Round 2 side

[Minotaur]

Am i the only person who thinks Chad should be elft at CHB?

2004 we had awesome run from back there, with chad and junior, it also left wakes to just play the stopping job and bishop got the third tall if they have one, plus wanganeen sweeping, walshy running it out and chaplin back to help chad out if there CHF starts to get some form.

We don't need chad up forward, nor do we need him in the middle with all our youngsters coming through, slot him in at CHB and let him do his thing.

I find with msot players given the free roam license they tend to drift in and out of games and spend patches where they just kind of follow the ball but dont have an influence.

What like Hird or Kouta at thier peaks?? Surely this is role Choco sees Chad playing.

 

[Portia]

Hird and Kouta both have a lot of games where they don't do much.

 

[crazy_big_al]

Hird and Kouta both have a lot of games where they don't do much.

ok then if u say so

 

[Troy Wingate]

I would much prefer to leave Chad at the CHB position and let him float around the defensive end. That's what he did in 2004 and it worked to perfection. If I remember correctly, he named that year's AA CHB.

 

[Tommy Gun]

I would much prefer to leave Chad at the CHB position and let him float around the defensive end. That's what he did in 2004 and it worked to perfection. If I remember correctly, he named that year's AA CHB.

I think with the midfield we had that year (2004) was alot better at putting pressure on the oppostion's midfield than our current midfield. This then made delivery to the forwards difficult & Chad could float around the defensive area.

My feeling is, that if he tried to do that now his man would get a fair bit of the ball.

He might have to play there until Chappy gets back but as soon as Chappy is ready i would slot him straight back into CHB.

Just my thoughts.

 

[Power21]

I think with the midfield we had that year (2004) was alot better at putting pressure on the oppostion's midfield than our current midfield. This then made delivery to the forwards difficult & Chad could float around the defensive area.

My feeling is, that if he tried to do that now his man would get a fair bit of the ball.

He might have to play there until Chappy gets back but as soon as Chappy is ready i would slot him straight back into CHB.

Just my thoughts.

I would have chappy play in the bacl half, wether it is CHB or not depends on match ups. Bish certainly can't down a key post anymore, a third tall is all he can do capably, and even that is debatable. With chad in the back line we get so much more run and rebound because he doesn't spoil but he takes grabs and hands off to junior or his brother to run out with.

Like it's been said he worked to perfection at CHB in 2004 why do we feel the need to move him now? Give our youngsters more time in the middle. It's time sal and ebert and those guys took charge, we shouldn't need chad in there showing the way.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

There might be more than 1 change ... but possible bad news Porthos, Symes might not be one of them. From the tiser.

While captain Warren Tredrea (knee) and Chaplin (fractured eye socket) will miss, there also is some concern over Domenic Cassisi, Gavin Wanganeen, Dean Brogan and Brad Symes, who is in line for promotion. All were inconvenienced at training at Alberton yesterday and will be tested tomorrow.

 

[Portia]

Symesy will be fine, he's Tonka tough.

 

[Steve Dore]

There might be more than 1 change ... but possible bad news Porthos, Symes might not be one of them. From the tiser.

Looks like Wanganeen may be "dropped" after all due to "general soreness".

 

[Toots Hibbert]

Word from a North Adelaide fan at work is that Lonie was fantastic for the Roosters on the weekend. This guy was especially impressed with his disposal. When I questioned him about hardness at the football I didn't get any sort of response. Even though I pursued this by saying we needed players who are hard at it I still got nowhere so I'm assuming Nathan didn't do anything special in that department.

 

[Toots Hibbert]

Out Chaplin - Chad to CHB

In Symes (if fit) to HBF - Junior to the midfield

If Symes is not fit we need a Shaq attack.

 

[Forzaport]

i'd bring in the shaq - a hard nut in the centre will be a good rotation for wilbur

 

[Toots Hibbert]

Just had another thought

How about dropping Bishop and putting Pettigrew into the back pocket as the third tall. This makes room in the 22 for DeLuca. I'd use him as the second ruckman giving him a run for between 5 to 10 minutes a quarter to give Broges a rest. (Hopefully Deano has got the brain spasms out of his system). That would free Lade to play CHF till Tredders comes back. I thought he looked really good there against the Roos, he knows where to move to, takes a good grab and kicks well.

DeLuca looked good in the trial games and went well on the weekend for Sturt apparently.

 

[Portia]

How about dropping Bishop and bringing in a small defender, consider we don't even seem to play him as third tall anymore.

 

[crazy_big_al]

Word from a North Adelaide fan at work is that Lonie was fantastic for the Roosters on the weekend. This guy was especially impressed with his disposal. When I questioned him about hardness at the football I didn't get any sort of response. Even though I pursued this by saying we needed players who are hard at it I still got nowhere so I'm assuming Nathan didn't do anything special in that department.

He will always be soft

 

[Toots Hibbert]

How about dropping Bishop and bringing in a small defender, consider we don't even seem to play him as third tall anymore.

You don't like the DeLuca/ Lade idea? Forget the third tall business if you don't like it but put Pettigrew back there as his mobility speed and disposal would be useful there.

 

[Steve Dore]

How about dropping Bishop......

It ain't going to happen

 

[Portia]

You don't like the DeLuca/ Lade idea? Forget the third tall business if you don't like it but put Pettigrew back there as his mobility speed and disposal would be useful there.

I'm not convinced that Pettigrew can be relied on to do anything at this stage. I like a strong defence, and I'd rather bring in Ezard than bring in another pacey guy that you can't count on to cover an opponent.

Bringing in Deluca for Pettigrew is fine if you think we need to work on rucks. I would expect similar output from either.

 

[Malibu#27]

Just had another thought

How about dropping Bishop and putting Pettigrew into the back pocket as the third tall. This makes room in the 22 for DeLuca. I'd use him as the second ruckman giving him a run for between 5 to 10 minutes a quarter to give Broges a rest. (Hopefully Deano has got the brain spasms out of his system). That would free Lade to play CHF till Tredders comes back. I thought he looked really good there against the Roos, he knows where to move to, takes a good grab and kicks well.

DeLuca looked good in the trial games and went well on the weekend for Sturt apparently.

Dont think SCG is a ground that will suit three ruckmen. I'd be more inclined to rest Brogan if hes not right and bring in Deluca (given Brogan was off the track again with back soreness yesterday - and that hes not in my fantasy team).

Lade didnt really play CHF against Roos was at Full forward when he kicked the goals and didnt look mobile enough (as White was) to play CHF.

 

[Arsene Wenger]

i give up tryin to work it out - regardless i think wel kop a bath anyway

 

[Toots Hibbert]

Dont think SCG is a ground that will suit three ruckmen. I'd be more inclined to rest Brogan if hes not right and bring in Deluca (given Brogan was off the track again with back soreness yesterday - and that hes not in my fantasy team).

Lade didnt really play CHF against Roos was at Full forward when he kicked the goals and didnt look mobile enough (as White was) to play CHF.

I'm not asking for three ruckmen. I want Lade at CHF. He did play there at times on Saturday night and it was a joy to watch his movement. He knew where to got to and patrolled across half forward as a stay at home CHF. He would have totalled about 25 mins in that role if I'm not mistaken. We started the game with him there. On the mobility question that's a fair point but the threat he poses in the air and his accurate kicking makes up for it. It's not ideal but is a stop gap measure till Tredders gets back.

 

[Portia]

Lade has never been any good as a forward all game. You tend to get the same output from him if he plays a half up forward as if he played full time...the bonus being that he can ruck in the other half too.

 

[Malibu#27]

I'm not asking for three ruckmen. I want Lade at CHF. He did play there at times on Saturday night and it was a joy to watch his movement. He knew where to got to and patrolled across half forward as a stay at home CHF. He would have totalled about 25 mins in that role if I'm not mistaken. We started the game with him there. On the mobility question that's a fair point but the threat he poses in the air and his accurate kicking makes up for it. It's not ideal but is a stop gap measure till Tredders gets back.

So what is White ?

IMO Lade was playing closer to goal, White was doing the roaming. Regardless - being the SCG they would both be playing close to goal due to its size.

 

[Toots Hibbert]

Well we need another tall forward option besides White and Lade looks the best bet to me given Chad will have to play CHB.

 

[Malibu#27]

Lade has never been any good as a forward all game. You tend to get the same output from him if he plays a half up forward as if he played full time...the bonus being that he can ruck in the other half too.

Good point - often he is quite effective up forward when he isnt actually playing there - but slips down while in the ruck.