Originally Posted by
Ludwig
The definition of what constitutes an inside midfielder, and midfielder in general, is blurring. Now an inside midfielder is what we might call a stoppage specialist. It doesn't meant that it's all they do, but represents the player's point of difference. I think of Florent, Ronke, Ling and Stoddart as midfielders. I still expect them to win contested possessions, but not so much at stoppages.
If we want to play the tried and true Swans footy of the past dozen years or so, then maybe we can just continue piling up inside mids. But I think we need to continue the change to more of an outside game, especially since we don't have a proven dominant ruckman. A stoppage focused game really only favours Kennedy, which is important, but he is 30 and probably not in our next premiership. The rest, like Heeney and Mills, can go with a more balanced game. This past year convinced me that we have to get out of the stoppage focused game plan.
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