Backline Woes

[Leviathan Pie]

Williams - Had a good season and always gives 100%, line breaker on the rebound but has poor skills

Frost - Pure stopper who is incapable of anything else, could be the most limited footballer ive seen.

Marsh - Young kid who looks to have some exciting attributes, still learning how to best harness them

Langdon - Slow and a poor disposer by foot, needs to improve.

Maynard - Young kid who the jury is still well and truly out on for me, goes to ground far too much.

Brown - Another pure stopper, doesnt offer anything on the rebound.

That back six are so limited as a defensive rebounding unit its not funny, you look at the best sides in the competition and the majority of their defensive players are very good by foot and link up so well on the rebound.

You cant be a pure stopper in this game anymore, it just doesnt work - we have some major issues.

 

[Shaneprice97]

First we need to pick the cattle. We havent had the same players consistently in the backline for years now, we start by picking 7-8 blokes that we want to play and build experience together. That step one of building a solid backline.

We must decide what we do with Reid, we must decide whether we recruit a key forward to move him down back, or if we recuit a key back to keep him up forward. This is a must, and our lack of 1 more quality key position player should not be ignored, this needs to be sorted out!

A few opinions of mine on which players should be apart of this group, Williams and Langdon, no brainers. Jon Marsh I believe should be our 3rd tall defender. Matthew Scharenberg, on talent alone. And Reid and Brown if recruit a solid second forward. Ramsay is another who should be considered, and Frost is another.

 

[jatsad]

I observed from ground level the major structural weakness of our back line against the Tigers. It wasn't game plan. It wasn't match ups. It wasn't coordination of the backs. It wasn't transition of kicking or the so called "nothing to play for". It wasn't gear failure, surface conditions or leadership. And it wasn't the old adage that the ball was coming in too quickly or even the perennial it's been a long season. The key problem was a passenger, a non footballer, a bruise free player, the Jonah. Sinclair. Rubbish. Delist.

You are right. But because he's Buckley's pet, along with Blair and Toovey, will will suffer with atrocious disposal and goal kicking.

 

[PieBeast]

Yeah, the problems OP brings ups would have still been there but not as dire had our esteemed leader did the sensible thing and sent Reid into the back line right from the get go once we've lost Brown. A bit of a pity that he chooses to be "bold" instead of going the predictable root few of the clueless numbnuts on here are suggesting...

 

[Chief Ten Beers]

Backline isn't really the issue when they concede less than 85-90 points per game over the season which is Premiership standard (according to history). The other piece of key evidence that the Pies have been pretty decent backline is that their percentage, even after the 90 odd point, thrashing is still decent for having 1 win in half a year of footy.

The major issue with this team is the shithouse forward line that can't defend and can't score. 3-10? No wonder the rest of the team dropped their heads when spuds are up their drilling points and causing 12 point turnarounds. The forward line leaks like a sieve so that other teams are able to waltz up the corridor before or backs can get into place.

The way I see it anyway, but I'm sure someone will tell me I'm wrong.