SurreyBlue wrote:
99prelim wrote:
What do people think of Ed beginning his post-football coaching career (I'm just guessing...) by teaching Gibbons the art of being a lock-down mid?
I know Gibbo is not tall but neither were Libba/Hogg and I know it was a different era
I reckon Gibbo is so desperate to succeed as an AFL footballer, he could be taught (and be driven enough) to make it work. He's certainly more skillfull and quicker than Ed as well
Like. A lot. I feel we need to run Gibbo thru the middle more now, so why not kill 2 birds with one stone and give him Ed's position.
Eds good as a lockdown taggger. He seems to collect more disposals when he has that job.
When he's free to roam as an unaccountable midfielder, he doesn't have the class to break out of a pack and deliver with precision from either side of the body.
What that says to me is he has to have a role as a tagger, and leave the other 2 mids to fight for possession with the ruck. Problem is, Cripps contested possessions are scrappy an sometimes not to advantage, but at least he stops the opponent getting first hand on it. That leaves the 3rd mid to be the class player, with good body size and abiltiy to dispose the ball from both sides of the body. The only one I can think of who can do that is Jack.
I think Philp is the one who will surprise because he is a great inside mid despite his size and speed, but I don't think he's ready to face Petracca, Viney and oliver, let alone Selwood, Dangerfield and Duncan/Menegola.
Ed stays in the guts as a tagger till Dow, Stocker, Kemp, Fisher, or Setterfield pass him. That doesn't look like its going to be 2020.
IMO, apart from cameos/chop out Gibbo to play an outside role like Murphy should, same reason good small players like Daniels, Butler... are not in the guts.
Lachie Oniel is small, but he's well built and tough. Will any of Dow, Stocker, Kemp, Fisher or Setterfield become a Lachie Neale? Can they? I can see Dow and Stocker playing that role. Maybe taller players like Honey and philp will.