Field positions in order of importance

[worthy]

A balanced team is the ideal, but how do you rate field positions in order of importance? It's generally regarded that CHF is the most important position but how do you rate them?
IMO
1. CHF
2. Ruck
3. FF
4. CHB
5. FB
6. Onballer

IMO after CHF it's speculative with excellent players in those positions being more important than average ones in others.
Fletcher in his prime was arguably the most important player ( as opposed from the best) at Essendon.
Everitt has probably been one of the most important players at Hawthorn the last couple of years. So it probably depends on team structure at the time, but as a general rule how do you rate them.

 

[BATTERY]

1. Onballer = you need to get the ball to chf or ff
2. CHF
3. FF
4. CHB
5. FB
6. Ruck = look at St Kilda

 

[Zeke]

1. Onballer = you need to get the ball to chf or ff
2. CHF
3. FF
4. CHB
5. FB
6. Ruck = look at St Kilda

Onballers are a dime a dozen, good CHF are rare as hen's teeth.

Look at St Kilda? What have they achieved? I think the St Kilda example proves you wrong, not right.

 

[Kapow!!!]

Onballers are a dime a dozen, good CHF are rare as hen's teeth.

Look at St Kilda? What have they achieved? I think the St Kilda example proves you wrong, not right.

Hence the Ruck is the most important position. Otherwise your onballers just don't get the footy

 

[Vinnie Vegas]

I agree totally, but only on an individual player basis.

A great CHF is more important than a great midfielder, but three great midfielders are better than a great CHF.

Actually, I think that a FB is actually more important than a FF, because in the end, if a FB is crap, anybody can kick a bag of goals on him.

A team can get by without a good FF by getting goals from the midfield etc, but they can't stop an opposition FF from kicking goals with their midfield as easily.

 

[worthy]

Hence the Ruck is the most important position. Otherwise your onballers just don't get the footy

This could go round and round in circles:
How effective is a great Ruckman without good Midfield to give it to?
The last 3 Premiers have all had great CHF's, Brown, Tredrae and Hall ( sort of), Collingwood lost it's CHF for the GF v Bris and many thought their chances went with him, may not have made any difference but it did throw their team balance out.

 

[Toots Hibbert]

Midfield, midfield, midfield, midfield, then centre half forward, then centre half back.

 

[Zeke]

Sydney won a premiership with a team full of defensive taggers.

 

[Grimreepah]

Wayne Carey, Jonathan Brown, Warren Tredrea, Barry Hall. These are the guys that straighten a team up and make the midfielders look good. A team usually has a good midfield when they have a good CHF. CHFs are the hardest to replace.

 

[worthy]

Sydney won a premiership with a team full of defensive taggers.

And beat a team with a great Midfield but no CHF.

 

[parrot]

Sydney won a premiership with a team full of defensive taggers.

Lack of football knowledge: Exposed again.

 

[Flag Man]

Whatever position Arch is playing at the time.

 

[purple_daze]

IMO the rucks most important, he can palm the ball down to a crap midfielder and thats what starts the move forward, also the ruckman goes forward and can create missmatches in defenced. Also midfield is aboot 6 position not 1

 

[Silvagnis]

Onballers are a dime a dozen, good CHF are rare as hen's teeth.

Look at St Kilda? What have they achieved? I think the St Kilda example proves you wrong, not right.

Harvey, Ball, Dal Santo, Hayes, Powell, Baker, Goddard and McQualter and would probably disagree with you.

A great midfield feeding the ball laces out to Gehrig, Riewoldts, Halls, etc. so they have the opportunities to score is equally important. But I can't blame you for having that opinion with the level of skill Collingwood's midfield has.

1. CHF/Onballers
3. FB - Take SOS, Scarlett, Southby out and you struggle.
4. CHB
5. FF
6. Ruck - Essendon roved Madden's taps in the 1993 Grand Final when our midfield was thrashed, so a good midfield make the ruckmen look better. Allan consistently putting the ball down the throat of onballers in the 1999 preliminary final when they played well!

 

[davey_magik]

An accountable, tough in the clinches midfield IMO is the most important thing to have. You need some skill but a lot of class is just a bonus. Obviously to win the flag you also need a reliable defence and a good forwardline in that order.

 

[Mooch]

Hence the Ruck is the most important position. Otherwise your onballers just don't get the footy

Yep, the ruckmen. If you don't win the ball out of the centre, your attackers are out of the game right there.

 

[rgauci]

Overall:

Midfield > Defence > Forwards.

Specific positions:
CHF > FF > CHB > FB > ruck > onballer etc.

 

[mulhollanddrive]

agree with rgauci exactly.

 

[OneEyedHawk]

The game is getting quicker and evolving, but CHF's are still the most important IMO. Key Position players are named that for a reason, though having quality mids and a depth of them has become more important than ever.

 

[Coin_Toss]

1. CHF
2. Ruck
3. FB
4. Onballer
5. CHB
6. FF - not really relevant in football these days.