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Dawson’s a mid, but he’s not a clearance mid, in the way Crouch or Peatling are
I think with a more dynamic group around him, he’ll look a lot more comfortable. That includes another potential leap from Soligo as well as adding Peatling’s pace (and using Rankine’s pace in a larger capacity)
I think with a more dynamic group around him, he’ll look a lot more comfortable. That includes another potential leap from Soligo as well as adding Peatling’s pace (and using Rankine’s pace in a larger capacity)
Yeah agree.
When I say starting position, I just mean starting there at the bounce (666) and immediately pushes up the ground to join stoppages.
That is what Murphy does.
Midfield is more than CBA group.
All players named BP/HF/W/HB/FP should be capable in stoppages.
Stoppage play is what all AFL coaches want. Can run set plays, offensive and defensive.
Clubs don't even use those positions anymore, just an AFL edict that teams named with traditional positions.
I’m interested to see what kind of flexibility cumming and hinge bring us
I’ve heard some chat re cumming seen as potential half back wing and even mid
I’d say same for hinge , they are almost the same types and it will be goood to always have one of them across half back as a min , the other one might push further up ground
He's kind of a clearance mid in the same way Kane Johnson and Simon Goodwin were, in that they either get the ball directly from the tap or a Crouch/Berry/Soligo and one-step their way around a blockage to get the ball forward.
It worked better for those players because they were surrounded by other elite mids, whereas Dawson is always going to get the oppositions best lockdown player when he is in the midfield, unless Rankine is there also. He needs a lot more support and a better ruckman to really show what he can do in that regard.
I'm surprised so many people see Dawson as a defender. We were all bemoaning how long it took the club to recognise he was a midfielder, it would seem like a backwards move to turn him into a defender again.
I think he should remain as a midfielder who rotates into the backline when sensible. His job shouldn't be to be the guy at the bottom of the pack - he should be the guy that the likes of Crouch, Taylor, Peatling etc get the ball out to in space.
I think he should remain as a midfielder who rotates into the backline when sensible. His job shouldn't be to be the guy at the bottom of the pack - he should be the guy that the likes of Crouch, Taylor, Peatling etc get the ball out to in space.
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The flipside many want to turn Michaelanny into a midfielder.
How about we just play players in their best spots.
Now there's a novel idea.
I didn't mind Nicks trying Max in the middle, and the kid is that good he could probably do it.
But I'd rather he not.
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I'd rotate Dawson through midfield, wing, defence and forward depending on match ups, game scenario etc.
Forward to get off a tag
Defence when under siege
Midfield when we need leadership and centre clearances are critical
Wing when he can take advantage of a smaller opponent
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Don’t push him forward to beat a tag - he needs to be good enough to be a tag in his primary position
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You can do both. Do it in the midfield and use the forward tactic to help him lose it.
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No he hasn't. At all.
Dawson is lost in the forward line and has minimal impact. Why you would put an AA level player in the one position he has little impact, is beyond me.
But apparently not beyond our coaches who have done it for 12 months...
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He's a gun wherever he plays...end discussion.
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Dawson across half back as Hodge would do at times is fine. Direct traffic, control the game.
Trouble was that when he played defence for us we allowed his man to drag him to the last line of defence and out of the play, as far away from being able to launch attacks as possible.
A coach with any semblance of a clue changes things. For now he has to stay midfield though
Trouble was that when he played defence for us we allowed his man to drag him to the last line of defence and out of the play, as far away from being able to launch attacks as possible.
A coach with any semblance of a clue changes things. For now he has to stay midfield though
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Sorry can you explain the numbers in brackets for players in the centre?
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How many marks did he take inside F50 the last 2 seasons? Very few I would guess.
He's much more dangerous across half back or on the wing.
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