Forgotten Fog Files - permanent forward, midfielder or both?

[John Who]

Just random browsing I saw this article on Fog pre-drafting:

Darcy Fogarty

DRAFT ANALYSIS: "The best South Australian draft prospect who may transition to an inside midfielder if he can improve his endurance"

central.rookieme.com

The summary of it all was:
DRAFT ANALYSIS: "The best South Australian draft prospect who may transition to an inside midfielder if he can improve his endurance"

With all the rage of us this year trying all sorts of permutations on the dual midfield/forward role a la Rankine, Soligo, Pedlar, Rachele, Keays etc…
We seem to have forgotten the initial trial of Fog, the potential midfielder.

I recall Fog playing more midfield minutes in previous years and he did quite well in some of the quarters when positioned in the center. So….should we abandon this project or shall we unleash him in the midfield to become a rampaging bulldozing midfielder? A midfielder with strength, decent agility and can kick 60m bombs on both leg with precision is something worth pondering right?

What do we think of Fog’s position in 2024?

 

[John Who]

I personally would love to see Fog be played more in the midfield. Particularly in the past 12 months, there is an increase in his confidence and likely to be better in endurance with another preseason workout.

Tactically, if we win the midfield battle with the current stocks, then Fog would be best fit up forward. But if we’re soundly beaten in the midfield and the ball is not showing itself up forward, then it might be the prefect chance to try Fog in the midfield to change up the midfield combination. Just some thoughts.

 

[Faaarrk]

My memory of him playing in the centre was a fail.
I think he’s playing the perfect role at the moment. He’s not a stay at home forward, he roams up field quite a lot.

We need full-time specialised mids, enough with these hybrids.

 

[MrBarry]

Happy with what he's doing now, causing damage deep in the forward line and roaming up the field.

 

[Scorpus]

With all of the midfield options that we have these days why would we waste midfield time on Fogarty?

 

[Danger in Texas]

Don't really want to tempt messing with form at any point with Fog

Keep him up forward

 

[Cap]

Forward for me.

Hopefully 2nd season under Burgo and another PS has him even fitter for +40 goals

 

[cmndstab]

Absolutely not. He's a forward through and through, and with Walker near the end of his career and Thilthorpe potentially spending more time as a ruck, we desperately need him there.

 

[Slippery Pete]

This thread has Sanders written all over it

 

[spenze]

Re bounding HBF, we need someone to take over when Smithers goes

 

[SellarStardom]

Play him at HF and have Gollant, Thilthorpe, Burgess up forward with the smaller guys (when Tex calls it quits). Build his tank as a roaming forward, he will get enough ball and can do damage through HB to FF

 

[baldandbroke]

Um … I think he needs more Dunstall less De Goey.

 

[George Kramer]

Crikey

 

[Golumless]

Must be off season.

Anyway, we've been through this and Fog is only a key forward at AFL level.

 

[John Who]

My memory of him playing in the centre was a fail.
I think he’s playing the perfect role at the moment. He’s not a stay at home forward, he roams up field quite a lot.

We need full-time specialised mids, enough with these hybrids.

I strongly disagree Fog being tried in the midfield in the past was a fail. More like he was good in short bursts and didn’t have the petrol to match it with the tank of a full time midfielder.

I have no problems with Fog being a permanent forward in 2024. Though a part of me is still curious how he’d fare if tried again in the midfield. He has genuine leg weapons that is useful as a midfielder, that can penetrate deep in the forward zone, or he can do dangerous short kicks to a forward on the lead.

 

[John Who]

Must be off season.

Anyway, we've been through this and Fog is only a key forward at AFL level.

With poor endurance in his early years, he was never going to look like a serious midfielder back then. With improved fitness now and a new level of confidence, I doubt if he’ll be worse off in the midfield now than back then.

The poll is probably not asking the right question. Maybe it’ll get people to think more if I ask:
“Would you be upset with Nicks if he tries Fog in the midfield up to 25% game time?” I think the poll response might look different.

 

[FR0GGY]

The only thing more certain than fog being a forward is another John thread in the offseason.

 

[John Who]

The only thing more certain than fog being a forward is another John thread in the offseason.

You know you love my threads.

 

[Sanders]

This thread has Sanders written all over it

Sometimes fish in the barrel loses its appeal

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Lol, next season we are going to play Fog as a full-time big bodied midfielder as it will allow us to play Dawson at full forward...

 

[cmndstab]

Fog will stay forward, but I think 2024 will be the year that Johncock finally moves to become a permanent midfielder!

 

[Geoffa32]

Thought this was a 2019 thread bump.

Fog is a forward.

The midfield/defender experiment is over.

On SM-A325F using BigFooty.com mobile app

 

[John Who]

Thought this was a 2019 thread bump.

Fog is a forward.

The midfield/defender experiment is over.

On SM-A325F using BigFooty.com mobile app

The essence of this thread is asking “would you be upset if Fog is tried more in the midfield in 2024?” Particularly when I referenced the article, that talked about him displaying some good weapons as a potential midfielder, just needed the endurance.

So now with more endurance (hopefully), is it worth giving him some more midfield time? I feel it’s a legitimate question to ask.

 

[John Who]

Sometimes fish in the barrel loses its appeal

This is exactly how I feel when you try to get me to respond to your posts. Meaningless character assassination in the guise of a discussion. It bores me. You and your clan.

 

[huludicidal]

There is one person on the planet with any vested interest in the Crows winning games who wants Fog even spending 1% game time in the midfield, and they started this thread.

Fog as an AFL mid is about as good an idea as Josh Jenkins

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Josh Jenkins

Age

35

Ht

200cm

Wt

108kg

Pos.

F/R

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.9

3star

K

9.1

4star

HB

3.8

3star

M

5.1

5star

T

2.4

4star

G

2.1

5star

No current season stats available

D

11.0

3star

K

7.6

3star

HB

3.4

3star

M

4.6

5star

T

1.2

3star

G

1.6

5star

the defender. Horrendous. Will never happen again. End thread.