RickJ wrote:
Me too. The big advantage of White as a run-with providing he now has the engine is that if his tallish midfield opponents like Martin Watson Pendlebury or Fyfe go to the goal square he can actually cover them, without us having to hastily reorganise our entire back six just to cope.
Martin isn't in the same league as those other names, who would destroy White as an opponent. We shouldn't be using him in midfield.
The Rhino wrote:
I don't mind White.
One of the things we lack in that playing list is a sense of versatility. I think it goes a long way to explain our performance in close games. We don't have players who have the versatility to take a spell in the forward pocket and actually make an impact there, instead requiring them to rotate exclusively through the bench, because they have no impact when they go forward, or lack whats required down back, with a domino impact on those who legitimately require a spell on the bench.
White can play tall, small, run with, forward, back. I don't rate his kicking skills, and I'm not sure if he truly has football smarts. But he's agro, looks like he gives a shit, and does what is asked of him.
In hindsight, the biggest/most glaring issue of list management last year is giving Carrazzo another year.
All fair points, though I think in hindsight we should have kept Hampson and jettisoned Warnock, discarded Ellard at the end of last year, traded 19 for Mitch Clark, then signed Taylor Hunt, Shaun Higgins and James Frawley.
We never would have signed Liam Jones, Dick or Tutt, though we probably would have had to take 5-10% off everyone else's wages. Not sure they would have cared though.
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