This. Just because Kennedy dominates against the weaker sides doesn't mean he's not a top shelf forward.Kennedy is a quality player and the reason he doesn't do well against better sides is that our mids don't supply sufficient quality ball.
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This. Just because Kennedy dominates against the weaker sides doesn't mean he's not a top shelf forward.Kennedy is a quality player and the reason he doesn't do well against better sides is that our mids don't supply sufficient quality ball.
His tackling pressure is always immense regardless of whether he's kicking goals or how crap the quality of ball delivery is, which is far more than you can say about the vast majority of key forwards over the years.Both theory's are correct. The delivery to Kennedy by some of our midfield is often poor. But at the same time there is no denying that he's one of the biggest flat trackers on our list. Bullying the crap teams is his jam.
To simplify things;
1. We have big guys who on the whole are generally weak at contested marking bar McGovern.
2. We have little guys who on the whole can't crumb the ball.
3. We have midfielders who on the whole don't kick a lot of goals.
FWIW - I think Gaff will join Shuey and kick more goals in 2015.
Our most likely set-up (with Gov in defence) is exactly how the premiers set up on GF day.
Darling = Gunston
Kennedy = Roughead
Hale = Lycett
McEvoy = Naitanui
I'm not saying they are exactly the same types of players, but they are similar enough.
Just showing that a forwardline that we would consider small, is considered pretty standard by most other clubs.
Port will have two rucks, Shulz and Westhoff.
North had one ruck, Petrie, Brown and Black in the prelim.
Can't think of others off the top of my head.
We also have Lecras who plays a very similar role to Bruest.
Who will be our rioli?
Unfortunately it's Cripps for now.
Newman is more of a mid than Cyril, but hopefully he can spend time forward.
kennedy definitely isn't the problem.sure he has to even out his best and worst but that goes for the whole team other than maybe priddis and McKenzie.we need more speed,creativity and flair in the forward line.a genuine crumber(I don't give a rats about midfield capabilities)And in the next draft we should definitely target a quality KPF to take over from kennedy eventually.ah chee sounds like he would suit us and if we can somehow secure another first rounder(some ppl have suggested scooter might go) I would pick up a KPF.
yep and that's about the time our newest batch of mids will be firing unfortunately kennedy will be a bit long in the tooth by then.We have enough scoring power for 2015 especially if yeo,newman,wellingham are adding more fire power to our midfield.we don't have too many older mids other than priddis ,but we need to start p[lanning for the eventual retirement of lecras ,kennedy and hill.A kid in the draft wont help scoring goals in 2015, probably not until 2020 - looking so far ahead its blind optimism.
yep and that's about the time our newest batch of mids will be firing unfortunately kennedy will be a bit long in the tooth by then.We have enough scoring power for 2015 especially if yeo,newman,wellingham are adding more fire power to our midfield.we don't have too many older mids other than priddis ,but we need to start p[lanning for the eventual retirement of lecras ,kennedy and hill.
yep and that's about the time our newest batch of mids will be firing unfortunately kennedy will be a bit long in the tooth by then.We have enough scoring power for 2015 especially if yeo,newman,wellingham are adding more fire power to our midfield.we don't have too many older mids other than priddis ,but we need to start p[lanning for the eventual retirement of lecras ,kennedy and hill.
as was your suggestion of a full season out of lecras,hopefully our recruiters take a longer view next draftJust irrelevant in terms of 2015, the bleedin' obvious !!
so do I,or he might jump before he is pushed ,surprised it wasn't this yearI've got a feeling Hill will be delisted long before he retires.
Both theory's are correct. The delivery to Kennedy by some of our midfield is often poor. But at the same time there is no denying that he's one of the biggest flat trackers on our list. Bullying the crap teams is his jam.
I actually agree with you.I think Cripps is in for standout year if he plays the majority of the season, Hill shouldn't even be in calculations.
Statistically 2014 was his best season, career high goals, marks and disposals and he's still only 22.
My opinion about him changed completely after watching his manic tackling pressure when he doesn't have the ball, i'm a big fan now.
Fortunately it's Cripps for now.
Newman is more of a mid than Cyril, but hopefully he can spend time forward.
I may be one of the few but i've always rated cripps. If he can find more consistancy then he will be an asset. I think his biggest issue is his fitness over a game, however this may be related to his diabetes.
I think Cripps is in for standout year if he plays the majority of the season, Hill shouldn't even be in calculations.
Statistically 2014 was his best season, career high goals, marks and disposals and he's still only 22.
My opinion about him changed completely after watching his manic tackling pressure when he doesn't have the ball, i'm a big fan now.
Yes, not the largest player but puts a ton of effort into his defensive work - probably one of the top players in our team for tackles last year. Plenty of scope for improvement and at times his goal sense rivals LeCras & (2012) Nicoski's for mine.
You mean 2011. Unless you want Cripps to snap his hammy in the pre-season and never play footy again.
Argh! It's 3:30am here so I'm gonna stick with that as an excuse for my oversight. Thanks for the correction!
Now it's off to bed for me, had to stay up to defend my sponsoree though as ZergMinion raised the sponsorship bar significantly last year.