Graham Johncock

[Effes]

Is there any chance he will move into the midfield in 2007? Has he been kept out to due ability/needs down back or the presence of Goodwin, Edwards, etc?

 

[Mad Dog]

Is there any chance he will move into the midfield in 2007? Has he been kept out to due ability/needs down back or the presence of Goodwin, Edwards, etc?

There's been a lot of talk about it as we need his pace and ball winning tenacity in the Mid field....remember Bickley, Roo, and Goody all started their career as defenders....so there's some precedents there.

Only a query over his aerobic fitness....

Personally I wouldn't like to rob our defence at this stage given we have some other candidates ready to take midfiled roles in The Great van Berlo, Porplyzia, Douglas, and now Campbell and MacKay...Thommo needs to take the next step.....

I'm not against it - but I'm just not convinced we could manage it without detracting from a handy backline that is very much the launch pad for our side.

 

[macca23]

Is there any chance he will move into the midfield in 2007? Has he been kept out to due ability/needs down back or the presence of Goodwin, Edwards, etc?

Two things have kept Stiffy out of the mid-field even though he'd like to have a crack at it.

Firstly his value as a running defender is huge in the back-lines. Given the high quality of our mid-field he wouldn't add the same level of value there to the team that he does in the back lines.

Just as important though is that his motor is not as large as it needs to be for a non-stop running mid-fielder.

Craig has said repeatedly that he would not play Stiffy as a regular mid-fielder until he significantly improved his aerobic capacity.

 

[kimirocks]

Two astute posts simply answer the question at hand. Simple answer is no, in the short term, maybe in the long term.

 

[CrowMagnum]

Some of his lack of endurance is self inflicted. Might improve a little if he was to stop smoking perhaps?

 

[KUNG FU]

If he gives up the smokes