF type of size (Dixon-Marshall-Georgiades). They moved 186cm Jones forward, and have multiple players in the 185-190cm range (Rozee, SPP, Bergman, Duursma, JHF, Wines) who are mostly in the midfield but can find themselves in the forward area.

Other good attacks have different setups, but it's the one I would like to experiment with. The athletic 185-190cm range is a key area that we don't have enough representation in the forwards/midfield. But with Sturt, Johnson, Erasmus, O'Driscoll, Chapman, possibly Emmett/Kuek ... we could change the whole team balance (only 1 played on the weekend and that was in defence). JL would never be that adventurous, especially if it means more losses due to inexperience, but I think there needs to be a pretty big overhaul to our team structure.

Great call. And If you’re going to drop one of the blue colllar small forwards you drop the one that doesn’t kick goals - Switta


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[ilikepotatoes]

So our best forwards according to the coaches based on match selection so far are:

Keys:
Taberner - Pick 11 2012 (Rookie) (Equivalent of pick 90)
Jackson - Pick 3 2019
Fyfe - Pick 20 2009
Amiss - Pick 8 2021
Treacy - Pick 7 2020 (Rookie) (Equivalent of pick 69)

Smalls:
Switkowski - Pick 73 2017
Schultz - Pick 57 2018
Walters - Pick 53 2008
Frederick - Pick 61 2019
Banfield - Pick 5 2017 (Rookie) (Equivalent of Pick 83)

So on average our forward line is made up of a player picked at approximately pick 52.

Our forward line is an afterthought and we are playing as such.

 

[blue shark]

So our best forwards according to the coaches based on match selection so far are:

Keys:
Taberner - Pick 11 2012 (Rookie) (Equivalent of pick 90)
Jackson - Pick 3 2019
Fyfe - Pick 20 2009
Amiss - Pick 8 2021
Treacy - Pick 7 2020 (Rookie) (Equivalent of pick 69)

Smalls:
Switkowski - Pick 73 2017
Schultz - Pick 57 2018
Walters - Pick 53 2008
Frederick - Pick 61 2019
Banfield - Pick 5 2017 (Rookie) (Equivalent of Pick 83)

So on average our forward line is made up of a player picked at approximately pick 52.

Our forward line is an afterthought and we are playing as such.

That’s on the coaches, Erasmus, Sturt are first rounders.
Henry is a small forward or nothing.

 

[s_wd6]

So our best forwards according to the coaches based on match selection so far are:

Keys:
Taberner - Pick 11 2012 (Rookie) (Equivalent of pick 90)
Jackson - Pick 3 2019
Fyfe - Pick 20 2009
Amiss - Pick 8 2021
Treacy - Pick 7 2020 (Rookie) (Equivalent of pick 69)

Smalls:
Switkowski - Pick 73 2017
Schultz - Pick 57 2018
Walters - Pick 53 2008
Frederick - Pick 61 2019
Banfield - Pick 5 2017 (Rookie) (Equivalent of Pick 83)

So on average our forward line is made up of a player picked at approximately pick 52.

Our forward line is an afterthought and we are playing as such.

Only one actual forward drafted with a pick in the first two rounds. We drafted for every other line and developed the players but when it came to the forward line we kept trying to trade in big fish for whatever flipping reason.

 

[ilikepotatoes]

So our best forwards according to the coaches based on match selection so far are:

Keys:
Taberner - Pick 11 2012 (Rookie) (Equivalent of pick 90)
Jackson - Pick 3 2019
Fyfe - Pick 20 2009
Amiss - Pick 8 2021
Treacy - Pick 7 2020 (Rookie) (Equivalent of pick 69)

Smalls:
Switkowski - Pick 73 2017
Schultz - Pick 57 2018
Walters - Pick 53 2008
Frederick - Pick 61 2019
Banfield - Pick 5 2017 (Rookie) (Equivalent of Pick 83)

So on average our forward line is made up of a player picked at approximately pick 52.

Our forward line is an afterthought and we are playing as such.

To add to this further - for our other lines the averages are:

Midfield - Pick 21

Defence - Pick 31

Big difference.