Blue Sombrero wrote:
bondiblue wrote:
I think Thomas would like to repay the club.
If it all ended for him in 2015 it wouldn't be a good look and would tarnish his reputation.
No one would like that, so Im expecting a big year from him.
We need forwards, and when on song he's good, especially in the one on one situations.
It is the midfield where we have to win to allow us to be competitive, and can't help having big bodied mids in the guts with fleet footed elusive types on the outside.
No doubt Kreuzer will be first ruck and part of the big bodied midfield brigade, but we need for Gibbs to stand up next to Cripps in the trenches and ideally would love to see Plowman in there with them with Curnow and Kerridge coming in from a wing to tag then HF's, maybe Thomas or Docherty pushing up the the wing to cover Curnows opponent.
The other fleet footed players on the outside would be Murphy, Boekhurst and Simpson. If Sumner can be fit and have a dip in the midfield and find his old explosive pace then we have a midfield group that could stand up to the bigger named midfields like:
Hawks: Lewis, Mitchell with Hodge Burgoyne
WEC: Priddis,Redden Shuey with Yeo Gaff
Freo: Fyfe Mundy Barlow with Crowley etc
Cats 2016: Selwood Dangerfield with Selwood Bartel Gunston
Big bodied mids will help us win contests and gain possession.
If we have the ball, the opposition don't. That's a good start.
If our mids get slaughtered, the backs have no hope stopping the baall coming in and the forwards never see it.
If the mids break even, the backs have time to see what is happening in front of them and the forwards get some good delivery to go with the crap.
If our mids are on top and the coach has a plan other than bomb it to Sticks/Fev/Levi, they should get some good delivery and the backs will have an easier job when the ball comes in under pressure.
Where to begin?
If you look at Bolton's former home at Hawthorn, even prior to adding rucking strength with McEvoy and Hale, their mods won considerable ball but didnt just bomb it like Robbo use to do and Carlton have been known to do. There's sytems for them getting the ball out of the middle. Cripps seems to be tuned to winning the nut and getting the ball out to a man on the outside, so often was Murphy.
I think system going forward and holding onto possession (keeping control) will continue as Boltons mantra.
I'm feeling bullish, because I'm expecting a huge improvement with fitness, form and luck for Kreuzer, Gibbs, Murphy and Cripps, but it's easy to be bullish this time of the year.
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