Callipygian
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- May 18, 2021
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This is a bit of a fluff thread while we're waiting for the season proper to get going.
For me, in answering the classic question it's hard to go past Charlie Curnow and Marcus Bontempelli - but I'm going to - and I'm going to say Sam Taylor from GWS.
Mostly my selection of Taylor is on the basis of that is a role we need, whereas I have more confidence in our tall forwards (even without a big name recruit I reckon we'll do alright). Likewise, I know they say games are won and lost in the midfield but I'm prepared to back in the midfield we have. Defences are key to winning premierships and our backline is not currently one of the best handful in the competition - but it might be if we got Taylor.
Taylor is a perfect size (in the vicinity of 198 cm and 95 kg) and is just an incredible lockdown defender. He would complement our other players tremendously. We can rely on others rebound. Taylor is also a perfect age - still not 25 years old. I remember seeing Taylor at a pre-season match at the SCG pre-pandemic (might have been 2019). He was not yet much known and I thought he was really promising. I haven't stopped admiring him ever since.
Part 2: are there players on our list that you would not exchange to get the player you have nominated?
I'm unwilling to relinquish Errol. I'd have to think a fair bit about the Lizard. Pretty unique skillset. Still developing as a one-on-one defender. Impossible to replace. The other one I'd have to think long and hard about is Logan. Taylor is a far superior player but Logan is younger, and without Logan our forward line going forward looks a lot less powerful and star KPFs are even harder to get than star KPDs. If Logan got injured right now and we went into the next match without him I wouldn't be too bothered and I think we could cover him. But taking him out of our team long term would hurt a lot.
To conclude, I haven't put a lot of thought into this. I was mostly spurred by reading the 'best backlines in the competition' thread on the main board a few minutes ago. So maybe if I think more about it I'll rue my choice and change my mind. For now I'm interested to hear the thoughts of others.
For me, in answering the classic question it's hard to go past Charlie Curnow and Marcus Bontempelli - but I'm going to - and I'm going to say Sam Taylor from GWS.
Mostly my selection of Taylor is on the basis of that is a role we need, whereas I have more confidence in our tall forwards (even without a big name recruit I reckon we'll do alright). Likewise, I know they say games are won and lost in the midfield but I'm prepared to back in the midfield we have. Defences are key to winning premierships and our backline is not currently one of the best handful in the competition - but it might be if we got Taylor.
Taylor is a perfect size (in the vicinity of 198 cm and 95 kg) and is just an incredible lockdown defender. He would complement our other players tremendously. We can rely on others rebound. Taylor is also a perfect age - still not 25 years old. I remember seeing Taylor at a pre-season match at the SCG pre-pandemic (might have been 2019). He was not yet much known and I thought he was really promising. I haven't stopped admiring him ever since.
Part 2: are there players on our list that you would not exchange to get the player you have nominated?
I'm unwilling to relinquish Errol. I'd have to think a fair bit about the Lizard. Pretty unique skillset. Still developing as a one-on-one defender. Impossible to replace. The other one I'd have to think long and hard about is Logan. Taylor is a far superior player but Logan is younger, and without Logan our forward line going forward looks a lot less powerful and star KPFs are even harder to get than star KPDs. If Logan got injured right now and we went into the next match without him I wouldn't be too bothered and I think we could cover him. But taking him out of our team long term would hurt a lot.
To conclude, I haven't put a lot of thought into this. I was mostly spurred by reading the 'best backlines in the competition' thread on the main board a few minutes ago. So maybe if I think more about it I'll rue my choice and change my mind. For now I'm interested to hear the thoughts of others.
