07-02-2018, 03:32 AM
(07-02-2018, 03:05 AM)spf link Wrote:I have been watching Liam Jones recently, and, thinking to myself; how can this guy not play forward?
Could he not play as a backman in the forward zone? What does he do now, he reads the ball, backs himself, and, zones off to contest.
Perhaps, an option for Liam, may be that he is instructed to play forward, and, stop his man marking it. If he contests the way he does down back, the smaller crumbing players may come into their own; Jones may also take a few marks, and, start to believe he can play forward.
Brisbane may present the ideal opportunity to trial this.
I'm really surprised we haven't tried it.
I think it would work extra well.
It would be chaos balls all over the place for our small forwards to work with.
I guessing we haven't done it because we may be a bit gun-shy given that he didn't succeed there before.
But the last games of this season give us some great opportunities for experimentation without consequence.