- Jul 22, 2016
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I think many of us knew Sloane was a midfielder was basically done with the exception being used later in matches once some of the pace has come off. In most matches whilst he was still a prime mid you'd see he had major impact on matches in the 3rd or more often 4th quarter. Trouble was by then the damage was usually done against decent sides.
As we're seeing now he still has a role to play, looks great when he comes in there for limited rotations & primarily in the 2nd half. I think he's been excellent after a rusty first couple matches. (Did look very good in preseason matches too)
Just seems that Nicks & Van Berlo are getting the balance right & learned some harsh lessons from the first couple matches which our mids badly let us down.
Hopefully this exactly what they need as coaches to get out of the back the boys in mentality & realise there's benefits to rolling more guys through there from both a work load perspective & different looks for the opposition to worry about. Obviously we are likely to remain Laird & Dawson heavy if we mount a serious push for finals this year but the Rachele balance looks good at this point in his career.
