Really happy with balance of the Fwd line last Friday.
But were you happy with it in the first half?
I50s were poor. Took magic from our smalls to add score board pressure.
I suppose if there's a case for non-elite forwardlines winning a flag it's the Pies even if they havent won a flag yet. Of those teams you mention they all had a superstar mid/fwd though (Fyfe, Martin, DeGoey) bar the Dogs who had young Bont and we have nothing like that and arent drafting anything like that.
Realistically though, at this point, for him to be a handy best 22 contributor is the best case scenario. It would be extremely unlikely for him to become Fritsch 2.0, that stuff just rarely happens. I think he can make the forwardline better but there's still a lack of forwardline talent that would hold the list back from going as far as it can
I agree you don't need your second or third most important forwards to be tall, they just need to be good enough to command an opponent (I.e. they have to think before zoning off).
we already do tbf, though not on the team sheet. they all push up high to the contest, with switta particularly getting rotations in the middle and then we get one of them one out deep forward which is when we look the best. but that requires fast and incisive ball movement from our backline which has been lacking lately
It looked dangerous - ball didn’t get down there enough. Amiss dropped an early one and Jackson looked lively which a couple of times freed up Walters to mark at the back. The bigger issues in the first half were our mids were getting beat and we had way too many turnovers around 41 if I remember correctly (only another 16 thereafter). Many of these were coming of defensive 50 or around the middle of the ground.
Biggest issue in the first half is no one laying a finger on Lukosious
I don't know which was the bigger issue, but our dire turnovers which were often under no pressure was certainly up there too.
Hasn't that boat sailed ?
They were both issues as big as another. Letting Lukosious roam between half forward and Wing with no opponent was ludicrous and the turnovers played into that advantage.
We've got enough development talls IMO
Agreed, the biggest problem for me is why didn't we have a plan for Lukosius from the beginning and then we didn't we adjust earlier as it was pretty clear there was a structural problem.
I think you're making a better case for finding the superstar mid/forward than KPF. Because if you think both are essential, we're ****ed but those teams did it with just the mid. So lets find the mid instead.
Fritsch was drafted at 21 (well he turned 21 like a month after the draft). It's not that unrealistic especially given Sturt was injured for his first two seasons and phoning it in for his second two.
Nah, dont think both are essential, I think one of them is essential and I think the top 5 player in the comp mid/fwd power athletes are very very hard to find and you certainly cant trade for him. IMO, trading for a gun KPF like Naughton and drafting more forward talent around him and Amiss is clearly our best way to a premiership
So that would mean if we miss Naughton that we're ****ed? (possibly McDonald or someone else not yet proven)
If they dont have one of them all of last year then yeah, I dont think they could win a flag. Just look at how shit they are with an underdone Hawkins despite Cameron playing out his arse. The elite KPF makes basically everyone's life easier.
