Been saying it for ages weDont need any of them.
Want a good sized medium genuine fwd in the fwd half give Ralphsmith a game BLOODY QUICK AS WELL. could also play him wing or h/b if we want.. Play ccj ffs it has been smacking them in the face and still no second ruck/fwd.
As others have said bring in stack theres more flexability ,we dont even need to do that when everyone is fit. Bolton Lambert Graham Edwards all say hello just rotate em thru there it aint rocket science.
To my way of thinking Aarts and Castagna have always needed to be looked upon as us needing longer term upgrades. This unfortunately now applies to Rioli as well he just has not come on in fact if any thing hes gone backwards.
Not playing rioli castagna Aarts means more mids can play and we obviously get more rotations.
So no biggie, just totally change our entire game plan that has won us 3 flags, in Round 9.
Yeah, nah.
LMFAO some really do get suckered into the club spiel.
Any way here goes Aarts has not played in a flag and im quite sure we would have won the others if Castagna and Rioli were there or not.
Boy oh boy the silliness just never stops around here.
Here we have Rioli spending lots of time further up the ground and we still dont get many tackles we dont get many disposals yet alone effective ones kicking goals nope always been on the lean side with that one. Always slowing the play down.
What we do get is a bloke who guards space lol, who chases tail always second to the ball. He runs hard up and down the ground always a bit late to a contest or player to have any real influence and when he does get there his tackles are useless. Yet because of this his Pressure stats are trumped up. Most stats not worth unless they are used correctly.
Been like this for a long time now and still supporters defend him to the hilt.
It is total baloney that the club only play him to guard space or run hard. It is pie in the sky stuff that we cannot find players who do both the attacking and defensive aspects of the game. i sometimes think some supporters just blindly lap up what ever spiel the club puts forth. All i can say is open your eyes and open your minds to both the good and the bad.
Hmm two small fwds needed. id play when fit two of Edwards Bolton Lambert Graham Stack and most certainly give Ralphsmith or Cumberland a run thru there.The last two cannot do any worse than the three protected species.
We do play two ruckmen when we are fit Soldo and Nankervis say hello. so why dont we do it now. instead of a pure ruckman Soldo injured, CC-J A fWD /RUCK.
Give me the following any yr every day of the week over the likes of Aarts Rioli Castagna.
CC-J - Riewoldt - Edwards
Bolton - Lynch - Ralphsmith. With rotations Lambert, Graham , Stack, Dusty.
all the smalls and mediums would be expected to do what the other three do defensively. What they do is not some sort of footy panacea its something that is expected of all our players. Edwards and Bolton do it now but they also impact games same goes for Lambert and Graham when forward they defend but also impact .
There has always been room for improvement looking at the small fwds we have and how we go about it is one area.
