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[Fat Jesus]

Just leave it the way it is. Seems to be working. I've changed my mind recently from 5 on the bench to 4 and the sub.

 

[doppleganger]

Do you really need huge contested 1 on 1 KPDs anymore?

IMHO the zone defensive structures and intercepting means we are better served by having athletic players who can read the ball as our defenders.

Go small and have the likes of WHE, Howe, Maynard, IQ as the mid sized intercept players who we accept will be undetsized gping up against a taller opponent. Sure they may struggle if left alone 1 on 1, but how often does that actually happen these days?

 

[Pleasedontfail11]

B: Maynard Dean Howe
HB: Houston Moore Crisp
C: Quaynor N Daicos J Daicos
HF McCreery McStay Elliott
FF: Schultz Mihocek Hill
R: DeGoey Perryman Cameron
I: Pendlebury Sidebottom Cox Allan
Sub: WHE

 

[TheVillageIdiot7]

Do you really need huge contested 1 on 1 KPDs anymore?

IMHO the zone defensive structures and intercepting means we are better served by having athletic players who can read the ball as our defenders.

Go small and have the likes of WHE, Howe, Maynard, IQ as the mid sized intercept players who we accept will be undetsized gping up against a taller opponent. Sure they may struggle if left alone 1 on 1, but how often does that actually happen these days?

No you don't.

Teams score far more from space and fast break than they do from 1v1 or pack marks.
i would bet the actual 1v1's a defender is involved in would be far far lower than people realise.

You need some level of height and athleticism.
But that's to cover ground and make a contest.
Not because they are wrestling in the goal square.
Those days are gone.

When we got cut up last year it was due to midfield accountability.
not defenders losing 1v1.

If our defenders get caught out 1v1, its more of a system breakdown than by design.
It will happen, but its never going to be the reason we win or lose.

Playing two ruckman so one can play defensively helps with this problem immensely.
It why Cox/Cameron is still our best structure.

 

[sr36]

Do you really need huge contested 1 on 1 KPDs anymore?

IMHO the zone defensive structures and intercepting means we are better served by having athletic players who can read the ball as our defenders.

Go small and have the likes of WHE, Howe, Maynard, IQ as the mid sized intercept players who we accept will be undetsized gping up against a taller opponent. Sure they may struggle if left alone 1 on 1, but how often does that actually happen these days?

Yeah, I'm never concerned when it's Moore, Howe and Maynard playing as our talls. Most of 2023 it was just Moore, Murphy and Bruzzy.

 

[Eric Shin]

B: Maynard - Moore - Quaynor

HB: Crisp - Howe - Houston

C: Lipinski - Perryman - J. Daicos

HF: Elliot - Mihocek - Schultz

F: De Goey - McStay - Hill

R: Cameron - N. Daicos - Allan

Int: Pendlebury, Cox, McCreery, Hoskin-Elliot

Sub: Mitchell

E: Sidebottom, Membrey, Frampton

Depth:
Dean, McInnes, Parker, Macrae, Ryan, Jiath, Sullivan, Long, Steene, Smit, Harrison (inj), Markov [?], Johnson [?], Condon [?], 2-3 rookies


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[rdangelo]

Maynard Frampton Howe
Housten Moore Crisp
J.Daicos DeGoey Perryman
Elliott Mihocek Membery
Hill McStay Schultz
Cameron N.Daicos Mitchell

Quaynor Pendlebury Sidebottom McCreery Allan

Thats our best team. Crisp and Housten ball use off half-back. J. Daicos back to the wing, Membery forward and can play behind the ball.