Re: Round 1 - Blues v Tigers (21 March)
Reply #186 –
Before i comment about polson, again, let me point out that this time last year i was saying he was #1 in line for delisting at the end of the year. As it turns out, he lifted and showed me something i didn;t think he had in him. Not much, but glimpses. Come end of year and 12(?) others are shown the door in one way or another before him.
Back to Polson...you say we can't afford the luxury of a defensive forward line player like Polson. I say we can't afford to carry 2 specialist FP players who offer little else for the team, including defensive pressure.
Having Gibbons and Fasolo in the same forward line with the 3 key forwards will offer very little resistance to the defenders should they decide to run the ball out of defence. Further to that, we have blokes like Murphy and Garlett who are not known for their tackling or close checking either. Hell, throw in Cripps who has trouble catching up with his shadow and you see why we can't carry too many blokes who leave their opponent to run free. Hence the need for a player who will chase down his own opponent, but also chase after someone elses who has been 'let go'.
Forwards don't win you games.
Defenders don't win you games.
Midfielders don't win you games.
Pressure wins you games.
If you harrass the opposition for 100% of the time they have the ball, you win the game.
In a critical first out game such as this, you need more than 'glimpses' and potential. Fas has proven himself in big games.
No point applying pressure if when you have aggott in hand you give it back to the opposition.