Id rather be more attacking and risk our defenders being left 1v1 than playing that slow shit contest footy where we struggle getting forward. No doubt Collins and Chucky aren't great 1v1 but most defenders aren't these days. They are all interceptors. Sam Taylor and May probably the only 2 1v1 defenders really left.
The ball didn't get down there in the first too often. It's too harsh to say it's on Ballard, I'm definitely not suggesting that, the whole team fell asleep. But agree with your second paragraph there. He is a 2nd tall defender, Mac has to be the 3rd tall who can rebound which means Collins needs to be the man back there, he's good enough to do it, but we need him at his best, and he needs help when he can get it from his teammates
I agree with you
Absolutely we are. We have three intercepting talls, plus Powell. All great in the air. But a good team forward structure can mess it up easily, or as you said, a dominant midfield will expose it badly.
Feel like he has been in a semi-wing type role this year. That’s why sometimes he sort of rips games apart or at least is very noticeable, and other games he is barley sighted.
Given our complete lack of outside runners, I’d be happy to see Ainsworth start around 1 next year as our full-time wing.
Yep, I like it. If we do it well, it ends up with a player like Ainsworth, Sexton or a deep forward like Luko waltzing into open goal.
Ainsworth was awesome yesterday. I saw him taking the kick ins at one end of the ground, kicking goals at the other end of the ground as well as playing through the middle of the ground. From here onward I'd be inclined to give him a license to roam around the ground (like Luko does) after the way I saw him impact the game yesterday. Ainsworth has the skills to play all over the ground and putting the shackles on him by forcing him to play exclusively as a small forward feels like a waste of his talent. Hopefully Dimma sees this as well and perseveres with Ainsworth playing all over the ground.
Sometimes I feel we should throw him in the middle when we need some speed. He’s definitely a versatile player, which I think is what holds him back from being elite at anything. But if he can add linking play to the team, I’m happy.
Was always 45-55 at set shots anyways happy for him to start the wing. We've got no one else and blokes like Swallow/Humphrey/Dusty*/Thomas* can fill his void.
I feel like the less likely he should be to kick it, the more likely he will… It’s the easy shots that he sprays that get me.
Don’t see the point. Is he better than Ballard, Collins or Andrew?
So you want Burgess to play instead of Collins? Or you want to run 4 KPD?
He's been playing on the wing a fair bit this year.
Yeah, definitely has been wing and up the ground a lot. He’s mentioned adjusting to that new role a few times in interviews.
Josh will have to use his wife's email for Sack Dimma
