After watching the NAB Cup and looking at the rd 1 back lines of the top teams.........i am still worried that we are not a top backline and no matter how much forward press pressure we apply when it comes down to it our lads are not a Geelong nor Pies etc back line
Smithy, Ted, Shaw
Mattner, Grundy, AJ
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Not sure I agree as feel we match up very well against everyone but more interested in what's missing?
I think our backline in the traditional sense is one of the better ones but other then shaw we have no quick and efficient exits out such as hawthorn's Suckling and carlton's Yarran.
I feel like the area's where sydney lack compared to say hawthorn or west coast is our lack of a good-quick outside mid, predictable forward line and rebound play from defense.
I reckon that if we could improve two of my points above we would be a much better club.
This is a pretty hilarious thread considering our backline is the best line we have.
To put it another way, I seriously doubt it would be our backline that would loose us a GF.
This!Originally Posted by DLBIA14
This is a pretty hilarious thread considering our backline is the best line we have.
To put it another way, I seriously doubt it would be our backline that would loose us a GF.
It'll be the success of the forward line that will dictate whether we are a top 4 side or just a side languishing in the bottom part of the 8.
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Grundy is the weak link. Makes too many unforced errors and sides appear to work on getting him back onto the last line of defence to exploit this weakness.
In the contest Grundy is very good but it is the kicking on the last line that is woeful. But in saying that Mal, Shawie and Marty have all been guilty of that over a long period of time. Those scrappy kicks have been a part of our backline for far too long and someone should have been doing psych stuff with the offenders ages ago.
I reckon this problem is overstated. Obviously last year he was pretty terrible at times, but then it was revealed he'd been battling glandular fever for a couple of months. Having suffered this myself a couple of years back, I'm not in the least bit surprised he was making errors. I could barely put my socks on when I had it. While he made a couple of minor mistakes against GWS, he wasn't alone, and his preseason form has been very solid. I reckon we'll see a much improved Grundy this year.
Officially on the Reid and Sumner bandwagon!
Armstrong will hopefully be our Yarran in terms of being that way out with precision kicking.
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I believe we have the backline and the midfield of a serious top 4 team, its just that we have absolutely no forward line to speak about. Its a shambles and it changes every week.
I think this kerfuffle about our forward line is a bit over the top. Most teams have 2 key forwards, one of which is a backup ruck, the rest are midfielders who can rotate thru the forward line. So what we are missing is the second key forward, Spang or White will have to step into this void or we will be in trouble. If Sam Reid isn't enouigh CHF for anyone I think yr WRONG. With the resting ruckman we will have 3 talls up front and blokes like Benny, Jude, Rohan, ROK, Goodes al taking their turn forward and mid. This is now the norm, the days of a front six are over, really, I'd rather see an open forward line anyway, the more people you put in there the harder and more congested it gets. We just need that one extra blloke to stand up and say I'm the man to foil for Reid and take contested marks. Grundy teh weak link in the backline? MAybe lacks pace, but he and Ted are pretty good marks, and AJ and Shaw are prety good at bringing the ball out, MArty has a long kick, really, the backline works, not many big scores kicked against us and if necessary, we can always swap LRT and Reg over. Nice to have options once yr on the park
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are we sure this is our best back six? I'm happier when I see Shaw with a run with role than a full-time defender especially when that increases the odds he'll be kicking in. Fingers crossed Armstrong will get a chance in due course. And can we see a role for LRT as a tall defender in place of Reg or Marty?
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