Brother, you are dead right IMO.
We have no small BP and no CHF. I don't really care about the BP hole. We'll fill it in five minutes. In a year we'll have too many of em. CHF is the one we'd all like covered.
I've quoted Sheedy and Parkin previously on the troublesome CHF slot. The shared view of footy's great philosophers is that if you have nobody to play CHF then that's exactly who you play there- Nobody.
And that's who'll play there for us for most of the year.
Not for all the year, though. Sometimes Stafford wil play FP to give cover to NGB (FF) and Richo will go to CHF. Jackson, if he keeps improving, might make a versatall forward and give us a leading target to relieve Richo to take CHF.
ATM I think we're planning to use Richo in the #1 forward position with stints up the park at CHF with NGB increasingly taking the #2 slot as the season wears on (and his diminutive right calf regrows).
Most of us couldn't figure why we kept Stafford on the list. I think I do now. Stafford is in the frame for stints up forward to give support to Richo and NGB. Unlike Simmonds he takes a good mark. Unlike Simmonds he can really use his body to give cover to a team-mate (or mutilate an opponent). Pattison doesn't seem to be ready. Stafford is in the breech until he is.
Pattison, as Wallet has stated repeatedly is to play CHF for us when he's ready. Wallet seems to be a lot more confident about his ability to do this than most of the fans but TW is usually right.
K.Pettifer played a sneaky CHF role for us last year. He doesn't get up to the wings. The rucks and tall backs play this half of the role. But he gives a target outside the arc and sends it in. It's only a matter of time until Kayne starts to draw a tall opponent. (That's why he needs to work on his ground game.)
Tambling was used in a marking role on Wednesday. TW is definitely looking to get some Mark Williams (Hawthorn) into his game. And he'd could be really something.
I won't be surprised if Tuck spends a lot more time forward this year. He takes a very nice grab and usually converts. Cogs plays his best non midfield footy forward. A bit like Tuck. And Deledio will still be used in attack. This one can play. With more options in the middle our midfielders get to play forward more. Two BIG problem areas under repair.
Pat Bowden may spend some time pushing into holes in the arc (cf Ryan O'Keefe).
So Richo and NGB #1 and #2. Pettifer, Tambling, Jackson (maybe) Tuck, Coughlan and Deledio rolling through marking small positions. G.Stafford playing low and Ray Hall and Simmonds spending some time high near the arc. P.Bowden pushing forward.
Krakouer, Rodan and Foley changing through crumbing roles.
A side with one of the worst forward lines in the game (only two forwards) has fifteen guys to rotate through there this year. It's a vastly improved array from 2005. With a structure not dissimilar to one we've noticed somewhere else.
Looks to me like we've modelled on another team. This setup is a lot like the current Premier's. We've even got the same guy playing CHF- Nobody. And that, as we now know, can't be too bad.
We have no small BP and no CHF. I don't really care about the BP hole. We'll fill it in five minutes. In a year we'll have too many of em. CHF is the one we'd all like covered.
I've quoted Sheedy and Parkin previously on the troublesome CHF slot. The shared view of footy's great philosophers is that if you have nobody to play CHF then that's exactly who you play there- Nobody.
And that's who'll play there for us for most of the year.
Not for all the year, though. Sometimes Stafford wil play FP to give cover to NGB (FF) and Richo will go to CHF. Jackson, if he keeps improving, might make a versatall forward and give us a leading target to relieve Richo to take CHF.
ATM I think we're planning to use Richo in the #1 forward position with stints up the park at CHF with NGB increasingly taking the #2 slot as the season wears on (and his diminutive right calf regrows).
Most of us couldn't figure why we kept Stafford on the list. I think I do now. Stafford is in the frame for stints up forward to give support to Richo and NGB. Unlike Simmonds he takes a good mark. Unlike Simmonds he can really use his body to give cover to a team-mate (or mutilate an opponent). Pattison doesn't seem to be ready. Stafford is in the breech until he is.
Pattison, as Wallet has stated repeatedly is to play CHF for us when he's ready. Wallet seems to be a lot more confident about his ability to do this than most of the fans but TW is usually right.
K.Pettifer played a sneaky CHF role for us last year. He doesn't get up to the wings. The rucks and tall backs play this half of the role. But he gives a target outside the arc and sends it in. It's only a matter of time until Kayne starts to draw a tall opponent. (That's why he needs to work on his ground game.)
Tambling was used in a marking role on Wednesday. TW is definitely looking to get some Mark Williams (Hawthorn) into his game. And he'd could be really something.
I won't be surprised if Tuck spends a lot more time forward this year. He takes a very nice grab and usually converts. Cogs plays his best non midfield footy forward. A bit like Tuck. And Deledio will still be used in attack. This one can play. With more options in the middle our midfielders get to play forward more. Two BIG problem areas under repair.
Pat Bowden may spend some time pushing into holes in the arc (cf Ryan O'Keefe).
So Richo and NGB #1 and #2. Pettifer, Tambling, Jackson (maybe) Tuck, Coughlan and Deledio rolling through marking small positions. G.Stafford playing low and Ray Hall and Simmonds spending some time high near the arc. P.Bowden pushing forward.
Krakouer, Rodan and Foley changing through crumbing roles.
A side with one of the worst forward lines in the game (only two forwards) has fifteen guys to rotate through there this year. It's a vastly improved array from 2005. With a structure not dissimilar to one we've noticed somewhere else.
Looks to me like we've modelled on another team. This setup is a lot like the current Premier's. We've even got the same guy playing CHF- Nobody. And that, as we now know, can't be too bad.
