The age old question - Taggers
I'm still a strong believer that their is room in all clubs to have a tagger or two on their playing lists.
I do not understand our reluctance to either recruit or develop players to shut down opposition prime movers even allowing for the fact that we have a very strong midfield group
Looking back at some old games we would often use the likes to Tony Liberatore or Jose Romero in those roles to great effect so why can't we do the same. Versatility is the key though, the player need to be able to adapt and be effective in more than just the tagging aspect.
It seems Bevo wants to back our midfield to outplay the opposition midfield but I think it's a fairly predictable model. When Carlton tuned us up last year, Cripps run amok and we didn't do a lot to curb him and Carlton had an impressive win against us. A few weeks later in a rematch Macrae put work into him and the possession count for Cripps was well down and we got our revenge with a close victory.
Should we look at adding or developing a player or two who can lock down an opposition midfielder or should we continue to back ourselves to run over the opposition midfield?
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