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[freo84]

Forward stoppages are going to be fun as hell to watch.

 

[worsemim]

From an offensive game plan point of view, we don't want Bolton or Switta as the marking target from a centre bounce clearance. We want Treacy, Amiss or Jackson leading for that mark.

Not to be too unkind, but if it's Jackson leading for the mark we probably want a crumber there for when it comes to ground.

 

[Taylor]

Not to be too unkind, but if it's Jackson leading for the mark we probably want a crumber there for when it comes to ground.

And that player is going to need to be in front of him, while he is leading away from goal. You'll see all our smalls lined up along the edge of the 50 for that exact reason.

I think Jackson actually stays pretty close to goal in these set ups, not so much because he drops them so often, but because Amiss is so much faster and Treacy and he give each other a little look and then one of them runs himself and his opponent into the opposition defender breaking Treacy or Amiss free to lead right up the guts.

Keeping the third tall closer to goal, manning Jackson, stops him from standing 35m out in front by himself blocking that lead from Amiss and Treacy.

 

[Purple Suit]

Let me clarify: I am a huge Shai Bolton fan. As Sully says, we need a small forward to put goals up really bad, we've got a lot of pieces in place but previously did not have a small forward who can could win a game off his boot. We have a more-than-adequate midfield; we had the highest clearance differential in the league in 2024—and that's without our first choice ruckman for most of the year. We're getting access! We've lacked threats up forward to cause chaos for opposition defences.

What we actually needed to improve upon was capitalising on midfield dominance with scoring threats. Especially needed some so-called "downhill skiers"—how often did we fail to put points on the board during relentless one-sided quarters, and then face a comeback?

I would be surprised if we played Shai anywhere close to 50-50. I expect we'll see him occasionally getting dropped into crucial contests to mix it up like we did this year with Switta (who had 4% CBA overall—I'd expect a little more from Shai).

It’ll be when we’re getting beaten. If Young or Serong are down, they can go forward and swap with Shai for a change. It’ll be a luxury.

 

[Sherriff Incorporated]

Forward stoppages are going to be fun as hell to watch.

Wait till Murphy Reid has a season or two under his belt with Reid, Bolton, Serong and Young around the ball for a forward 50 stoppage.

 

[freo84]

Wait till Murphy Reid has a season or two under his belt with Reid, Bolton, Serong and Young around the ball for a forward 50 stoppage.

You left out Kozzie