cept we currently are mainly using a two tall forward setup.
Set-up was he wrong term.I meant playing three tall forwards in the side on top of the specialist ruck, though we usually have a three tall forward line when they're all on the ground at once with Hamspud.
The distinct impression I get is that some of you are prepared to overlook bad traits as long as the player in question has natural talent.
Yet funnily enough, vickery has talent but lets himself down with work rate and intensity, which means he never gets the best of himself so the talent is wasted.
As I said, I think McBean's bad traits are overstated. We should at least be having a look at him.
I don't think Vickery is a particularly talented or natural forward, he's real talent in my eyes is on -ball and that's when he plays his best football (see the Sydney match last year) - great in traffic for his size and demonstrates an agilty we rarely see from him up forward, like a classic see ball get ball mid who plays better when doesn't have to think or worry about his positioning or almost like Stynes minus the ruck work....unfortunately he's pee poor ruckman and it's probably not feasible to play him purely as a 200cm midfielder or even on the wing like Richo as lacks the freakish aerobic capacity that Richo had.
The only other way would to be play him in the ruck, concede the hit outs and try and shark the opposition hit outs....it's often said it's easier to rove when you know your either going to win all the hit -outs or lose them all, it's when it's 50-50 that's it's hardest.....at the very least, it would give us more agilty and "pace" around the ground with Vickery, Griffiths, Riewoldt & McBean than Vickery, Griffiths, Riewoldt & Hamspud.
