mjp
14-04-2020, 11:43 AM
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Two things jumped out at me.
[Well - there were a few more than that but ignoring the premature retirement of Matty Boyd, the Roberts/Hamling combo and 'what went wrong', the 'Joel Patful was playing????', the 'Rhys Palmer was playing??????', the 'Are we sure Jake Stringer was actually good?' and the sheer volume of players who have either changed clubs or otherwise exited the game since then...I mean, other than all of that!]
1/. Zaine Cordy is a natural forward.
I know he does it in the GF as well, but he is a NATURAL forward. He leads when he should lead, he 'stays' when he should stay, he brings the ball to ground and he kicks bloody goals! I have asked this question on here before, but why-o-why have we played him in the backline since the 2016 finals series? I do not understand.
2/. What the hell has happened to Toby McLean
First to the ball. In and under. Desperate. First option decision maker. CLEAN below his knees. Just a good player. Where is that bloke? Where has he been? And I don't want to hear the 'played out of position' story because he doesn't need to be a forward or a mid to do those things...he just needs to DO THEM. In fact, I think if he did them a bit more often as a forward his midfield time would increase.
Great game though. We kind of dominated possession and it was a travesty that it was so close in a lot of ways!
Two things jumped out at me.
[Well - there were a few more than that but ignoring the premature retirement of Matty Boyd, the Roberts/Hamling combo and 'what went wrong', the 'Joel Patful was playing????', the 'Rhys Palmer was playing??????', the 'Are we sure Jake Stringer was actually good?' and the sheer volume of players who have either changed clubs or otherwise exited the game since then...I mean, other than all of that!]
1/. Zaine Cordy is a natural forward.
I know he does it in the GF as well, but he is a NATURAL forward. He leads when he should lead, he 'stays' when he should stay, he brings the ball to ground and he kicks bloody goals! I have asked this question on here before, but why-o-why have we played him in the backline since the 2016 finals series? I do not understand.
2/. What the hell has happened to Toby McLean
First to the ball. In and under. Desperate. First option decision maker. CLEAN below his knees. Just a good player. Where is that bloke? Where has he been? And I don't want to hear the 'played out of position' story because he doesn't need to be a forward or a mid to do those things...he just needs to DO THEM. In fact, I think if he did them a bit more often as a forward his midfield time would increase.
Great game though. We kind of dominated possession and it was a travesty that it was so close in a lot of ways!