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  • Bornadog
    WOOF Clubhouse Leader
    • Jan 2007
    • 67684

    #1

    Naughton to Fullback, English Full forward

    Well one failure of the trade period is we missed out on another Key back.

    Time to change the team around. We can't go in with an undersized Cordy, Gardner is too inexperienced and Frankly not the man, Lew Young is still developing and unknown

    As much as I hate it, Naughton should switch back to FB, English to play full forward and second ruck to Martin and Bruce and Schache can fight out CHF.
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  • Sedat
    Hall of Fame
    • Sep 2007
    • 11601

    #2
    Re: Naughton to Fullback, English Full forward

    Also Bont 75% forward. With no Naughts we need some more dangerous players inside F50 - no offence to Bruce and Schache but they aren't going to have the opposition quaking in their boots. Macrae, Dunks, Smith, Libba and Treloar is a plenty deep midfield with occasional stints in there from Bont.
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    • bulldogtragic
      The List Manager
      • Jan 2007
      • 34289

      #3
      Re: Naughton to Fullback, English Full forward

      Originally posted by Sedat
      Also Bont 75% forward. With no Naughts we need some more dangerous players inside F50 - no offence to Bruce and Schache but they aren't going to have the opposition quaking in their boots. Macrae, Dunks, Smith, Libba and Treloar is a plenty deep midfield with occasional stints in there from Bont.
      If JUH impresses, it allows him to slot into a forward pocket. Extra height, but not a main KPD. His closing speed is still better than anyone on the list to give us some nimbleness.
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      • azabob
        Hall of Fame
        • Sep 2008
        • 15479

        #4
        Re: Naughton to Fullback, English Full forward

        Sedat, my initial reaction was no, Bont 90% midfield because he’s Bont.

        Could he play the Martin role and just go where he wants?
        More of an In Bruges guy?

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        • Bornadog
          WOOF Clubhouse Leader
          • Jan 2007
          • 67684

          #5
          Re: Naughton to Fullback, English Full forward

          Originally posted by bulldogtragic
          If JUH impresses, it allows him to slot into a forward pocket. Extra height, but not a main KPD. His closing speed is still better than anyone on the list to give us some nimbleness.
          Yes good point
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          • Happy Days
            Hall of Fame
            • May 2008
            • 10241

            #6
            Re: Naughton to Fullback, English Full forward

            English to the forward line surely means no more Bruce right.
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            • Sedat
              Hall of Fame
              • Sep 2007
              • 11601

              #7
              Re: Naughton to Fullback, English Full forward

              Originally posted by azabob
              Sedat, my initial reaction was no, Bont 90% midfield because he’s Bont.

              Could he play the Martin role and just go where he wants?
              I'd be just as happy with that, although I suspect Dusty would spend 60% or even more of his time forward of centre
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              • bulldogtragic
                The List Manager
                • Jan 2007
                • 34289

                #8
                Re: Naughton to Fullback, English Full forward

                Originally posted by bornadog
                Yes good point
                I put up in the 2021 Round 1 side something like you as saying with Naughton in defence. A part from some leg speed, it looks a very solid set up:

                Naughton, Keath, Young, Gardner
                Bruce, Schache, English, JUH

                Well balanced are different types of talls. And a very deeeeeep midfield.
                Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023

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                • jeemak
                  Bulldog Legend
                  • Oct 2010
                  • 22147

                  #9
                  Re: Naughton to Fullback, English Full forward

                  Yep, I'm happy with Naughton in defence, and being a swing man as required.
                  TF is this?.........Obviously you're not a golfer.

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                  • azabob
                    Hall of Fame
                    • Sep 2008
                    • 15479

                    #10
                    Re: Naughton to Fullback, English Full forward

                    Originally posted by Sedat
                    I'd be just as happy with that, although I suspect Dusty would spend 60% or even more of his time forward of centre
                    I’d be happy with Bont floating around forward of centre and attending centre bounces.

                    Surely it was no coincidence Richmond and Martin improved when Martin stopped getting touches defensive side of the centre
                    More of an In Bruges guy?

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                    • bulldogtragic
                      The List Manager
                      • Jan 2007
                      • 34289

                      #11
                      Re: Naughton to Fullback, English Full forward

                      Originally posted by jeemak
                      Yep, I'm happy with Naughton in defence, and being a swing man as required.
                      That's the beauty isn't it? If Bruce or Schache is stinking it up, swing Naughton up front and work out a plan with Bruce/Schache and covering off defence. Or English back as a sweeper which he's adept at.

                      Also, I don't see him going to always punch the ball as a one dimensional dour defender either. His contested intercept marking in defence would be a great asset in setting up forward 50 transitions and hopefully scoring opportunities.

                      If we moved him on paper to defence. Does automatically become our number one KPD?
                      Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023

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                      • EasternWest
                        Hall of Fame
                        • Aug 2009
                        • 10119

                        #12
                        Re: Naughton to Fullback, English Full forward

                        Originally posted by Happy Days
                        English to the forward line surely means no more Bruce right.
                        I'm actually starting to think you're not keen on Bruce.
                        "It's over. It's all over."

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                        • jeemak
                          Bulldog Legend
                          • Oct 2010
                          • 22147

                          #13
                          Re: Naughton to Fullback, English Full forward

                          BTW, is this the first time in ~45,000 posts that BAD has changed his mind?
                          TF is this?.........Obviously you're not a golfer.

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                          • EasternWest
                            Hall of Fame
                            • Aug 2009
                            • 10119

                            #14
                            Re: Naughton to Fullback, English Full forward

                            Originally posted by jeemak
                            BTW, is this the first time in ~45,000 posts that BAD has changed his mind?
                            I think he's thrown the 1 and is hoping to blindside us with the 2.

                            "Don't trust his lies".
                            "It's over. It's all over."

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                            • GVGjr
                              Moderator
                              • Nov 2006
                              • 45517

                              #15
                              Re: Naughton to Fullback, English Full forward

                              Originally posted by EasternWest
                              I'm actually starting to think you're not keen on Bruce.
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