Lennon wrote:ace wrote:Fraser Gehrig is a goal kicker not a tagger.
He has not got the fittness, he should not be in the team to tag.
Let Scarlett run up field away from him.
If Gehrig is required to follow Scarlett, then sack the coach.
Only an imbecile would expect the impossible.
Clear out the 50 metre arc leaving Scarlett with no one to cover for him when there is a turnover.
Gehrig alone in the 50 metre arc every turnover = goal to the saints.
Oh dear.
In all seriousness, Frasier should have retired last year. He will not play on after this year, and for us to set up our forward structure around a 30 year old player who will not be there this time next year is ridiculous, when we have two young gun forwards who need the experience of working together in the forward line.
Frasier was playing as a decoy forward last week, and had no impact on the game.
The same could not be said for his opponent.
I would say he should not be in the team then.
If Fraser was played as a decoy last week as is being suggested, then we have some very serious issues in the coaches box.
Being a decoy is solely designed to drag defenders away from our preferred forward target.
This didn't work. Not even close.
And nothing was really done to fix it.
The reason I use the word 'tag', is that the moment Scarlett went to Gehrig, we should have been licking our chops. Instead, we let it kill us.
Gehrig doesn't need to kick 10 every week. The key to him is that he still getting the best defender each week - which is amazing. Mainly because if he does get a dud, he can kick 10!
We need to use this to our advantage.
Being a decoy won't work if everyone knows that's what you're doing. Scarlett will simply leave him and do his own thing, knowing full well we aren't going to use Gehrig. He'll end up getting 24 touches and numerous rebound 50s like last week.
Watching Gehrig when Geelong had the ball last week was almost comical. He had absolutely no idea what to do.
He looked like he knew what was probably the right thing to do, but was confused about what the coaches have told him to do.
In this case, he should have simply run with Scarlett. Don't fill space. Don't zone off. Don't do anything other than stop Scarlett getting the ball.
Or at least if he does get it, he is under pressure.