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We need key forwards that kick goals, can’t rely on just Larkey. Pink doesn’t kick them cos he’s playing out of position
Sellers is the one to persist with. His 2 games we were terrible in delivering forward as we spent most of the time kicking sideways while the Cats and Hawks backline rolled back. A mule wouldn’t get a kick in the fwd line those games
As someone else mentioned George at stoppages Shiels in general play.Daicos would run him into the ground by Qt. George is a contested beast, not a runner. If daicos plays, it’s a tag with Shiels or Simpkin h2H as Jy is one of the best runners at the club and can make Daicos accountable defensively.
I would send tucker to tag daicos if he plays. Not sure we have many others with the tank.
Wardlaw will hunt the clearance whilst minding him.. you seen how quick he makes up ground in 5 metres? In the middle Daicos doesn’t stand a chance if Wardlaw is on him.Maybe split it into two halves. Tucker for one and Shiels for the other. Not sure I would want either of them at center bounces though. Maybe Powell and Sheezel can take care of him there? Frees up LDU, Simpkin and Warlord to hunt clearances.
Wardlaw will hunt the clearance whilst minding him.. you seen how quick he makes up ground in 5 metres? In the middle Daicos doesn’t stand a chance if Wardlaw is on him.
Thats if they play him
George can.I don't see how that works. Wardlaw is the type of player that hunts the ball or the player that gets first hands on the ball at stoppage. Naicos is more of a receiver/ spread type. You can't hunt the guy who get first hands on that ball then hunt the player that receives the ball as well. They are two very different players.
George can.
Yeh. Last time I played this game I won
Yeh. Last time I played this game I won
George hunts the hardball. So he’ll stand side by side Nick and then go win the hardball. Its ****ing simple. Then if he doesn’t win the harballOk. Answer me the question I updated in my post. I'm honestly trying to get my head around how this is going to work.
George hunts the hardball. So he’ll stand side by side Nick and then go win the hardball. Its ****ing simple
We'd need to improve a level again.This is very winnable.
If we bring the pressure again no reason we can’t take them with their current injuries
Would be like the times we sent random players to tag Ablett Jnr. Ed Lower comes to mindAll of these proposed match ups for Nick Daicos make me think he's going to have 40 touches and kick 5
It would be fairer if he was given the same opportunity - but the role he plays we have inform players for.At some stage I’d like to see Greenwood and Phillips given the selection leniency and chance to settle into the senior team afforded to other players such as Stephenson. I mean it probably won’t happen, and at the bare minimum I was expecting Clarkson to reward shinboners such as Greenwood for their effort, but that doesn’t seem to happen.
We’ll see, hopefully the side we field against Collingwood is a chance.
Dursma, Curtis, Ford. That's it, let's go.So the competition for those small and medium forward positions:
Ford
Strengths: genuine goal threat and X factor in the 50, can do both half forward link-up play and roving off a contest
Weaknesses: significant lack of defensive instincts, lapses in forward 50 pressure
Taylor
Strengths: can take a nice contested mark occasionally, good shot including from outside 50, defensively more accountable than some of these others, pretty reliable disposal
Weaknesses: low impact on games / goes missing in games, lacks significant goal threat
Stephenson
Strengths: really good at link-up play during those fast breaks, can kick a goal on the run outside 50, has those almost selfish goal instincts that means he takes responsibility of kicking for goal, and pops up at the right time (this is a strength)
Weaknesses: softness at the contest, can go missing in games, pretty shocking lack of hard two-way running, crumbing ability seems to have dropped off.
Duursma
Strengths: big frame and elastic leap so can pluck contested marks, developing goal threat, clean and fast hands
Weaknesses: lack of forward fifty pressure applied, lack of two way running
Curtis
Strengths: ever present goal threat, creates goals out of very little through strength (fend offs, breaking tackles) and skill (evasiveness, creative kicking), can crumb contests, better pressure levels than others
Weaknesses: sometimes goes missing and fails to impact games
Players who may spend significant time in these roles: Simpkin, Sheezel
Other possibilities on the list: Hansen Jr, Harvey
I’m not sure what the pecking order is right now but it’s curious to me that Taylor appears above Ford