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Jono Marsh debuting isn't he? Interesting
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Played against GWS and then was dropped.Jono Marsh debuting isn't he? Interesting
There are worse things to drink on a chilly evening.Hmmmmm.......
Suddenly I feel like a Wolf Blass.
Ant I abhor wine....
Many many many worse things.There are worse things to drink on a chilly evening.
It wasn't about Aish in particular but another runner, of which Greenwood is an example. And they wouldn't be playing the same role as Langdon, that's the point. And Langdon does often get lesser opponents. We have Moore and Roughead taking the two best talls, usually Howe taking the best medium and Maynard the best small. Langdon and Crisp get the leftovers. This is because he is used more as a help defender. My view is we'd be a better team if that player could also offer something coming out of defence, Moore, Crisp, Howe, Maynard all do, Langdon and Roughead are the two that don't.I've gone from having been lost to dying.
I'm not really sure how Greenwood's stats are relevant to a comparison between Langdon and Aish.
Langon's gets a lot of intercepts, our intercptor then feeds the ball backwards and sideways, which is how most of our transition begins. Aish doesn't offer drive from defence, he gets up higher because he's covering his man and isn't usually part of the defensive core who try to 'keep shape' as Bucks would say. Aish doesn't have the pace to play the role that Langdon plays. Despite being very good in the air, he doesn't have the aerial ability to play the role Langdon plays and your claim that Langdon usually gets weaker opponents is blatantly untrue. You seem to be going only on the Carlton game where Langdon had a shocker. And if that was the only game he had played for the year, you'd have a point about him looking worthy of the axe, but other than that one, he's been excellent.
It wasn't about Aish in particular but another runner, of which Greenwood is an example. And they wouldn't be playing the same role as Langdon, that's the point. And Langdon does often get lesser opponents. We have Moore and Roughead taking the two best talls, usually Howe taking the best medium and Maynard the best small. Langdon and Crisp get the leftovers. This is because he is used more as a help defender. My view is we'd be a better team if that player could also offer something coming out of defence, Moore, Crisp, Howe, Maynard all do, Langdon and Roughead are the two that don't.
Also, just a reminder where this conversation started: I was pointing out a scenario in which Langdon "could" be omitted, not that I expect him to any time soon. In my view our back seven lacks a small, but it is still defending well (transition is another question), so altering the mix is unlikely to happen unless there are injuries. The one position that is still open is the second small defender. So far this year it has been Aish/Greenwood, I'd think Quaynor is a big chance to go past those two.
If we do keep, and we will, the current structure of our back seven (two smalls, two talls, three mediums), one of those smalls or mediums needs to be an attacking runner. I think Quaynor is the only one capable of that role. We currently have Maynard, Moore and Crisp who can sometimes provide some attack, but to this point not consistently enough.
moonshineThere are worse things to drink on a chilly evening.