05-25-2017, 11:03 AM
(05-25-2017, 10:40 AM)kruddler link Wrote:We have a former AFLCA MVP winner in Murphy. He goes ok.
Gibbs, for all the flack he gets, is still an a-grade mid, not A+, but A.
Cripps is breaking all the records for clearances and contested possessions for games played and if he isn't there now, will certainly be an elite mid soon enough.
Kreuzer would be amongst the top 6 in terms of ruck output this season.
There is your starting midfield. Not too much to complain about there.
From there it does drop away, E. Curnow, Graham...etc
However, our forwardline....
Is anyone there considered elite? No.
Is anyone there considered a-grade? No.
Is anyone there considered b-grade? Questionable. Plenty of potential...but nothing guaranteed.
....before anyone says Weitering, he is a gun player, but is not a gun forward by any stretch of the imagination.
In short, our forwardline needs more attention than the midfield.
in your opinion. And your logic in rating individual players simply doesn't stack up - sorry.
And, if I may remind you, when we get belted, our midfield is non existent.
If you can't see the problem is more the speed and manner of delivery into F50, rather than recipients of said delivery, well not much more to say really.
Neither Betts nor Jenkins nor Walker would boost our scoring when the ball was jerked around laterally and backwards as it was for 3 quarters like it was against the Shockers....
But dream on by all means...
Finals, then 4 in a row!

