08-07-2022, 12:21 AM
(08-07-2022, 12:08 AM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:Problem I have with him is his kicking and I have seen him pull out of contests and the ones that stick in my mind were marking duels where he thought he was going to take a hit and avoided the contact.
You can't have players like that in senior midfield positions imho.
If he plays he plays on a wing where he can tag another quality player but where the game isn't so dependent on his ability to win the hard ball because I don't trust him vs quality opposition who are going to go hard everytime.
The reason why we had to get players like Hewett and reinvent Kennedy was that players like Setterfield and Dow haven't delivered..
My criticism of Setterfield, and i've been in his corner more than most, is that he seemed to be a slow thinker.
He takes too long to find an option and dispose of the ball.
If his instincts were better, he wouldn't have to dispose of the ball under the same amount of pressure and wouldn't turn it over as much.
Something that i've really noticed about this 2022 team vs 2021 team is the quick ball movement, especially by hand. Always getting a quick handball to a teammate before getting hit/tackled/pressured.....and linking those quick handballs. Best example of this is when a player jumps up to grab the ball and handballs it before hitting the ground finding a teammate before the guy in his back pocket has a chance to affect the player/ball. An example of Setterfield in the same situation would see him jump for the ball, land, look for a teammate, take 2 steps and get tackled/pressured.
With that observation in mind, he is better suited to areas where he is less likely to be put in those situations IMO.
So wing, or even previously in the BP are ideal as he either has more time, space, or 'outs' ie boundary line to help him.