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But we stupidly attempted to play Hutchings down there in the semi final in our last game. Same goes for Sheed Well given he’s better than Pendlebury and Ablett and practically the next Leigh Matthews - can’t see why not
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I agree with you. To me, the mids that would be most damaging forward are obviously Kelly and Yeo (maybe Shuey but not sure on that). We sometimes see Yeo go forward but not much. Kelly is new to the list. We now bat deeper in quality mids, so we could rotate one forward for spells and not diminish the midfield and Kelly and Yeo would likely perform well. But at whose expense as a forward is more my point? I would not like to see Cameron missing out on games for example because we are deciding to play an extra mid (which is your point) and rotating them forward, even if they perform well there. I am definitely not keen on seeing Redden, Hutchings or Sheed being rotated forward.Kinda, but not really.
Marsden is gone, sure
Redden is still around and hasn't played the role successfully before
I spose it's those 3 (Redden, Sheed, Hutchings) which i have my concerns about. I'm not sold on Shuey either, but he's a talented player and it might work.
That is a very slippery slope my friend
We have history of falling into the trap of playing too many midfielders and hiding them on the forward flank. Simmo has acknowledged this several times.
One of our big changes in 2018 was that we brought in actual forwards (Rioli, Ryan) to play off the flank and not hide a gimp like Sheed/Marsden down there.
This is why, when i read about how Sheed is going to be spending more time forward after coming off a career best season playing more in the guts i cringe.
I like the idea of our mids pushing forward from the wings sure, but playing off the HFF simply hasn't worked for us in the past.
Kelly/Yeo MIGHT be an exception
How do you think a bloke as slow as him can lead into space and get separation enough to take all these marks? Might as well chuck Priddis off the HFF
All our forwards, Cripps, Ryan, Rioli, Petch and even Venables are all fast and can get separation on their opponent, i think Sheed would struggle.
He's not alone, i also believe Hutchings, Marsden and Redden have all struggled at times attempting to play the same role.
His inability to play off the HFF led him to being dropped for a chunk of our flag campaign and it was only his performance in the guts which got him a premiership.
Add in Sheeds lackluster pressure and tackling game and it looks even less and less appealing to me.
He knows how to find the goals though, but i think that's due to losing his man around stoppages and being offensive.
His last 18 months playing in the guts have been absolutely outstanding. Why would we change it?
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Should be an interesting year.
Cheap frees!!
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One absolutely SNAG from the pocket doesn't suddenly make Sheed a forward bruv.
Hutchings is the midfielder who should be making way from this side. I've been consistent with that for a while.
With the hopeful addition of Brander that might end up also being another suitable wing/forward rotation
Redden steps into that role, when needed. Kelly takes Marsdens 'position' in the side.
I don't think we really need to change anything save Hutchings position. Sheeds role remains what he's been doing the past 18 months.
To sum up
Hutchings - WAFL
Redden - Mid into more of an emphasis on shutdowns when needed.
Sheed -Stays the same WING/MID
Gaff - Moves into a more outside wing role (replaces Marsden)
Shuey - Stays the same
Kelly - MID/FWD
Yeo - MID/FWD
(Brander - Wing/FWD
I don't think Kelly coming in changes anything major for our mids. It's the Brander for Hutchings move which needs to be made.
Dangerfield has matched and beaten Yeo in the air on more than one occasion . Dangerfields marking surprised me as I thought Yeo would dominate that part of the contest and lose the contested groundball side of things .I think most people would instantly agreee with this, myself included based on the recent semi final.
But if you look at the raw stats for both players in that game, there's a fair case Yeo still held his own.
Yeo - 25 disposals (13 contested), 4 marks (1 contested), 2 tackles, 3 clearances, 6 score involvements, 435 metres gained, 80 ranking points.
Dangerflog - 18 disposals (14 contested), 6 marks (4 contested), 4 tackles, 5 clearances, 6 score involvements, 314 metres gained, 85 ranking points.
Those crucial one on one's Dangerfield won in the air against Yeo made it seem like he gave him a bath. Frustrating to watch, but not the whole story.
If Yeo had won one or two of those, which normally i'd back him in to, he'd have taken the chocolates. Played surprisingly meek that game
Yeo on Bont is also a good one
How do you think a bloke as slow as him can lead into space and get separation enough to take all these marks? Might as well chuck Priddis off the HFF
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WSPWhat about high half forwards?
Prob not the clubs desired term to describe a player at the Eagles ATM!
