Could Fiora be transformed into our Steve Johnson?
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Could Fiora be transformed into our Steve Johnson?
Just wondering about our perceived lack of a mid sized forward ala Steven Johnson of the Cats.
There was hope that Charlie Gardiner might become that player at the start of the year but doesn't seemed to have worked out.
Fiora has definetly got a good long accurate kick and can kick them.
Could he be moulded into this player. Obviously we still need him to be defensive up forward.
There was hope that Charlie Gardiner might become that player at the start of the year but doesn't seemed to have worked out.
Fiora has definetly got a good long accurate kick and can kick them.
Could he be moulded into this player. Obviously we still need him to be defensive up forward.
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I like Fiora, but i dont think his body is big enough
Steve Johnson is a big lad
in the mould of Cooney and Goddard, i want Goddard to be the running midfielder like Cooney, he has better skills
S Johnson would be a midfielder at any other club other than cats
but with, Ablett, Corey, Selwood, Bartel and cameos from Chapman and Stokes he has to play the way he does which benefits their tea,
Steve Johnson is a big lad
in the mould of Cooney and Goddard, i want Goddard to be the running midfielder like Cooney, he has better skills
S Johnson would be a midfielder at any other club other than cats
but with, Ablett, Corey, Selwood, Bartel and cameos from Chapman and Stokes he has to play the way he does which benefits their tea,
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height thats about all they have in common fizz would need a hell of a lot more grunt in him a hell of alot more agro and a fair ammount of extra skill do be close to steve Johnson
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yes Cairnsman I agree we do need a small to medium sized forward to add bite around the half forward line. This is what Lyon had in mind I reckon when he recruited Schneider. Schneider hasn't really hit his straps unfortunately and we're still a bit too Roo-dimensional. Could Fiora be moulded into that role?Cairnsman wrote:well would you agree that our forward line could do with Steve Johnson type player.chook23 wrote:comparing to S. Johnson is a joke.
I know that Steve J has skills that Fiora will never have but I am talking about a mid sizer that can pop up and kick a couple everyweek.
Yes if he's dipped in a vat of cloning fluid and comes out with different genes, a different body and a hard at it mindset. Then he's a monty for it.
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Yeah I would have thought that snides is more your crumbing or opportunist type which ofcoarse we need but a mid size who could kick them from the arc would just provide that different scoring option. We've got the two best smalls in snides and milne. Anyway I reckon Fiora could be that mid sizer slotting them through from the arc. Goddard could obviously be that player but he is going to be part of midfield.st.byron wrote:yes Cairnsman I agree we do need a small to medium sized forward to add bite around the half forward line. This is what Lyon had in mind I reckon when he recruited Schneider. Schneider hasn't really hit his straps unfortunately and we're still a bit too Roo-dimensional. Could Fiora be moulded into that role?Cairnsman wrote:well would you agree that our forward line could do with Steve Johnson type player.chook23 wrote:comparing to S. Johnson is a joke.
I know that Steve J has skills that Fiora will never have but I am talking about a mid sizer that can pop up and kick a couple everyweek.
Yes if he's dipped in a vat of cloning fluid and comes out with different genes, a different body and a hard at it mindset. Then he's a monty for it.
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Well CM, I've got to admire your optimism, but as a card carrying member of the Fiora is a Dud society, I'd have to say I'm skeptical at best about Fiora in a Saints jumper at all.Cairnsman wrote: Yeah I would have thought that snides is more your crumbing or opportunist type which ofcoarse we need but a mid size who could kick them from the arc would just provide that different scoring option. We've got the two best smalls in snides and milne. Anyway I reckon Fiora could be that mid sizer slotting them through from the arc. Goddard could obviously be that player but he is going to be part of midfield.
Didn't see the game last Sunday but all reports say that he was reasonable. He's just had so many chances. Will need to contribute solidly again and again and again and not just once every couple of years to erase my doubts about him.
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Yes, but his other games were in defence. Now I'm trying to defend the indefensible... but when it comes to defending, Gwilt isn't a defender's defender.saintsRrising wrote:No..too small..
BUT Gwilt could.
However Gwilt needs to playa lot more than one good game as his earlier ones this year were not much chop.
Play him on a flank.
The defence rests!
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