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I was thinking he should be captain next year...don't know what depths I must be in...
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Why not take our Switta. Apparently he’s the hit up guy between defence and forward. He sucks.
What a load of crap. Move Serong forward who is the #1 clearance and #1 centre clearance player in the comp. Now I’ve heard it all!?! Also Brayshaw is #12 for centre clearance this year. This BS about not having a “big bodied midfielder makes no sense. Bolton who went into the midfield against Collingwood absolutely dominated and he is very slight in build. Some one says “we need more big bodied midfielder” and people just join the chorus. Having some big bodies can help but that isn’t was is hurting us, it’s our midfield/Forward connection
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exactly. the only thing that 'didn't work' about Bolton in the middle is that he can't be 2 places at once...
Thats just more BS Serong is 15th in the comp for centre bounce attendance way behind bigger bodied midfielders like LDU, Anderson, Steele, Macrae, Ed Richards and Brayshaw is 34th. Also CBA has no influence on clearances around the ground which account for most of Brayshaws and Serong clearances. Stop talking shit and focus on the factsSerong, Brayshaw and Young spend a huge amount of time in the centre square. This is why they are so high on that rating. If you spend 80% of the game in the middle, then you will get a lot of clearances, other sides have a lot more variety in the middle.
The important point is are we winning the midfield battle at the moment? I think the answer to that is a very simple, no.
Melbourne, Bulldogs, Geelong, St Kilda we got badly beaten in the middle.
Collingwood, Swans, Richmond we broke even.
It was only Adelaide and Eagles we got on top.
The harder question is how do we improve things,
I think we need to add a 4th and 5th midfielder to the rotation, to make us less predictable and more dangerous.
I like the idea of playing Young back or Forward, and using him in the middle as part of the 2nd rotation.
It means we need to find another starting mid, be that Johnson, Erasmus, or via trade or the draft.
Other options is to add more part of mids to your rotation e.g. Bolton, Clark, ... all play 10 to 15 minutes in the midfield.
If we could pull off a draft like this, then maybe that would kick start our premiership tilt. The first 2 would help our midfield massively.
Draft Expert - Davo-27's 2025 Draft Thread
Shame the South Australians won’t follow the lead, it’s bundled up with the league streaming. How much is it mate?
If Rodriguez some how slipped to pick 5, and we had that pick this would be a great draft hall.
Hopefully you get get Picket for a future 1st, and then we can raise up the ladder next year.
2. Fred Rodriguez Sth Frem 184cm
20. Toby Whan Sth Frem 184cm
37. Basil Hart Peel 185cm
We are ranked 4th for average and total centre clearances. I would argue we are winning in the middle regularly. Its what happens outside the middle that seems to be our downfall.....Serong, Brayshaw and Young spend a huge amount of time in the centre square. This is why they are so high on that rating. If you spend 80% of the game in the middle, then you will get a lot of clearances, other sides have a lot more variety in the middle.
The important point is are we winning the midfield battle at the moment? I think the answer to that is a very simple, no.
Melbourne, Bulldogs, Geelong, St Kilda we got badly beaten in the middle.
Collingwood, Swans, Richmond we broke even.
It was only Adelaide and Eagles we got on top.
The harder question is how do we improve things,
I think we need to add a 4th and 5th midfielder to the rotation, to make us less predictable and more dangerous.
I like the idea of playing Young back or Forward, and using him in the middle as part of the 2nd rotation.
It means we need to find another starting mid, be that Johnson, Erasmus, or via trade or the draft.
Other options is to add more part of mids to your rotation e.g. Bolton, Clark, ... all play 10 to 15 minutes in the midfield.
If we could pull off a draft like this, then maybe that would kick start our premiership tilt. The first 2 would help our midfield massively.
Draft Expert - Davo-27's 2025 Draft Thread
Shame the South Australians won’t follow the lead, it’s bundled up with the league streaming. How much is it mate?
If Rodriguez some how slipped to pick 5, and we had that pick this would be a great draft hall.
Hopefully you get get Picket for a future 1st, and then we can raise up the ladder next year.
2. Fred Rodriguez Sth Frem 184cm
20. Toby Whan Sth Frem 184cm
37. Basil Hart Peel 185cm
No argument about that from me
Simple.
It's ok against certain midfields. Collingwood played their own game so they didn't bother taking our time and space. Just picked off our handballs and kicks and waited for us to give it back to them.. which we duly d id. St Kilda on he other hand went in tight and we got obliterated . As with our coaches you see that it works sometimes so it should just be left that way all the time without any adjustment according to the opposition. It isn't a coincidence the Fyfe was often needed to stop the bleeding in our midfield last year. Some of the games he stopped us losing last year we are losing this year.. But now even when we can win the clearances we often don't win the game because we can't do anything constructive by foot. No point saying it is only our mid forward connection. Our midfield are all ordinary kicks so it will almost always be a problem unless they improve their kicking and decision making or we replace them with people who can.. seems we have been waiting for the former for about 10 years.. Mundy was the point of difference and now he isn't there.
Only issue with Raz forward is he seems to have lost his goal kicking ability. He used to kick them out of his bum as a junior now he doesn't seem to be able to kick 40 with any accuracy. Really annoyed when they allow themselves to lose an important skill like that.
This, he’s still picking Switta, picking unfit Darcy, picking 8 tall defenders. He’s like a BF nuffie that has done his best 23 at the start of the year and he’s sticking with it.
They’re not being selected for the moment, which is a massive concern if we’re waiting for the ideal team to show up while we’re losing
