ant555
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- May 4, 2004
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Clarke midfield. Parish forward........Que outrage now .........
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This idea of Clarke playing midfield while the other guys spend more time forward sounds good and sensible and logical.
We all know he’s going to be playing FF out of the square though.
That's because we're not "the best sides". The best sides know how to do it - we don'tThe best sides know how to look after the ball and play tempo footy. We rarely do it
My point is that it is uncharted territory for us. People keep complaining about "learnings" and how long it takes to build a game plan. It does take a long time especially when there are lots of injuries to key players. And sometimes it take so long that group misses the window. It happens. It doesn't mean that players are lazy or just picking up a pay cheque.That's a fair point. You could count on one hand the amount of times we've put the opposition to the sword with our current side. It's almost uncharted territory
It's where the sum of the parts is greater than the individual components. a win can come if the coaching engenders enough self belief in the teamTBH it's hard to see exactly where Ess can win this game. Who can turn the tide?
such a small fwd lineStructurally, we look like:
7 defenders: Gleeson, Ridley, Francis, Zerk-Thatcher, Guelfi, Saad, Redman
5 inside midfielders: McGrath, Parish, Merrett, Shiel, Clarke
3 outside midfielders: Snelling, Langford, Cutler
1 ruck: Bellchambers
6 forwards: Stewart, McKernan, Smith, Walla, Zaka, McKenna
Whereas they're going with:
8 defenders: Budarick, Collins, Lukosius, Powell, Ballard, Harbrow, Lemmens, Bowes (maybe shifted to OM? But played defence most of the year)
5 inside midfielders: Greenwood, Swallow, Miller, Anderson, Fiorini
2 outside midfielders: Weller, Ellis
1 ruck: Witts
6 forwards: Day, Ainsworth, Corbett, Rankine, Ainsworth, Flanders? (Maybe as a mid?)
I'd put Zerk on King, Francis on Day reluctantly, Ridley on Corbett, Saad on Rankine, Gleeson on Ainsworth, Guelfi on Flanders.
Same but i think while there is a glimmer of hope for finals they need to play Smac with someone like T-Bell. Be a very big ask for Crauford to play forward and second ruck straight up IMO. Better to play him just as a forward with Smac as well as Draper if/when finals are out of the question.Would have liked to see Crauford get a gig
GC hardly setting the world on fire.
If we can find intensity we had for the first half last week over 4 quarters we can win.
Your post has pointed out how shite our outside midfielders are... and that our inside midfielders should actually be outside midfielders... and that because we have no inside midfielders, we have no outside midfielders and basically now they’re all resting forwards.Structurally, we look like:
7 defenders: Gleeson, Ridley, Francis, Zerk-Thatcher, Guelfi, Saad, Redman
5 inside midfielders: McGrath, Parish, Merrett, Shiel, Clarke
3 outside midfielders: Snelling, Langford, Cutler
1 ruck: Bellchambers
6 forwards: Stewart, McKernan, Smith, Walla, Zaka, McKenna
Whereas they're going with:
8 defenders: Budarick, Collins, Lukosius, Powell, Ballard, Harbrow, Lemmens, Bowes (maybe shifted to OM? But played defence most of the year)
5 inside midfielders: Greenwood, Swallow, Miller, Anderson, Fiorini
2 outside midfielders: Weller, Ellis
1 ruck: Witts
6 forwards: Day, Ainsworth, Corbett, Rankine, Ainsworth, Flanders? (Maybe as a mid?)
I'd put Zerk on King, Francis on Day reluctantly, Ridley on Corbett, Saad on Rankine, Gleeson on Ainsworth, Guelfi on Flanders.
Lemmens plays fwd. Think Flanders will play more mid and Swallow will have a rest fwd.Structurally, we look like:
7 defenders: Gleeson, Ridley, Francis, Zerk-Thatcher, Guelfi, Saad, Redman
5 inside midfielders: McGrath, Parish, Merrett, Shiel, Clarke
3 outside midfielders: Snelling, Langford, Cutler
1 ruck: Bellchambers
6 forwards: Stewart, McKernan, Smith, Walla, Zaka, McKenna
Whereas they're going with:
8 defenders: Budarick, Collins, Lukosius, Powell, Ballard, Harbrow, Lemmens, Bowes (maybe shifted to OM? But played defence most of the year)
5 inside midfielders: Greenwood, Swallow, Miller, Anderson, Fiorini
2 outside midfielders: Weller, Ellis
1 ruck: Witts
6 forwards: Day, Ainsworth, Corbett, Rankine, Ainsworth, Flanders? (Maybe as a mid?)
I'd put Zerk on King, Francis on Day reluctantly, Ridley on Corbett, Saad on Rankine, Gleeson on Ainsworth, Guelfi on Flanders.