Sorta "half agree". He is a mid fielder, for some unknown reason Scott played him as a forward ( as he did last year a bit against you guys) last Sat. May have had a crap game IF he had played midfield anyway, BUT he should have played there full time.
I agree his finals ( nit just the gf) have soured his rep no doubt. He is a "burst" player, and generally the media and fans go ga ga over players bursting from the pack etc, thats what he is know for. He has quick reflexes and reads the game well, thats his main strength i reckon.
I don't know if it was totally Scott's decision to play Danger forward. But, you have to remember that the consensus at half time was that Geelong should have been further ahead. Possibly trying to set up some mismatches in the forward line to stretch Richmond's defence, which, if Geelong had continued to win the contested ball, might well have been seen as a master stroke.
I understand why you would do it but I would have erred on the side of trying to maintain the clearance advantage for maybe 5 minutes and then make the switch, not do it from half time as things can, and do, change after the long break. Add to that the lift Richmond got from Dusty's goal and that we were getting contested ball more on our terms late in the second quarter and it looks less like a good move.
But, hindsight is a wonderful thing and it is so easy to say this now.
DS
