Is still 30 for most of the season and his goal average has been trending up every year for the best part of a decade. Will be good for at least 60 goals a year for at least another 3 years, assuming the unthinkable doesn't happen but aside from an injury this year, he's played at least 20 games in 6 of the 7 years previous.
How many forwards are kicking 60 goals per year at 33?
What are the metrics for 'top-notch defence'? What are the metric for 'clicked gameplan' or 'complete buy-in'?
No idea mate, why don't you fill me in? How many players increase their goal average every single year up til the age of 30? How many players are capable of 80+ goal seasons in this era? If anyone is capable, Kennedy is.
What was your metric for the Tigers? The existence of Dustin Martin?
They're not metrics. They're assertions that offer a better explanation for the Tigers winning the flag than yours.
Well, I think it takes more than one fantastic player for a midfield to be deemed "elite".
WC are probably a bad example as they were shockingly flaky at times. So yes, I'd say Richmond had more complete buy-in. In football parlance, that means a total commitment to executing the gameplan and doing the non-negotiables that make it work - in Richmond's case, creating that intense pressure around the ball all over the ground. WC did that far less effectively than Richmond.
West Coast made the grand final in 2015 with a similar midfield to 2017 (and probably 2018). The key in recent years has been game plan execution.
Your midfield has gone from old and slow to non-existent. Who is going to get the ball to Kennedy? Ah Chee?
Shuey, Gaff, Redden, Sheed, Yeo, Duggan. And Nic Nat. Not quite non existent.
Not quite, but almost...
And not quite good enough
So Priddis retiring makes our midfield nonexistant? Look I know Freo supporters seem to think that having one good midfielder, i.e.Fyfe, makes a midfield but you need to be more balanced than that.
Try Blakely, Neale, Hill x 2, Mundy, Walters
Blakely's a HBF that can't kick, Mundy and Neale are quality. Hill brothers are your version of Gaff although luckily you got 2 and Walters is a forward. They go alright but your ladder positions suggests that they're not exactly a dynamo mix.
Maybe not, but Shuey is class, Yeo has been sublime at times but needs to do it consistently, Redden is solid, Sheed and Duggan have plenty of potential. The key is, of course, NN; the midfield was no better in 2015 and it made a grand final.
According to AFL website, this is our best 22:
Or perhaps we can now build a game style to suit the G and play that style at least every second week?
You don't change your whole game plan for two, maybe three games a year. They should have been able to adjust and the fact they didn't was a failure, but it makes sense to have s game plan that suits more than half of your games.
