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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: one-eyed on November 01, 2015, 08:44:09 PM
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Midfielders will spend more time forward in 2016 after interchange rotations cut
November 1, 2015
JON RALPH
Herald Sun
STAR midfielders have been warned they must spend the summer transforming into attacking weapons due to the AFL’s new interchange limit.
The league has reduced rotations to 90 next year, with St Kilda’s sports science manager Simon Kearney yesterday adamant it would open up the game as a spectacle.
He says the heavy game loads will reduce the capacity of teams to train during the season, with midfielders to run up to 17km a game.
Clubs with mature midfielders with many pre-seasons under their belt with adapt quickest, throwing up the possibility of more blowouts involving younger sides.
With players on the ground for longer stints, Kearney says midfielders going forward to rest will be a key feature of the 2016 season.
“The big one with midfielders, which may have the biggest effect, is you are going to see some really exciting inside midfielders having a rest forward,’’ he said.
“It will be exciting and pretty scary if you have got a Jack Steven or Nat Fyfe sneaking forward, it will put a bit of pressure on the backs.
“Even though they are resting down there they will be capable of doing anything. Those guys are going to have to rest forward and rest deep.”
St Kilda has already tried to increase player loads in preparation for reduced interchange, but will push their players’ aerobic fitness over the pre-season.
Kearney, with experience at the Melbourne Demons, Tennis Australia, Melbourne Tigers and Melbourne Storm, will be part of a Saints team trying to fast-track the fitness of a young St Kilda team.
Some midfielders will have four less rotations so will be on the ground in longer stints that will encourage one-on-one play.
But the fallout will be minimal training during the year and younger sides tiring early in the year.
“We will still be working on top-end speed and repeat efforts but there will be a focus on building tanks.
“Their game volumes are going to have to go up so we won’t be able to do as much training during the week.
“If guys are getting used to 90 rotations, their recovery during the week will have to go up.
“The volume will be going up and they will be running 1-2km extra a game.
“Joey (Montagna) would run around 14-15km a game so it puts more emphasis on knowing where to run.”
The younger teams might battle but clubs with ageing midfields like triple premiership Hawthorn will also have to monitor them for injuries and fatigue.
“It is going to affect both ends of the spectrum. Teams with lots of players in the (age group) between 24 and 28-29 will cope OK.
“You could find younger clubs struggling with it, there could be more blowouts or then again there could be more scraps and closer games.
“Regardless of rotations the younger clubs struggle more towards the end of the year, so it will be interesting to see if that is emphasised more with 90 rotations.”
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/more-news/midfielders-will-spend-more-time-forward-in-2016-after-interchange-rotations-cut/news-story/2bedcdf31c83c0d3c783e9017ac35f77
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Magan gale will play very week
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we fit the age bracket and one thing I will say is we seem to run games out well. North are doomed
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This rule would suit lids and martin to a tee. I could see the two of them kicking 100 goals between them if we are smart with the rotations
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I pretty much wouldn't rest dudes like Lids and Martin.
Just throw them forward and leave them there when they're tired.
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If we had lburger or Kreuzer (both were free) I'd be confident, givin what lids / chimp / Martin can do up forwar.
Given our ruck department I hear alarm bells ..
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This is great for the game. It will stop players who kick goals from running from the ground after the goal is scored. Something l have hated in football. Now we may see players kicking 2 -3 quick goals on a run of goals. Where champions are made
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This is great for the game. It will stop players who kick goals from running from the ground after the goal is scored. Something l have hated in football. Now we may see players kicking 2 -3 quick goals on a run of goals. Where champions are made
Wot he said.
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AFL’s latest trend: Lean muscle has pushed big bodies to the sidelines
SAM EDMUND
Herald Sun
March 21, 2016
In 2016, thin is in.
It’s all a world away from the pre-season images of a decade ago, where players with their tops off looked like The Incredible Hulk stunt doubles.
Back then, bigger was better. The Geelong midfield was on its way to building bulk and the dynasty that followed.
Before them, the big-bodied Brisbane Lions had bullied their way to three straight flags and four consecutive grand finals.
The increasing demands of the game and the incoming reduction in rotations have triggered a Jenny Craig-style summer weight loss spree across the league.
Experts say the new interchange cap of 90 has clubs wary, with players bracing for fewer breaks on the pine in a more endurance-based game.
Club fitness bosses now speak more of functional and core strength rather than players carrying weight they don’t need. There’s barely a “beach muscle” in sight.
Port Adelaide head of high-performance Darren Burgess said AFL had become more of an endurance game than a strength game.
“The contested ball is still important so you need to have some strength, but I think people are more influenced by the running than they are the strength,” Burgess said.
“I think that approach has sharpened this off-season, but there’s also been an improvement in general training methods where you can still be strong, but you don’t have to be as heavy.
“Certainly the new rotation cap has had an impact. I think everyone is pretty wary about what that might mean. No one really knows for sure, but extra weight is probably not ideal when you’ve got to run a little bit more.
“Also, with running loads increasing all the time there’s the potential for stress fractures and knee injuries. Often one of the best things to prevent those things from happening is to not be as heavy.”
Read more: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/afls-latest-trend-lean-muscle-has-pushed-big-bodies-to-the-sidelines/news-story/e0a6110f95751ec3a4e713c2e830143b#load-story-comments
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This reduction of rotations was brought in to stop congestion by tiring the players out. But now opposition players will just rest up forward, or worse still in our forward line creating even more congestion.
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Get rid of the interchange
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Teams that have a good supply of endurance base players will be at an advantage.
Our endurance beasts at Richmond are ( in no particular order )
Miles
Ellis
Ellis
Drummond
Rance
Houli
Menadue
Feel free to add to this list.
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Does it really affect us at all. We already have our mids spending lots of time fwd.
I actually think we a rob our midfield of what quality we do have for too long. I would think differently if i thought we had enough QUALITY MIDS AND DEPTH.
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Does it really affect us at all. We already have our mids spending lots of time fwd.
I actually think we a rob our midfield of what quality we do have for too long. I would think differently if i thought we had enough QUALITY MIDS AND DEPTH.
Need a quality tap ruck to feed our quality midfield too..... :whistle
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Does it really affect us at all. We already have our mids spending lots of time fwd.
I actually think we a rob our midfield of what quality we do have for too long. I would think differently if i thought we had enough QUALITY MIDS AND DEPTH.
Outside of deledio martin Cotchin
Vlastuin Corey Ellis Menadue at least look potentially Agrade. So at least we got that going for us.
I think Edwards and miles are very good options.
Townsend could be a key inclusion if he genuinely legally hurt people
Mcintosh, yarren ?, as others have offered; rance, jack, chol for sort bursts...
Far from perfect. About one big fish short. If we got a gun ruckman or key defender we would be able to cover nit batting deep. Someone unexpected forcing a spot in the side would help greatly
But the. Again martin as Cotchin still have improvement. A good run with injury and at the selection table could prove vial
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The Hun agree somewhat:
The players set to explode at your club
Herald-Sun
March 22, 2016
RICHMOND - Connor Menadue
Having played five matches last year, Connor Menadue is a chance of becoming a mainstay in the Richmond forward line in 2016. At 187cm, Menadue is a difficult match up and was quite dangerous throughout the NAB Challenge. He averaged 13 disposals and three tackles per game, while kicking three goals from three matches. His ability to move through the midfield could also be important for the Tigers.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/corey-gault-matt-crouch-tommy-sheridan-which-players-will-have-breakout-years-at-your-club/news-story/648c9ffcd42df2be774ced1349700477