He did play as HF for Norwood as well though. Maybe he has had experience at both ends for a long time.
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I'm thinking it's to keep him on the park. Let him just run straight lines. Maybe McKenna can go forward and do the twisting and turning before he effs off. Cahill is coming on soon anyways so who gives a toss, flag's as good as ours.
JT_the_Man
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No u
Butter orazio.
TheGreatBarryB
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put him forward ffs
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How clever do we think we are playing him back
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If playing all of Mckenna, Saad, Fanta and Redman back still leads to us being stagnant out of D50 for so long, what's the point?
Seems so bizarre we never switched him forward.
Seems so bizarre we never switched him forward.
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Has completely lost it. For a player who was so clean and creative he fumbles it every time in traffic and is a major liability and couldn’t tackle his way out of a paper bag.
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The move to defence is a little curious - been decent up until tonight and he is competent playing that role.
That said, don’t think we really need him there. Generating run from half back is the least of our issues. Feel like maybe we are playing him there to protect him physically - it’s the difference between jumping into people or having them jump into you. Playing in defence is less taxing on the body.
What a loss if he doesnt return forward - he was potentially a 40-45 goal, AA candidate playing that role. It’s where we need him. At his best hisball handing and play making were genuinely freakish and his finishing was very good. Had the Mercuri like ability to rip a game apart with 15 touches.
Kind of feels like all the injuries may have diminished him. Hope I’m wrong.
That said, don’t think we really need him there. Generating run from half back is the least of our issues. Feel like maybe we are playing him there to protect him physically - it’s the difference between jumping into people or having them jump into you. Playing in defence is less taxing on the body.
What a loss if he doesnt return forward - he was potentially a 40-45 goal, AA candidate playing that role. It’s where we need him. At his best hisball handing and play making were genuinely freakish and his finishing was very good. Had the Mercuri like ability to rip a game apart with 15 touches.
Kind of feels like all the injuries may have diminished him. Hope I’m wrong.
Looked clumsy tonight, but not entirely his fault when their mids were given so much time and space to pressure forward. They knew we were creative from the back hslf and worked hard to nullify that. Our mids didn't match them in the middle. The backline carried Redman tonight as well, so that didn'g help. He has been decent back there, but tonight we could have done with swapping him with Towner.
The running straight lines theory could be valid as well.
The running straight lines theory could be valid as well.
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Just play him forward.
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Looks to have lost the dazzle.
It’s called trying to find a position for a bloke who is spent.
eth-dog
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Just play him forward please.
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Hates the tough stuff. Put him back in the forward line for the rest of the year and hope it clicks again for him.
In the VFL.
JT_the_Man
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Did Raz bully you as a kid or something?
Playing Orazio down back epitomizes what we seem to do a lot, playing players out of position - Langford as a Midfielder, Parish as a Forward and now Orazio as a Defender.
What if, we just played players in their designated positions for once? Just to shake things up.
What if, we just played players in their designated positions for once? Just to shake things up.
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He was one of our best last week. They are obviously playing him there to get some consistent footy and confidence in his body. Should start forward next week IMO.
Obviously? I don't think it's obvious at all. But to be fair to you, I'd like you to be right
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It’s easier to find the ball at half back (the easiest position on the ground) when you have no confidence/ out of form, than playing as a small forward (the hardest position on the ground).Obviously? I don't think it's obvious at all. But to be fair to you, I'd like you to be right
Yes. I’m scared and bitter about it.
I understand your reasoning and I like your point of view, I just don't have as much faith in the club making a sensible decision as you do. Refer to my earlier post above about other players playing out of pos - it's a theme in our team. Again though, I hope you're right!
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