(07-03-2018, 01:57 AM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:Jenkins is good value when the Crows have Walker playing, Lynch, Eddie etc ...when he has to be the main man he doesnt assert himself and plays in a timid fashion which is strange given he is such a big unit.
We need a player who is prepared to be the main focus and lead the forward line, show some physicality and create for others....that aint Jenkins..
It's not McKay either at the moment, at the moment McKay plays more like Betts.
Kerr is much closer to this player, even if he's only a short term option until the others mature, Kerr leads straight up the guts and provides some structure. It's not Kerr's fault our rubbish disposal stops our mids and HBFs from kicking through the corridor.
Personally, if ACoS had gotten fit I'd have been playing him or Rowe up forward!
When I was around TAC Cup, the coaches under instruction from The Aints wanted KPFs doing 80% of their work as lead up forwards in a trapezium formed by the two point posts and the corners of the center square. It's not an unreasonable request, Johnno Brown made a career of it! It was as much about making forwards play in a predictable manner for the mids and HBFs as it was about the KPFs running the right patterns. Jack Riewoldt is probably the best current example, it would be interesting to see his heat map!
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"