Specialist Tagger/Run with player

[Peter Sidorkiewicz]

I think it is quite obvious that we need to develop one. McCluggage went off in the prelim and we couldn’t stop him.

Jack Crisp

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Jack Crisp

Age

32

Ht

190cm

Wt

91kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

21.2

5star

K

11.5

4star

HB

9.7

5star

M

4.6

4star

T

4.0

5star

CL

2.2

4star

D

17.7

4star

K

10.7

4star

HB

7.0

4star

M

5.1

5star

T

1.6

3star

CL

1.0

3star

D

14.4

4star

K

8.4

4star

HB

6.0

4star

M

2.8

3star

T

3.0

5star

CL

1.4

4star

used to do it. Is he getting too old?

Ned Long and Ed Allan are top 3 runners at the club. Should one of them be ear marked for the role.

Do we move Perryman to the midfield to do this.

I think McRae needs to find a solution. Can’t continue to load up the midfield with purely offensive players.

 

[cakewalk06]

Perryman IMO. Try to play like Dunkley. Make it happen, coach Pendles.

 

[Bianconeri]

Perryman is the one I’d go with to run with the oppositions best mid whilst Pendlebury is still the anchor.

 

[gouki88]

Perryman for my mind too. I think we’d prefer to go a similar path to Brisbane with Dunkley (defensive but still wins his own) rather than Geelong’s commitment to outright negation

 

[Robroy22]

Will Parker is my choice as a tagger. Disciplined, great tackler, good skills to match.

 

[Vankri]

Our plans according to Fly was to send Sidey to McLuggage in that prelim (which is what I was hoping for pre game). Only reason it didn’t happen is Pendles’ calf in the first few minutes of the game. Sidey’s proven he can do it on both outside and in-and-out players late 2024.

I think C Scott looked wicked smart with his heavy defensive midfield strategy right up until the GF. If our Prelim and the GF didn’t convince you of the power of offensive running I don’t know what will.

So what I would do is for teams where there is a disproportionate amount of outside ball / SIs coming from one player I would send Sidey. For stoppage ‘tagging’ Pez and Long are enough. I don’t see Pez as that tagger personally outside of stoppage because his strength like Pendles will come from decision making, positioning taking space and knowing when to go and when to stay which you can’t do as a dedicated tagger.

Wild card is Crisp as I’m not super confident on his form and role going into 2026 so it could be a reinvention/back to the future thing for him to get a tagging role again.