AFLW 2024 - Round 10 - Chat, game threads, injury lists, team lineups and more.
No I have. He played a poor game in the practice match and still looks poor. He has not much of a tank and has only played one standout game against a tired Richmond side.
The platypus?
yeah i think you are correct
A pure stopper for smalls or talls? The days of a tall defender being a pure stopper seems to be gone. Most sides seem to be able to intercept enough or be able to kill the ball very well. It's the smalls like Cameron and Bobby that probably need a pure stopper more so
Given we run a team defence, having someone as a specialist stopper would actually be detrimental to our defensive unit. Every player needs to be able to identify opportunities to intercept, or leave their man to help out their team mates, so what you’re identifying as a problem is actually the opposite.
It's often the tall that does the stopping of the smalls. It was really noticeable late in the year when Frampton replaced Moore for a game or two that his spoils didnt clear the contest and the smalls killed us at ground level. Murphy out is our biggest issue, but it will be the opposition smalls who will benefit more than their talls.
Spot on. We aren't the only side that is stocking up on dangerous smalls in the forward half. There is a pattern emerging.
And it's why they paid up for McStay. His stats that we see might be ordinary, but i suspect the more detailed stats that coaches are looking at are good - he protects the ball drop and gets balls dropping in dangerous spots. Lots of small forward goals when we kick it to him. I really hope he gets back.
If that’s the caper, then there is yet hope for Frampton up forward.
Possibly. The problem is that if the forward doesn't pose a threat, the defender gets to play the ball with impunity - meaning intercept marks and big spoils that clear the area. I think a purely defensive guy will be exploited and he'd have to become a threat. I think it'll be more of an occasional tactic to play a defensive tall forward rather than a known go to guy that can be planned for.
I think the issue with Billy is reaction time and getting to contests early enough to impose his size and strength. If he's there in time, he's pretty bloody good.
And this was demonstrated in GF Q4.
Frampton would need to hold marks and at least seem a potential threat at times.
Here’s hoping.
For all his faults, we are bloody lucky to have him. He did some fantastic fill in jobs throughout the year. Will never be a star but he is now a Premiership player. I think he was so focused on carrying out the coaches instructions on GF day that when those 2 balls came lace out that he just wasn't expecting them
And this was demonstrated in GF Q4.
Frampton would need to hold marks and at least seem a potential threat at times.
Here’s hoping.
This. The tactics used on GF day in the absence of mcstay both at the selection table and on game day were very much a one off. Can’t try that one again any time soon.
Nope. McStay works because he’s such an incredibly strong mark that he requires a defenders full attention. Frampton won’t ever reach that level.
