04-18-2019, 07:50 AM
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King and Maclure we're discussing Carlton's forward line on 360 last night
The talk centred around Mckay, McGovern, Charlie and Gibbons and their positioning.
The general discussion centred around the lack of someone with authority, on the field, giving directions.
Maclure said before him it had been Walls who passed the baton on to him...It went without saying that the role then fell to Kernahan
Fevola was a great forward but probably more of a "Get out of the way' guy than a General mustering the troops.
(That may be a bit harsh)
The discussion on 360 questioned who should be our general.
King suggested it should be Charlie Curnow who stepped up.
Maclure wasn't so sure....his choice ...Kade Simpson.
Simpson probably doesn't have a lot of time left...Is this a role he could step into while Curnow gains a bit more experience?
Is there someone else?
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Just beat me to it (starting a forward line topic).
I actually liked what Sellers had to say - Simmo as the forward line General. King's suggestion of Charlie being the General on the forward line shows his lack of knowledge about Charlie... long time until, if ever, Charlie is a leader. Working flat out to take charge of himself at present.
Simpson is an excellent suggestion and would probably give him a new lease on life as well. Weitering seems ready to take the leadership mantle down back, closely followed by Jones
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Another possibility is Thomas who is having a pretty solid start to the year and can also play forward.
Noticed him doing a fair bit of directing and talking to some of the young blokes at last weekend's game
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Why can't it be McGovern? He's got more experience than our other forwards, and has played in a winning forward line at Adelaide
The position requires experience,respect and authority.
If McGovern ticks those boxes fine....
Perhaps the thing that may concern me just a little is that he's been part of this lack of cohesion.
Having said that we're only 4 games in and he's still working out how the others operate.
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My only concern with Brackets is that he's new and probably hasn't earned his stripes yet, plus we don't know whether he's a leadership kinda cat.
Like the Daisy suggestion.
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We haven't really had a forward line general since Betts left.
McGovern is still learning the caper and getting to know our blokes so it may be a challenge for him.
I'd prefer to see Daisy as a permanent forward and with the responsibility of untangling Charlie, Harry and the Gov and ensuring that we have crumbers in place for the long bombs to Gibbons
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(04-18-2019, 08:44 AM)Baggers link Wrote:My only concern with Brackets is that he's new and probably hasn't earned his stripes yet, plus we don't know whether he's a leadership kinda cat.
Like the Daisy suggestion.
Brackets?
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