03-19-2021, 06:32 AM
(03-19-2021, 05:49 AM)kruddler link Wrote:If you have Ed, you've gotta have Murphy too.I prefer Cottrell to LOB but you cant rock up vs Richmond with Cottrell as one of your main mids IMHO, Ed has his uses for tagging but I think we need to field a more damaging midfield than relying on taggers to stop the opposition.
Ed still does Ed things.....and thats team first, body on the line, gut running....every contest. He stays until his replacement can do that too.
I think Cottrell is his replacement personally, and i'd be picking him before LOB in the future.
Most of the goods teams have too many good mids to tag now anyway and we need to bat deeper with quality in the middle.
I think Dow has to be persevered with for this reason and a player like Stocker introduced into our midfield setup.
Fogarty was handy also and I think the need for Ed and Murphy has passed...a player like Gibbons is now more useful than Murphy IMO. You can argue on Murphys toughness etc like some do but IMO we now have players like Gibbons, Fogarty who can do his role and its purely down to what players contribute on a consistent basis and what potential to move to the next level they have.
Ed, Murphy and Eddie Betts are all in that category of potentially holding other younger players back now as is Casboult.
I dont think you can play them all when we have a full fit list...