04-26-2017, 06:32 AM
(04-26-2017, 06:05 AM)LP link Wrote:Personally, I wouldn't give a rats ar5e about the HBFs! I'd put any old blokes like Treacle, Molasses and Corn Syrup in the midfield as long as they could get the stoppage ball out to the likes Judd, Scotland, Murphy, Garlett, Betts, Armfield or Yarran I don't care!
The sad thing is, I think Ratten was the best midfield coach we've had since the Parkin / Briton days. But he never really got the rest of the field sorted as he probably needed it. We won stoppage after stoppage, not just as a result of Judd because we won them without Judd playing. I suppose in hindsight we know there were many issues around Fev, Yarran, O'hAilpin, Cloke, Garlett, Robinson, etc., etc and a bit of club politics as well.
If you compare points F/A in 09 (Fev's last year) and 10,11, you will see that there was a dip in 10 compared to 09, as the coaches tried to figure out a new forward structure. Then in 2011, you see they sorted it out and we had more points for and less against than 09 and 10. A forward line that at various times consisted of the 3 amigos, Waite, Hendo, Setanta, Thornton. Not exactly the stuff of dreams.