08-09-2020, 11:41 AM
Whilst the effort today couldn’t be questioned, it’s now obvious that we have some glaring deficiencies in our back line and our midfield composition.
Draft target number 1 should be a fast, strong lockdown defender for the Butler types.There’s no Andy Collins, Wayne Harmes or even a Jed Bews type back there and if we’re honest SPS and Docherty aren’t really natural defenders and I’d much prefer to see both around the middle. I’d love Zac Willliams from GWS, bit of urgency and intensity.
We’re also badly lacking pace and X factor around the middle of the ground and I can’t remember the last time I saw a Carlton midfielder breaking the lines with pace as opposed to brute force - Cripps, Kennedy, Setterfield, Curnow, Newnes and Gibbons can all be effective but are all a bit one paced and I really don’t think we can or should play all at once. If we persist, we’ll be great in the arm wrestle, but when momentum swings we will continue to struggle to contain the outside runners. I’d be introducing Docherty, Dow, Fisher and maybe even trying Honey around the stoppages to give us some desperately needed outside run.
A midfield rotation (including wingers) as follows would better balance our side
- 1x Ruck (TDK, Pitt)
- 2x Inside (Cripps, Setters, Kennedy, Curnow, Gibbons)
- 3x Runners (Dow, Docherty, Fisher, Cunningham, Martin, Walsh, SPS, Honey)
As much as SPS needs to move further up the field, Murphy needs to spend more time forward as many have said - probably HFF.
In summary, whilst it’s a bit unfair I’d be going with Williamson and Cotterell back for some run and carry, Murphy forward and rotating Dow, Docherty and SPS through the middle.
I’d be giving Eddie a rest for a couple of weeks - right now we’re carrying too many
I’d go hard for Williams at GWS and Pettrucelle at WC in the off season also. Exactly what we need.
Draft target number 1 should be a fast, strong lockdown defender for the Butler types.There’s no Andy Collins, Wayne Harmes or even a Jed Bews type back there and if we’re honest SPS and Docherty aren’t really natural defenders and I’d much prefer to see both around the middle. I’d love Zac Willliams from GWS, bit of urgency and intensity.
We’re also badly lacking pace and X factor around the middle of the ground and I can’t remember the last time I saw a Carlton midfielder breaking the lines with pace as opposed to brute force - Cripps, Kennedy, Setterfield, Curnow, Newnes and Gibbons can all be effective but are all a bit one paced and I really don’t think we can or should play all at once. If we persist, we’ll be great in the arm wrestle, but when momentum swings we will continue to struggle to contain the outside runners. I’d be introducing Docherty, Dow, Fisher and maybe even trying Honey around the stoppages to give us some desperately needed outside run.
A midfield rotation (including wingers) as follows would better balance our side
- 1x Ruck (TDK, Pitt)
- 2x Inside (Cripps, Setters, Kennedy, Curnow, Gibbons)
- 3x Runners (Dow, Docherty, Fisher, Cunningham, Martin, Walsh, SPS, Honey)
As much as SPS needs to move further up the field, Murphy needs to spend more time forward as many have said - probably HFF.
In summary, whilst it’s a bit unfair I’d be going with Williamson and Cotterell back for some run and carry, Murphy forward and rotating Dow, Docherty and SPS through the middle.
I’d be giving Eddie a rest for a couple of weeks - right now we’re carrying too many
I’d go hard for Williams at GWS and Pettrucelle at WC in the off season also. Exactly what we need.