How many of those entries are repeat entries from the opposition clearing it out, and us kicking back into a congested forward line? Stats only tell part of the story.
Okay so Geelong are more skilled than us Richmond empty out their forward line and leave their talented players in one v ones West Coast are clearly more talented than us around the entire ground and must play a better structure as well right. Our game plan makes life harder for us to score and also plays right into our opponents game plan? So your argument is its not the players its the coaches? That would be the opposite argument i have seen you make in the past. Why wouldn't we make a game plan to exploit having the tallest full forward of all time?
Our gameplan doesn't play into opposition strengths it plays to ours.
My argument is we wouldn't need repeat inside fifties if our number one target knew when and where to lead. Charlie dixon is 202cms tall, weighs 110kg and has a fair bit of speed he should be impossible to spoil on the run yet he chooses to stand still and engage in a wrestling competition with some of the strongest players there are. His skills are below par he is lazy and he needs to change the way he plays or we need to change the way we play him I think the best way we can achieve that is by dropping him. No one as of yet has convinced me that his form is good in fact no one has even argued that, if his only value to this side is by being tall play Marshall and hayes.
Wait so you think the whole gameplan is designed for Charlie and not to the strengths of our list?
I completely agree with your last paragraph except that I think the bombing it in is caused by our number one forward target and his refusal to lead. I actually think we are one of the top six most skilled sides this year I also believe we have a gameplan that can go all the way and the deepest list we have ever had under Ken. My pessimism stems from the forward and mid connection we should have beaten the roos and essendon by 80 those games were open we had the majority of the play but we couldn't find space.
Okay way to misconstrue me ill say it like this why wouldn't you mix into your gameplan an exploit for your 202cm forward instead of crowding his workspace with lemmings?
Personally I think Dixon is spent from leading up to half back and up to the wings a lot of the time. I'd prefer him to stay closer to goal where he can use his energy for leading in the 50 and just outside it, not all the way up the ground. I think we look better with Marshall leading up to the wings and Dixon & Mitch closer to goal.
No im saying that repeat entries are redundant if you kick the goal the first time lol
I am only talking about inside fifty hard to kick a goal from half back
Hope Fantasia comes up ok
Bergman & Duursma, and Mead & Butters seem far more like for like than you proposal. Mead is an inside mid who slides forward, Bergman a winger - why swap them?
I'd keep Fantasia up forward. Keep it simple. The good thing about Mead is that it looks like he has a good balance of grunt and outside spread. Maybe people who watched vs Central can tell me how he got his disposals.
