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We don't have players who do tackling / pressure acts like Poppy, Cyril and Breust, but we need better than Fasolo. Ideally players with pace endurance, and who can stick a tackle. The closest in my view are :
Pickett (as per Elwood, engaged in an enduring love affair with our rehab department )
Polson
Cuningham
Fisher (can tackle and has pace)
Garlett (pacy but not too keen on tackling)
Walsh
Lang (described as a a HHF on the CFC website, but also injured)
SPS
Murphy (would be ideal, but doesn’t tackle much.)
We need to do something about locking the ball in F50 - those F50 entries are precious and a lot of work goes into getting the ball down there. A similar amount of work is needed keeping it there.
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It has been highlighted that the sides that won in round 1 brought significant forward half pressure.
Pretty easy really, if Fasolo et al don't, can't or won't do it this week... bye bye.
I'm more than a tad bemused why we persist with the Ed C up forward schtick... time for Murphy to play as a semi permanent forward (he DOES have the smarts to play up forward and can kick goals), he also seems to have a lot of rushed possessions these days, a sign that his best midfield days are behind him.
Ed C can go back to his customary on ball or wing role - can contribute in a much more positive manner that way. I'm ok with flexible thinking from the MC, but not bloodyminded persisting with a failed experiment or finding a role to keep a bloke in the side.
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Curnow and Fasolo must perform ... otherwise the NBs until they do
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(03-25-2019, 09:13 AM)Professer E link Wrote:It has been highlighted that the sides that won in round 1 brought significant forward half pressure.
Pretty easy really, if Fasolo et al don't, can't or won't do it this week... bye bye.
I'm more than a tad bemused why we persist with the Ed C up forward schtick... time for Murphy to play as a semi permanent forward (he DOES have the smarts to play up forward and can kick goals), he also seems to have a lot of rushed possessions these days, a sign that his best midfield days are behind him.
Ed C can go back to his customary on ball or wing role - can contribute in a much more positive manner that way. I'm ok with flexible thinking from the MC, but not bloodyminded persisting with a failed experiment or finding a role to keep a bloke in the side.
Agree with all this, Ive said it many times, Murph has good fwd line craft and can draw a free kick. Agree also Ed on a wing/stopping role.
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(03-25-2019, 10:42 AM)flyboy77 link Wrote:Yep.
What he said!
The Ox is slow but I'm running out of patience.
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Fas will be alright. He just looked a bit under cooked.
Give him a bit of time in the VFL. Polson or JSOS or Stocker or whoever
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Don't know why Gibbons is getting a free pass. A mature ager from the vfl and barely fired a shot.
Matty Wright was better value than both of them thus far.
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