Fair points, but let’s also acknowledge that we are talking about one of the worst midfields in the competition - a fact that surely can’t be lost on the powers that be.nostalgicsaint wrote: ↑Tue 21 May 2024 10:21pm So in a side which struggles for potency up forward...
Scollop would like us to take the forward who just kicked over a third of our score and move him to the midfield because he wins contested footy, which incidently is a stat we have won the last 3 weeks in a row.
Owens over the past 3 weeks has attended 8 center bounces for 1 center clearance and has had a total of 2 general clearances over that time period. In that time he has had 11 score involvements.
Yes he isn't having the year he did last year, our forward line isn't getting the same representation, our opponents actually know who he is and our midfield hasn't delivered the ball well but based on everything I can see.... keep the dangerous, hard to match up player up forward please.
I think it would have been worth at least a try while our season was alive, particularly with Crouch unavailable and with Steele a shadow of the player he was two seasons ago (for whatever reason).
Sadly that ship has now sailed, so we move on. Hopefully the addition of Crouch and Clark can lift our midfield from well below average to maybe just average.