davis_756
Cancelled
We need to start using a 4 man forward line and clear everyone else out of the forward 50, Why?
- Fevola is a leading forward so logic tells me that if we open up the forward 50 so he has space to lead into he will kick more goals
- Setanta showed friday night he can take a good contested mark and could be very useful in the goal square.
- Betts is a very handy crumber deep in the forward 50 and Garlett/Yarran means we should be able to field 2 crumbing forwards rotating the 2 based on form.
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The way I would like to see us operate is these 4 all starting in the goal square. Fevola can lead out into an open forward 50, Irish can stand in the square and take a contested mark or 2 and Betts and Garlett can sit at Irish's feet and pounce on the loose ball going over fev's head on the lead.
The HFF's would start on the wing to free up the forward 50 basically creating an empty space between the centre and the goal square devoid of carlton players.
People on here often complain how soft Hoops and Stevens are, these two players would be my pick for both HFF rolls, Why?
Their opponents are either going to follow them to the wing or sit back infront of Fevola, either way this can be exploited in our favour:
- If they go man on man they will have to use Setanta's Opponent to 2v1 Fevola allowing us to use him which even if he doesn't take many marks Betts and Garlett/Yarran will kick enough goals at his feet.
- If they do sit infront of Fevola this creates 2v1 situations on both wings in our favour and with this number advantage we can run the ball forward, their direct opponents will have to come at them opening the forward 50 for fevola again or the players like stevens and hoops will slot easy goals from 40-50m out on the run.
Hoops and Stevens are abused for not having a defensive side to their game so playing them in this role would mean they only have to man up when our opponents come up the ground with them.
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The other part of this forward setup would be that only these 4 players are allowed inside the forward 40m besides the ruckman and 3 midfielders at ball ups / throw ins.
I say this because we often find these players creeping forward which results in a congested forward line stopping us kicking goals and allowing our opponents to blast the ball out of defense to a 50:50 situation and an open forward line up the other end = easy goals.
In effect this would create a wall about 50-70 out from our goal consisting of 2 Wingmen, 2 HFF, 3 On Ballers and the ruckman which would force opposition sides to hold the ball up allowing us to get more numbers back and stopping us getting murdered by quick rebounds like friday night.
If our forward 50 pressure is good it would also cause them to panic and kick long straight into these waiting players arms ready to be sent straight back into our forward 50.
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Having said that this would be how I would imagine our side would look.
FF: Betts Setanta Garlett/Yarran
HF: --v-- Fevola --v--
C: Simpson Hoops | Joseph | Gibbs Stevens
HB: Scotland Thornton Austin
FB: Carazzo Jammo Browne
R: Kruezer Judd Murphy
Int: Hampson Grigg Armfield (Someone im missing who played last week
)
Emg: Fisher Russel Bannister
Injuries would mean the following swaps:
Bower - Austin
Waite - Armfield
Warnock - Either Irish or Hampson depending on the form of all 3.
Walker - Whoever im forgetting on the bench unless im missing someone obvious from the side
We have the option to throw Kruezer or Hampson forward if things aren't working up there so for me this provides us with enough options to kick enough goals to win each week and hopefully slow down the ball coming out of our forward 50.
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What is everyones views on having this kind of a setup:
- Do you believe it will work?
- Can you see a way for this setup to bite us in the arse?
- Fevola is a leading forward so logic tells me that if we open up the forward 50 so he has space to lead into he will kick more goals
- Setanta showed friday night he can take a good contested mark and could be very useful in the goal square.
- Betts is a very handy crumber deep in the forward 50 and Garlett/Yarran means we should be able to field 2 crumbing forwards rotating the 2 based on form.
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The way I would like to see us operate is these 4 all starting in the goal square. Fevola can lead out into an open forward 50, Irish can stand in the square and take a contested mark or 2 and Betts and Garlett can sit at Irish's feet and pounce on the loose ball going over fev's head on the lead.
The HFF's would start on the wing to free up the forward 50 basically creating an empty space between the centre and the goal square devoid of carlton players.
People on here often complain how soft Hoops and Stevens are, these two players would be my pick for both HFF rolls, Why?
Their opponents are either going to follow them to the wing or sit back infront of Fevola, either way this can be exploited in our favour:
- If they go man on man they will have to use Setanta's Opponent to 2v1 Fevola allowing us to use him which even if he doesn't take many marks Betts and Garlett/Yarran will kick enough goals at his feet.
- If they do sit infront of Fevola this creates 2v1 situations on both wings in our favour and with this number advantage we can run the ball forward, their direct opponents will have to come at them opening the forward 50 for fevola again or the players like stevens and hoops will slot easy goals from 40-50m out on the run.
Hoops and Stevens are abused for not having a defensive side to their game so playing them in this role would mean they only have to man up when our opponents come up the ground with them.
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The other part of this forward setup would be that only these 4 players are allowed inside the forward 40m besides the ruckman and 3 midfielders at ball ups / throw ins.
I say this because we often find these players creeping forward which results in a congested forward line stopping us kicking goals and allowing our opponents to blast the ball out of defense to a 50:50 situation and an open forward line up the other end = easy goals.
In effect this would create a wall about 50-70 out from our goal consisting of 2 Wingmen, 2 HFF, 3 On Ballers and the ruckman which would force opposition sides to hold the ball up allowing us to get more numbers back and stopping us getting murdered by quick rebounds like friday night.
If our forward 50 pressure is good it would also cause them to panic and kick long straight into these waiting players arms ready to be sent straight back into our forward 50.
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Having said that this would be how I would imagine our side would look.
FF: Betts Setanta Garlett/Yarran
HF: --v-- Fevola --v--
C: Simpson Hoops | Joseph | Gibbs Stevens
HB: Scotland Thornton Austin
FB: Carazzo Jammo Browne
R: Kruezer Judd Murphy
Int: Hampson Grigg Armfield (Someone im missing who played last week
)Emg: Fisher Russel Bannister
Injuries would mean the following swaps:
Bower - Austin
Waite - Armfield
Warnock - Either Irish or Hampson depending on the form of all 3.
Walker - Whoever im forgetting on the bench unless im missing someone obvious from the side
We have the option to throw Kruezer or Hampson forward if things aren't working up there so for me this provides us with enough options to kick enough goals to win each week and hopefully slow down the ball coming out of our forward 50.
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What is everyones views on having this kind of a setup:
- Do you believe it will work?
- Can you see a way for this setup to bite us in the arse?
