Our Midfield

[Bird Man]

Hopper and TT were our only midfielders with 20+ disposals.
Shows how shallow our stocks are in the mids and where we’d be as a club without them.

they would link up and give it to the wing I.e hugo and Kmac and they would butcher it

 

[juss]

On paper we have a solid midfield... but that is not the case as our defence did their part against the blues. Hopper, TT feel like the only genuine mids in the side.

Our midfield is slow, poorly skilled and underdeveloped. It's a terrible midfield tbh, needs a lot of work.

 

[Wooden Robot]

Rebuild

Please

 

[Wooden Robot]

Hopper and TT were our only midfielders with 20+ disposals.
Shows how shallow our stocks are in the mids and where we’d be as a club without them.

I’d give back 10 of Taranto’s to hit one target or put us in a favourable position. Just butchers it!

 

[tigersnag]

Prestia will likely retire unless we get some fitness guys with a clue over summer.

Ross should be a starting mid.

Martin can't really play there anymore

Dow - no thanks.

McAuliffe - yes needs time

Sonsie - can't see it

Cupboard looks bare. WTF was that recruiter Clarke doing - goose. WC can have the useless sack of shat

 

[Charlie Pannam]

there’s some very classy ball users in this year’s ND. As well as our first pick we can add another couple of mids, that’ll be a serious upgrade on any kids we have on our list atm ( apologies to McAullife)
Then we’ll likely have a top 4 or5 pick the following year.
We can rebuild our midfield if we’re smart about it and make some tough list calls

 

[Mr Unbelievable]

2 gun midfielders in the draft at a minimum this year

 

[thegcat]

there’s some very classy ball users in this year’s ND. As well as our first pick we can add another couple of mids, that’ll be a serious upgrade on any kids we have on our list atm ( apologies to McAullife)
Then we’ll likely have a top 4 or5 pick the following year.
We can rebuild our midfield if we’re smart about it and make some tough list calls

Need to FOS in draft

 

[Charlie Pannam]

Need to FOS in draft

I think we get a very good player with our first pick.
It’s the following picks I hope we nail. It’ll be gold if we can find another elite mid, or even a couple of really solid B graders to go with FOS or Smith or Lalor etc
There’s a couple of guns the following year too, Sharp or Rodriguez would do nicely

 

[voorhees]

there’s some very classy ball users in this year’s ND. As well as our first pick we can add another couple of mids, that’ll be a serious upgrade on any kids we have on our list atm ( apologies to McAullife)
Then we’ll likely have a top 4 or5 pick the following year.
We can rebuild our midfield if we’re smart about it and make some tough list calls

It is beyond important for the list that we nail this years trade period first, that can set us up for a huge 2-3 year charge at the draft.

 

[tiger_tough]

Need some speed and skill desperately.

 

[THE_GUN]

We will get 5/6 very good kids this year and another 3/4 next year and same the following year after that before Tassie raids the draft

13/14 players next 3 drafts
Lucky we getting in early

 

[Cam Payner]

RCD would be our best mid right now....

 

["The Roar Is Back"]

RCD would be our best mid right now....

As would Durham , kept going to the old cupboard when it was apparent to all there best had long left the building . Prestia , Lambert , Sheds all wonderful servants of the club BUT in sheds and Lamberts cases their last 2-3 seasons they slowed dramatically and were let go on for too long . Prestia hasn’t been any good for 3-4 .

 

[wegetpumped]

Our midfield is slow, poorly skilled and underdeveloped. It's a terrible midfield tbh, needs a lot of work.

It ain't that bad TT and hooper are great but no bont type. We really need someone like that to complement the mids we just haven't had it for year's.

 

["The Roar Is Back"]

It ain't that bad TT and hooper are great but no bont type. We really need someone like that to complement the mids we just haven't had it for year's.

battlers at best who have no elite trait and lack leg speed and kicking penetration which is only going to get worst as they get further into their career . Likewise Graham .
Ross is the best midfielder the club currently has on its list and they ****ed him around for 3 years playing him in other roles . Could currently be in the top 2-3 midfielders in the comp .

 

[wegetpumped]

battlers at best who have no elite trait and lack leg speed and kicking penetration which is only going to get worst as they get further into their career . Likewise Graham .
Ross is the best midfielder the club currently has on its list and they ****ed him around for 3 years playing him in other roles . Could currently be in the top 2-3 midfielders in the comp .

If they are battlers what do you say for your Bolton Short Broad Macca and the likes? Geez they were both good yesterday can hold there heads high.

 

["The Roar Is Back"]

If they are battlers what do you say for your Bolton Short Broad Macca and the likes? Geez they were both good yesterday can hold there heads high.

Bolton has leg speed , McIntosh endurance , broad defensive good . Short is an outside receiver .
A bloke in the stands shit faced hurling abuse has more hurt factor than hopper and Taranto . Those two getting stats =‘shit team result

 

[Charlie Pannam]

It is beyond important for the list that we nail this years trade period first, that can set us up for a huge 2-3 year charge at the draft.

It looks as though this year and next will have depth.
The opportunity is there!
Hoping we go all in with the rebuild ie make the tough list management calls

 

[Grrr]

This may seen a daft idea, but with Blight doing so well and Gibcus to return, could we train Balta as a mid. He is powerful and explosive and does well as a ruck/ruck rover when he is in there. Might drop a few kg's and work on endurance over summer.

 

[Madtiger2006]

We’ll get 2 gun mids in the draft.
Ross will be back
Dow should have played yesterday
Our midfield will be good

 

[Wooden Robot]

there’s some very classy ball users in this year’s ND. As well as our first pick we can add another couple of mids, that’ll be a serious upgrade on any kids we have on our list atm ( apologies to McAullife)
Then we’ll likely have a top 4 or5 pick the following year.
We can rebuild our midfield if we’re smart about it and make some tough list calls

We’ll have the first or at the very least second pick in the 2025 draft.

 

[Wooden Robot]

Don’t get me wrong, I love Jack Ross

5

Jack Ross

Age

25

Ht

187cm

Wt

87kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.2

4star

K

7.8

3star

HB

8.4

5star

M

2.2

2star

T

2.7

4star

CL

3.0

4star

D

13.7

3star

K

6.7

3star

HB

7.0

4star

M

1.7

2star

T

1.7

3star

CL

2.0

4star

D

17.8

5star

K

8.0

3star

HB

9.8

5star

M

2.6

3star

T

2.8

5star

CL

3.0

5star

and what he brings.
But geez, in his absence he’s become some A-grade mid??
We barely
Played him there for four years and were thinking he’s the missing link?
Agree he’ll improve us, but cool the herd. This midfield group as a whole is poor and sprinkled with deficiencies including class and poise.

 

[wegetpumped]

Bolton has leg speed , McIntosh endurance , broad defensive good . Short is an outside receiver .
A bloke in the stands shit faced hurling abuse has more hurt factor than hopper and Taranto . Those two getting stats =‘shit team result

Short soft cat,broad going around for his cheque,Bolton elite my arse.

 

[UncleBob]

Don’t get me wrong, I love Jack Ross and what he brings.
But geez, in his absence he’s become some A-grade mid??
We barely
Played him there for four years and were thinking he’s the missing link?
Agree he’ll improve us, but cool the herd. This midfield group as a whole is poor and sprinkled with deficiencies including class and poise.

Go back to his debut game/year. If I recall correctly he had 27 possies as an inside mid and was playing good footy until he went out with a foot injury - was an emergency for the GF and could have played in place of Pickett in the midfield.
Dimma and Co tried to then turn him into a winger and made him lose weight.

His stretch of games at the start of this year when given an opportunity in the midfield, he performed very well. Had the running capacity from being used on the wing, skill-wise had gone to another level, much more composed in traffic. All very much pointing to the missing "class and poise".

Not an A-grader yet, but might turn into one if he ever gets out of Meehan's dungeon.
Please just let us have some hope haha.