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Guys! Guys... hey, guys. Guys, hear me out. This one is left field, but I reckon it holds water.
Mitch is gone, Frawley is gone. Obviously, that's a bummer. However, I have an ingenious plan which I think will solve all of our problems.
1. Upgrade Mr Bean.
2. Send Hogan to Full Back ("Whaaaaat!??" I hear you cry!).
3. Send... drum roll please ... Tom McDonald to Centre Half Forward.
Why? Glad you asked.
a) We need another tall defender, and Georgiou did a serviceable job this year.
b) We always put our kids under too much pressure, destroying their confidence before they've even got a chance to get started. You only have to look at the performance of Essendon's young KPP's to see the difference in confidence that playing in the backline generates compared to the forward line. There's less scrutiny on key backs, it's a fact. Let's not put Hogan back 4 or 5 years like Hurley by making him the focal point of the forward line at 19 years of age. Let him get up to speed at AFL level taking the second or third forward in defence.
c i) TMac has had a good couple of years in defence and built up his confidence. He's starting to get noticed around the league as a KPP with potential, and he speaks to the media with the tone of a man who's confident and comfortable - which means he can handle some extra pressure.
c ii) The guy has a tank the size of Phar Lap. He's basically the only key back in the league who can run with Saint Nick. That also means there are no key backs in the league who could run with him if he played as a forward.
c iii) The guy makes terrible decisions with the ball in hand. He can kick accurately enough, but too often he tries to land the ball on a five cent piece from 50m away with 5 opposition players zoned around it. As a result, he's a turnover machine. When you're in the forward fifty, suddenly the decision becomes a lot easier. Kick it between the big sticks. He's a good enough kick to do that, I reckon. That, and if/when he does turn it over, at least it's 100m+ from our goal, so our defence has at least a bit of time to try to repel the counterattack. At the moment, when he muffs one, it's straight back over his head for a goal.
I first suggested that TMac would make a great CHF about two years ago, and I'm yet to see any evidence to the contrary. Give a whirl, Roos. You can pay me later.
Mitch is gone, Frawley is gone. Obviously, that's a bummer. However, I have an ingenious plan which I think will solve all of our problems.
1. Upgrade Mr Bean.
2. Send Hogan to Full Back ("Whaaaaat!??" I hear you cry!).
3. Send... drum roll please ... Tom McDonald to Centre Half Forward.
Why? Glad you asked.
a) We need another tall defender, and Georgiou did a serviceable job this year.
b) We always put our kids under too much pressure, destroying their confidence before they've even got a chance to get started. You only have to look at the performance of Essendon's young KPP's to see the difference in confidence that playing in the backline generates compared to the forward line. There's less scrutiny on key backs, it's a fact. Let's not put Hogan back 4 or 5 years like Hurley by making him the focal point of the forward line at 19 years of age. Let him get up to speed at AFL level taking the second or third forward in defence.
c i) TMac has had a good couple of years in defence and built up his confidence. He's starting to get noticed around the league as a KPP with potential, and he speaks to the media with the tone of a man who's confident and comfortable - which means he can handle some extra pressure.
c ii) The guy has a tank the size of Phar Lap. He's basically the only key back in the league who can run with Saint Nick. That also means there are no key backs in the league who could run with him if he played as a forward.
c iii) The guy makes terrible decisions with the ball in hand. He can kick accurately enough, but too often he tries to land the ball on a five cent piece from 50m away with 5 opposition players zoned around it. As a result, he's a turnover machine. When you're in the forward fifty, suddenly the decision becomes a lot easier. Kick it between the big sticks. He's a good enough kick to do that, I reckon. That, and if/when he does turn it over, at least it's 100m+ from our goal, so our defence has at least a bit of time to try to repel the counterattack. At the moment, when he muffs one, it's straight back over his head for a goal.
I first suggested that TMac would make a great CHF about two years ago, and I'm yet to see any evidence to the contrary. Give a whirl, Roos. You can pay me later.
