The Midfield

[polakthetiger]

Great news to see Cogs will be hitting the running track in a couple of weeks.

Hopefully he and Simmonds can have big preseasons and they both can get back to full fitness and get back to their best from R1 so our starting mids can be:

Simmonds, Coughlan, Foley with Lids and Tambling (huge preseason needed!) rotating through.

Should get some good forward 50 entries with that! Now to find a FF!!

 

[rfctigerarmy]

Brown, Richardson, Schulz, Hughes, Pettifer, Riewoldt. What do you mean "Now to find a FF"? These blokes have been starved.

 

[polakthetiger]

Brown, Richardson, Schulz, Hughes, Pettifer, Riewoldt. What do you mean "Now to find a FF"? These blokes have been starved.

Well I like Brown permanently at FF next year now you bring it up..

Richo to stay roaming far and wide though...

Schulz....may be able to fill the position with it being rammed down his throat by quality delivery....defensive pressure though??

Pettifer?? nothing more to be said except

Riewoldt...will be in and out again next year unless he has a massive preseason.

Hughes....fingers crossed with Clever!

 

[Jisha]

Pettifer?? nothing more to be said except

dont hate the player, hate the game

 

[jko'neal]

Great news to see Cogs will be hitting the running track in a couple of weeks.

Hopefully he and Simmonds can have big preseasons and they both can get back to full fitness and get back to their best from R1 so our starting mids can be:

Simmonds, Coughlan, Foley with Lids and Tambling (huge preseason needed!) rotating through.

Should get some good forward 50 entries with that! Now to find a FF!!

Great news about Cogs, as highlighted lets hope the rest of the squad joins them the very minute the Grand Final end siren sounds. Biggest bluff in footy this season that Richmond was training harder and fitter than all other teams preseason.

 

[CoggaRules]

Cogga gets back to his best, Foley goes to the next level. We are in the mix.

 

[Goldust]

Cogga gets back to his best, Foley goes to the next level. We are in the mix.

Me thinks you're currently at your best, Cogga!!!

In career best forum posting form!

 

[Drunken Wookie]

I dunno if cogs will make that dramatic a difference, it seems we're much more in need of some receivers with skills/class. we get our fair share of clearances especially outta the centre but it's what we do with it then that's killing us. bling lids and polo stepping up bigtime is what we really desperately need. having said that, obviously cogs is a champ and can only help but it seems some are pinning all their hopes on him to single-handedly set us right.

 

[Madtiger2006]

Great news to see Cogs will be hitting the running track in a couple of weeks.

Hopefully he and Simmonds can have big preseasons and they both can get back to full fitness and get back to their best from R1 so our starting mids can be:

Simmonds, Coughlan, Foley with Lids and Tambling (huge preseason needed!) rotating through.

Should get some good forward 50 entries with that! Now to find a FF!!

Polo, Cogs and Foley should be our engine room

 

[CoggaRules]

I dunno if cogs will make that dramatic a difference, it seems we're much more in need of some receivers with skills/class. we get our fair share of clearances especially outta the centre but it's what we do with it then that's killing us. bling lids and polo stepping up bigtime is what we really desperately need. having said that, obviously cogs is a champ and can only help but it seems some are pinning all their hopes on him to single-handedly set us right.

naaa, because this time he wont be the lone hand, thats the difference.
He will have Foley, Lids, Polo, Browny, Connors, Edwards etc to lend a hand. Can you see the difference? the usual suspects are missing.
All we need to rectify is our scoreboard pressure, i.e. FL. Our backline is coming along just fine.
If the rumour that we are gunning for a ready made top liner is on the money, again since i am a betting man, i would be betting that its tall forward.

 

[Drunken Wookie]

what i'm saying is, if you insert coughlan into our team as it is now it won't matter how many times he rips the pill from the bottom of a pack and dishes it out if who he's dishing it out to turns it straight over - what's been happening all year.
our midfield will be dominant when we've got foley and coughlan able to dish it off to guys like deledio who then spears it onto a forward targets chest.
simply having another extractor won't make much difference if their isn't class support.

 

[CoggaRules]

what i'm saying is, if you insert coughlan into our team as it is now it won't matter how many times he rips the pill from the bottom of a pack and dishes it out if who he's dishing it out to turns it straight over - what's been happening all year.
our midfield will be dominant when we've got foley and coughlan able to dish it off to guys like deledio who then spears it onto a forwards targets chest.
simply having another extractor won't make much difference if their isn't class support.

yes it will, when the one that is extracting it and also running into the FL now, doesnt have to extract it all the time and can recieve it.
You underestimate Foleys explosiveness dude. If Cogga can get it back, Foley goes to the next level, he is doing it all now and is still kicking butt.
Now once we have the can do players in the middle getting it, then once the FL learns how to lead before it even gets into the ball carriers hands, if its one of those i mention, they dont need to think twice about how to get it to the lead, they just do it. Keep your eye on Foley Lids Polo Connors and Edwards, they only need one look and they give it, as opposed to the usual suspects that need a month of sundays before they work out who and how.

 

[Roger Dodger]

what i'm saying is, if you insert coughlan into our team as it is now it won't matter how many times he rips the pill from the bottom of a pack and dishes it out if who he's dishing it out to turns it straight over - what's been happening all year.
our midfield will be dominant when we've got foley and coughlan able to dish it off to guys like deledio who then spears it onto a forward targets chest.
simply having another extractor won't make much difference if their isn't class support.

Absolutely spot on. Unfortunately everyone seems to forgetting that most players coming off a knee reco have poor return years. Cogs is coming off two. Michael Braun is the only guy I know of who bounced back so quickly but let's not go there.

 

[Drunken Wookie]

yes it will, when the one that is extracting it and also running into the FL now, doesnt have to extract it all the time and can recieve it.
You underestimate Foleys explosiveness dude. If Cogga can get it back, Foley goes to the next level, he is doing it all now and is still kicking butt.
Now once we have the can do players in the middle getting it, then once the FL learns how to lead before it even gets into the ball carriers hands, if its one of those i mention, they dont need to think twice about how to get it to the lead, they just do it. Keep your eye on Foley Lids Polo Connors and Edwards, they only need one look and they give it, as opposed to the usual suspects that need a month of sundays before they work out who and how.

a good point and well made but I still think some of our more outside inclined midfielders improving greatly over this preseason is much more crucial then freeing up foley. we need a solid midfield unit working together.

 

[CoggaRules]

Absolutely spot on. Unfortunately everyone seems to forgetting that most players coming off a knee reco have poor return years. Cogs is coming off two. Michael Braun is the only guy I know of who bounced back so quickly but let's not go there.

he wouldnt come off two if he didnt think he could do it dude. Thats Coggs in a nutshell. He wouldnt want to come back and not be effective, the guy is driven.

 

[jko'neal]

Absolutely spot on. Unfortunately everyone seems to forgetting that most players coming off a knee reco have poor return years. Cogs is coming off two. Michael Braun is the only guy I know of who bounced back so quickly but let's not go there.

Richo's comeback season from his knee recon was his best ever wasn't it?
90 goals or something like that, would have to be one of the better comebacks from a knee Iv'e seen.