I agree with you it’s about how the forward line work in balance.
Harry tends to play like a second ruckman when up the ground - takes his marks on the wing or HHF.
It would be great to see him taking grabs at CHF instead - risk is that he drops it & turns it over in the corridor.
I’d love...
It could go either way really.
Harry will clunk couple of outlet kicks up the line playing CHF - fingers crossed he can hit a target inside 50. That’s was a strength of Charlie - I haven’t seen it from Harry yet.
The issue when Harry plays higher up the ground, is their best defender doesnt follow him. He sits back & takes the next like for like deepest forward - or intercepts.
We just need a semblance of F50 cohesion - separate their leads and provide two viable F50 marking options.
If Harry plays...
Not sure he has the speed to add value in the midfield - another big bodied mid?
Has he played midfield in the 2’s?
Prefer to see him go back & do that.
Agreed - if they want to protect his small frame by given him midfield bursts & play him forward, he should also be cycled back to the 2’s occasionally for 80% on ball time.
Cripps is a dual Brownlow medallist inside mid - of course he has hit targets by hand.
This year he’s missing 7/10. That could be for a number of reasons;
our structure around the ball collapses - no easy outlet options.
team are sitting on him.
he's knackered.
It’s time for a week managed...
The score flatters us.
We were terrible in large chunks - the first half especially, & lucky they didn’t get going earlier.
The start of the 4th showed the true difference between the sides - our effort kept us in it.
Carroll is Ollie Hollands with a beautiful left foot - gives effort & runs...