All I am hearing this pre-season from every other club is how they want diversity from all their players in multiple positions. Sound familiar?!?! What a bunch of sheep. ;-)
Years ago people would have laughed at the idea of Roughy going into the middle ... but look at us now! We are blessed to have Clarko as a coach as he is miles ahead of the competition. He is an innovator and a trailblazer.
Schoe into the midfield sounds fanciful but I have no doubt there will be some very unorthodox moves during the season proper. No one likes change but if it's it successful & achieves the desired outcomes then it's embraced ... & I reckon I'm ready to give Clarko a hug!
Indeed. You need to be smart about it by identifying positions compatible to play skill sets, but there are a number of benefits to positional flexibility:
1. It effectively deepens the list to cover injuries;
2. Makes the team less predictable to the opposition;
3. Helps with rotations and might enable our match winners to stay on the field for longer periods; and
4. A possibly overlooked factor is on the mental state of the players - I suspect the different roles freshens the players and add excitement - both during the season, but especially during the long preseason.
It will be really interesting to see how other teams try to copy the Clarkson model. We have been developing this for a few years and have a very experienced team with excellent leaders, so I wonder how less experienced teams will go.