Mid Field

[Devilhead]

Steele - good
Jones - underdone and looks cooked injury wise
Crouch - underdone
Ross - average
Gresh - done for the year
Hannebery - cooked
Marshall - injured
Paddy - MIA
Clark - currently neither here or there

Its a long season but its not looking good

[B.M]

How quickly things change

[Fugazi1966]

How quickly things change

Who are your Ins and Outs for Round 4 BM?

[desertsaint]

Surely on that display Dunstan gets his chance? Need some hardness around the ball.

[Devilhead]

With Gresh out Bytel or Dunstan come in

[B.M]

More the question

Who are the ins that are going to make us better?

Gresham and Jones out injured
McKernan out
With Long or McKenzie out (doesn’t matter?)
Lonie or Butler out

Ins
Marshall (if fit?)
Dunstan, Bytel, Webster, Kent

Battle to start at CHB

MY LINE UP
Wilkie - Howard - Webster
Sinclair - Battle - Coffield
Hill - Steele - Clark
Kent - Membrey - Billings
Carlisle - King - Higgins
Marshall - Crouch - Dunstan
Bytel - Ross - Butler - Long/McKenzie

[Joffa Burns]

They do not look fit enough.

Maybe Hanners winning the time trial was a sign.

[bigcarl]

Marshall will definitely help if fit. He’s our best player IMO.

Just a pity we can’t clone him as we need him at CHF as well as in the ruck.

Our forward structure is very poor without a strong, smart player up there to take the heat off King.

Any news on Ryder? We desperately need both him and Marshall.

[B.M]

I would use Carlisle in that role and 2nd ruck

[bigcarl]

I would use Carlisle in that role and 2nd ruck

Yes, agree

[bangaulegend]

In's Dunstan in for sure , Bytel & Webster Out's Obviously Gresham & maybe Jones if he doesn't get up if Jones plays Sinclair & Lonie out. Can't see the point of risking Marshall & I doubt they will too important too risk ATM

[saintbob]

We had too many inside mids last year, then we go out and get Crouch who’s a good player but he’s another inside mid.

IMHO I seriously doubt the club would’ve recruited Crouch if they could’ve foreseen the difference the man on the mark rule has made, making outside speed even more important.

[Fugazi1966]

Treloar vs Crouch?
Looked like we had the chance to snag either of them at one point

[SaintDippa]

At the moment Treloar at the Saints would be another boo boy. Never gets the ball, always under pressure and rarely kicks a goal. Crouch at the doggies would be hailed as a clearance king and 30+ magnet.
The real question is Ratts v's Bevo.

[Moods]

They do not look fit enough.

Maybe Hanners winning the time trial was a sign.

And Hill bringing up the rear another sign.....

[samoht]

We had too many inside mids last year, then we go out and get Crouch who’s a good player but he’s another inside mid.

IMHO I seriously doubt the club would’ve recruited Crouch if they could’ve foreseen the difference the man on the mark rule has made, making outside speed even more important.

Spot on.
It's yet another example of ignoring what we need to recruit and recruiting more of what we don't need.

Waste and duplication (quadruplication more like it) ... instead of targeting quality, and aiming for a balanced team based on what we need and what is missing.

How many inside midfielders, average small forwards and half back flankers have the incompetents recruited.
Can't they see what they're doing - where's the planning, quality control and common sense?

In an iq test, our recruiters would be trying to wedge and hammer multiple square pegs into each of the round holes - that's how dumb they are.

How are they still there, and who is overseeing what they're doing?

[Yorkeys]

After that, are we pleased we have Mr Crouch rather than Mr Gaff? I am. Very.