Worpel is competing with Nash, Day, Ward, Maginess, Newcombe, Stephens and MacDonald for a role through the middle.
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Worpel is competing with Nash, Day, Ward, Maginess, Newcombe, Stephens and MacDonald for a role through the middle.
Well he shouldn’t be in the leadership group then. We have the thinnest on-field leadership stocks for nearly 20 years, we shouldn’t be giving such critical roles to blokes because they’re good at training.I reckon the only real locks are, Sicily, Hardwick, Newk, Amon, Moore and Breust. The rest of the spots are up for grabs.
Plenty of rooms for two big Macs i reckonAs an aside, if the backline was secure, just let me say, we are spending an inordinate amount of time looking to secure a FA KPD.
A move that is frankly good list management and makes a lot of sense. I do believe we will look at one of our back man and try and make them a fwd. All of Frost, Dimma, Scrim, DGB, Imps, had stellar fwd careers as juniors and beyond. Frankly, it to makes sense.
It's not a worry, I made a pretty innocuous comment that he might not be a lock in our best 22 and then it spiralled to this point 10 pages later. It was just interesting to me that everyone had him on field, best 22, set and forget.If Scrimshaw is our worry, we're in a pretty good spot.
If we were to look at all our entire backline group (Impey, Sicily, CJ, Hardwick, Frost, Day, Blank, DGB and Scrimshaw) over say a 4 year period and rank them by consistency its obviously Sicily number 1 and then I would have Hardwick/Scrimshaw equal second. In fact I would almost have Scrimmers as marginally ahead of Hardwick in this regard.Scrim is - at a minimum - on a par with all of those guys, bar Sicily. It is very, very even. In my opinion he is an important piece of the puzzle moving forward.
Ahead of Hardwick? You're not serious?If we were to look at all our entire backline group (Impey, Sicily, CJ, Hardwick, Frost, Day, Blank, DGB and Scrimshaw) over say a 4 year period and rank them by consistency its obviously Sicily number 1 and then I would have Hardwick/Scrimshaw equal second. In fact I would almost have Scrimmers as marginally ahead of Hardwick in this regard.
As such those three players (Sic, Hardwick and Scrimmers) are my first three picked every week in the backline.
CJ would probably be my next picked based on his run and carry and how important it is to our gamestyle.
Then I would have Impey in as he is a weapon when he is in form (only if he is fit though).
Last picked would be between Blank/DGB/Frost.
Day on the bench/wing rotating off half back..
Apropos of nothing.....
Hardwick has been great the last two years but he had a bit of a down year in 2020.Ahead of Hardwick? You're not serious?
I think you are being a tad biased mate. Hardwick would be in the top 5 maybe even top 3 picked on game day. Scrimshaw would not come close to thatHardwick has been great the last two years but he had a bit of a down year in 2020.
Like I said I am taking a 4 year sample size and Scrimshaw has been super consistent for us in that time.
I'm an unabashed fan of Jack's, he has been absolutely top value for us from the moment he moved to us from the Suns.
Not that it means everything, but compare the BnF results:Hardwick has been great the last two years but he had a bit of a down year in 2020.
Like I said I am taking a 4 year sample size and Scrimshaw has been super consistent for us in that time.
I'm an unabashed fan of Jack's, he has been absolutely top value for us from the moment he moved to us from the Suns.
I'm honestly surprised at those results.Not that it means everything, but compare the BnF results:
2019 Dimma 5th / Jack 26th
2020 Dimma 15th / Jack 18th
2021 Dimma 2nd / Jack 12th
2022 Dimma 4th / Jack 10th
I just don't see how you have Jack in front.
The most important part about that are both are still improving, dimma maybe not so much but I reckon he has another level stillNot that it means everything, but compare the BnF results:
2019 Dimma 5th / Jack 26th
2020 Dimma 15th / Jack 18th
2021 Dimma 2nd / Jack 12th
2022 Dimma 4th / Jack 10th
I just don't see how you have Jack in front.
Cause he will be, been consistent & is now apart of leadership groupI'm surprised at how readily people are putting Impey in our starting backline.
2023 Pre season. Last year he struggled through injury. He is fit and firing this yearI'm surprised at how readily people are putting Impey in our starting backline.
Played with loose screws in his foot last year. Has since had surgery and been one of our most impressive on the track all summer. Further to that, he's now part of the leadership group. Seems an absolute certainty.I'm surprised at how readily people are putting Impey in our starting backline.
Even before his foot injury and ACL his form hasn't been good enough to pencil him in.Played with loose screws in his foot last year. Has since had surgery and been one of our most impressive on the track all summer. Further to that, he's now part of the leadership group. Seems an absolute certainty.
Before his ACL, it absolutely was. From all reports, he sounds like he's back to that level.Even before his foot injury and ACL his form hasn't been good enough to pencil him in.
Before his ACL, it absolutely was. From all reports, he sounds like he's back to that level.
Unlikely with these selectorsBefore his ACL injury he was on track for an All-Australian blazer.
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I bet Sicily is relieved to be picked as captain, so he is more likely to be picked each week..
He needs to be able to play in different parts of the ground, in different roles.
We're obviousky stacked with half-back flankers. Impey returning to defence and potentially back to his best places even more pressure on Scrimma.
With Frost and Blanck likely to play key position, Sicily slides to the role Scrimshaw likes to play. And does it much better.
People are not joining the dots on Bramble either. He's been getting some really strong praise from Mitchell and Simpson over pre-season.
The beauty is that we have a lot of options and can vary our back six with high quality choices according to the opposition team. A lot of teams only have a descending order of skilful players.Agreed - and that’s a major problem we need to address.
Too many defenders who aren’t able to prevent an opponent getting the ball….because they want to attack all the time.
Need to get the balance right