skeptic wrote:God I hope M. Gardiner is back...
It's a tough ask because it's not as simple as dropping a few bad performing players... it's a question of which players can win their respective positions... not just negate.
Here's my try:
B L.Fisher, Hudghton, Ferguson
HB Goddard, Kosi, S.Fisher
C Gram, Ball, C. Gardiner
HF Schnieder, Riewoldt, Dal Santo
F Milne, Gehrig, Gilbert
R King, Hayes, Armitage
Int M.Gardiner, Harvey, Montagna, Geary
Emg Raph, X, Fiora
IN
Ferguson, Armitage, C. Gardiner, M. Gardiner
OUT
X, Raph, Blake, Fiora,
Basically I wanted to mix it up a bit.
In the backline, I want players that can spoil as well as provide a bit of run. Goddard and Sam can do this this and Kosi won't outbodied 1 on 1; all 3 of these players can hurt the opposition on the rebound and demand accountability.
Kosi and Roo can swap if need be. Ferguson can mark and has a tank on him... can slot right into Raph's role but hopefully do it better.
Get Gram away from the backline, he can't spoil. Charlie provides a marking target up the ground and generally isn't too bad a field kick... + he's hard working.
At HFF you want players that can kick goals from about 50m out or chip it into a leading forward
AM tired of Gilbert playing as a KPP; awful 1:1 defender. We need to utilise his run and toughness. Have him play as a medium sized forward that can alternate into the midfield
Time to give Armo a run too, much better prospect than Jones. Get some run onto the bench.
Fiora - Not influencing the games enough... does some nice things and will be back but needs get more ball
Raph - Still think he's being unfairly maligned but nonetheless, would like to see Fergs have a go in this role
Blake - Simply has too many defincies in his game. Players run off/around him, defensive work poor, squanders shots at goal, possessions don't hurt the opposition. Would rather Raph in the team
X - Phased out of games far too easily
agree but swap x for dal and birss for milne. Dal needs a good kick up the arse, he is one of the untouchables who has the skills and ability to take control of games yet refuses to do the hard work to make that happen. Would rather get on the highlight real then attack the pill, needs to go in body behind the ball and get the damn thing. X had a great game the week before and brings both an inside and outside game to our side.
I agree with sheehan about playing milne with schneider, currently we can't afford a FP who only plays that position. Birss is a good contested mark, reliable kick for goal and has shown real guts in packs for casey so far.
I like the idea of throwing gilbert forward, kosi down back. I would be willing to play king first ruck and throw the big mac to the wolves in a suprise move. The same thing happened with kruzier and a couple of games here and there will be good for the youngster.
This game will be won in the coaches box IMO, ross needs to throw things around and be able to motivate and lift this team's intensity. Dropping someone like dal would be a BIG wake up call