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What type of footballer is Parker?


Bewick describes him as a clever half-back with nice skills who makes great decisions on the field.


“He didn't play through the midfield a lot. A couple of times we tried to put him through, but because of his cricket commitments, his pre-season wasn't a full one all the time,” he added.


“So it took a few games to get into it in that 2019 season. He was an intercepting half-back. He was a beautiful kick, an elite kick.


“He saw the game really well and was able to use the ball (well), his decision-making is really high. Off half-back he caused a little bit of damage.


“He wasn't athletically gifted. Because of his lack of pre-season due to the cricket, the commitment that he had in summer, it took him a little while, but he had power.


“He kicked the ball long distances, the game slowed down a little bit for him.


“He could see things happening and his decision-making was really good.”

 
My extensive notes from training today
  • HH ready to explode
  • IMO, Steene would make a good FF that rotates through the ruck - that means we could keep topping up with mature rucks to do most of the mid work
He is quite a unit
  • Allan is still a bit away but what’s holding him back is touch / game awareness- a few times today his handballs were too hard for the distance required, others were behind or too far in front or too low for teammates. However, I thought he did well in the centre during drills
  • McStay is in great shape…just needs to get that knee better!
  • is it too early (or late) to get on the Parker train?
I think he and Haz could alternate bw wing and HBF / BP
- Hoping Eyre can get his hammies sorted: great size for our backline (and his raking kicks could bypass lines)

I'm driving the Parker train, there's room up the back if you're interested.
 
If you wonder who is where in the pecking order for the next inside mid role, you just need to look at the VFL team sheet, and where sullivan was playing today.
His role is now sacrificed to half back. I did wonder when I saw him training there in match sim today. I wondered how they would play them all in the vfl
 
If you wonder who is where in the pecking order for the next inside mid role, you just need to look at the VFL team sheet, and where sullivan was playing today.
His role is now sacrificed to half back. I did wonder when I saw him training there in match sim today. I wondered how they would play them all in the vfl
Maybe they want to see how Sullivan goes playing a bit of a Pendles role .. mid/hb.
 

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If you wonder who is where in the pecking order for the next inside mid role, you just need to look at the VFL team sheet, and where sullivan was playing today.
His role is now sacrificed to half back. I did wonder when I saw him training there in match sim today. I wondered how they would play them all in the vfl
Or maybe the senior midfield is stacked and none of them are getting a look in as a full time mid this year so they're seeing if he can play a different role as well. Only playing one role is what makes it hard for Finn to get a run.
 
Or maybe the senior midfield is stacked and now of them are getting a look in this year so they're seeing if they can get him in trough a different role.
Given pendles and crisp rotate off hb, and obviously nick I read it like Sullivan is prob the most likely pendles replacement if he doesn’t get up. They want to see how he goes there as it’s part of our rotations. That’s just me though!
 
Or maybe the senior midfield is stacked and none of them are getting a look in as a full time mid this year so they're seeing if he can play a different role as well.
Yup, probably that as well. Lets see what other role he can play.
 
Given pendles and crisp rotate off hb, and obviously nick I read it like Sullivan is prob the most likely pendles replacement if he doesn’t get up. They want to see how he goes there as it’s part of our rotations. That’s just me though!
The way I see it, after the bounce, our midfield is really the three who started at the centre bounce plus one pushes up into the midfield from defence as does one forward - plus the wings. So 4 different midfield roles really. But even then there's 3 different roles in the centre square.

There are some who only play centre bounce - Mitchell and Finn. Some who can play a couple of different roles - Pendles - behind the pack or centre bounce. Lippa - mainly ahead of the pack, but can play centre bounce and on the wing. Jordy forward and centre bounce. Nick who plays 3. Crisp they use in all 4 from time to time - including wing, but mainly behind the ball and centre bounce. Plus the small forwards sometimes play Lippas role or wing. Sidey and Josh mainly just wing.

It's a flexible group. But if you can only play one of the roles - you've got to nail it or it's tough to get a game. As many of them play their best from the centre square.
 
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We're a bunch of midget's in the midfield with Sully alongside Titch and Nick.
 
Speaking of Lippa. He played wing today and inside.
I think his future is wing replacing Sidey.

They won't all make it, but if they did, post Mitchell, Pendles and Sidey, it'd look something like:

Lippa to Sideys wing, Harrison to Lippas half forward pushing into the midfield role. Macrae into the centre square. Sulliva halk back/mid. Allan being prepped to replace Jordy and Demattia being prepped to replace Crisp.
 
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