Three things I've learned - Round 3

[Mofra]

Re: Three things I've learned - Round 3

1. Stringer & Macrae will be stars. No "maybes" about it. I can't remember watching youngsters so closely and thinking they "just have it". Maybe when Bob Murphy started playing.

2. Jones will be worth the wait

3. Cordy is more valuable to the side than his output suggests

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Three things I've learned - Round 3

1. Stringer & Macrae will be stars. No "maybes" about it. I can't remember watching youngsters so closely and thinking they "just have it". Maybe when Bob Murphy started playing.

2. Jones will be worth the wait

3. Cordy is more valuable to the side than his output suggests

Three things all about KPFs. Never thought I'd see that...

[F'scary]

Re: Three things I've learned - Round 3

agree - couldn't fathom why Picken didn't get the job to start with given that he's had such a great record on him in the past. Lids must have been pumped that Picken was nowhere to be seen - in fact I don't think he had much company for the whole game. He probably has recurring dreams of Picken breaking his nose again.

I know you can't tag everyone but if ever there is a team that relies on its 3-4 guns it is Richmond.

Lids? oh, I thought it was Dildo. Sorry.

Yep you are 100% correct about Picken. We have to get him back into the midfield in his familiar role that he has excelled at. More generally, we have a few players who imo are best suited to being given a direct opponent, man-on-man, run-with and bounce-off role. They seem a bit lost if they are not tasked like this: Picken, Lower, Dahlhaus & Smith. Nothing wrong with playing all four on this basis. We want to be an accountable side.

[jeemak]

Re: Three things I've learned - Round 3

1 - Picken is our best tagger and should be played there, irrespective of Lower being in the side and tagging as well. If that means starting off the centre and following around the ground so be it. Our midfielders in Wallis, Liberatore and Griffen (because he's being tagged all the time) aren't at a stage where they can both accumulate and negate. Picken can't use the ball well out of defense, isn't a good decision maker with an entire field in front of him and in my opinion won't do much for the development of our forward line if he plays there. He has effort and courage in spades, but is a very limited footballer otherwise.

2 - Our lack or organisation from the half forward line, through the midfield and back to the defensive six isn't nearly advanced enough to be competitive against the reasonable and good teams, let alone the very good. We are a side in transition, which is going to be a theme for a while, and more experienced teams whilst fitter on the back of more preseasons together, will carve us up on the non-measurable aspects of the game (from the sidelines) such as communication and anticipation.

3 - Our forward line is in desperate need of a players like Stringer and Grant to come in, and supplement the efforts of Cordy and Jones through stretching the opposition's diversity of capable defenders of differing heights and attributes. Stringer is a strong and mobile beast, while Grant is a nimble and clever jumper. One has confidence, but is not ready to go yet, while the other lacks confidence and is on probably his last chance. By the end of the year we'll look a lot better with Stringer and Grant contributing up forward.

[F'scary]

Re: Three things I've learned - Round 3

1 - Picken is our best tagger and should be played there, irrespective of Lower being in the side and tagging as well. If that means starting off the centre and following around the ground so be it. Our midfielders in Wallis, Liberatore and Griffen (because he's being tagged all the time) aren't at a stage where they can both accumulate and negate. Picken can't use the ball well out of defense, isn't a good decision maker with an entire field in front of him and in my opinion won't do much for the development of our forward line if he plays there. He has effort and courage in spades, but is a very limited footballer otherwise..

Maybe, instead of Picken, Kobe Stevens could be tried in the backline?

3 - Our forward line is in desperate need of a players like Stringer and Grant to come in, and supplement the efforts of Cordy and Jones through stretching the opposition's diversity of capable defenders of differing heights and attributes. Stringer is a strong and mobile beast, while Grant is a nimble and clever jumper. One has confidence, but is not ready to go yet, while the other lacks confidence and is on probably his last chance. By the end of the year we'll look a lot better with Stringer and Grant contributing up forward.

This is good. Stringer - just play him in place of the injured (and a bit out of form) Dickson. And Grant has to be given another chance - in place of Higgins, this week.