We have Kemp Harry McGovern as key forwards with haywood as a mid marking forward so imo we are probably a tad tall with that line up - reckon we could get by with 2 talls and using another mid marking forward then either kemp or mcgovern would be the depth key forward.
Its not easy to have quality key positions depth capable of performing impacting just sitting idle playing 2nds footy waiting for their chance.
No list is perfect and sure ours is not but imo its not anywhere near as bad as some make it out to be.
Gov isn't contracted for next year, and based on some comments a couple weeks ago, is far from guaranteed to get one.
Hayward is playing some time further up the ground.
So again, if we lose Harry and Kemp.....we might not have Gov....and we might hurt our midfield to solve the forward problem.
Not sure how many games that would get you in the win column.....but i'm tipping the 'sack fraser' rumblings would start (unwarranted i might add) if that was the case.
I just want a list that is not built like a house of cards. Take the wrong one out, and it all collapses very quickly.
The reason the list needs work is because we have holes. Sure, everyone has holes. But, some holes we have no cover for. Imagine we had a good run with injuries, and were like Freo, sitting pretty on top of the ladder. Then we lose a couple players in key areas, which leads to poor results, which leads to more injuries, etc Season gone.
Won't/Can't happen?
Remember when we were 2 games clear in 2nd place a few years ago? Its already happened.....and we are more susceptable to that kind of fall now.
If we lost Harry and lost Kemp......how could we cover them?
you said the same about weitering yet 2 kids with under 20 games are covering.
You looking at everything with a negative lens mate. prior to last year you were the complete opposite and you has excuse after excuse lied up for every poor performance - so its hard to take your posts seriously at the moment as you seem to be more concerned with having your opinion being correct above anything else.
If we can find a kid to do up forward what Dean did down back, then i'll be the next man on the moon.
That was a freak occurence which nobody thought was possible. Lightning won't strike twice.
The thing is, right now, we don't have those 2 kids. Sure, we didn't have them last year, but we used 2x 1st rounders to get one. Can't do that this year.
The reason the list needs work is because we have holes. Sure, everyone has holes. But, some holes we have no cover for. Imagine we had a good run with injuries, and were like Freo, sitting pretty on top of the ladder. Then we lose a couple players in key areas, which leads to poor results, which leads to more injuries, etc Season gone.
Won't/Can't happen?
Remember when we were 2 games clear in 2nd place a few years ago? Its already happened.....and we are more susceptable to that kind of fall now.
If we lost Harry and lost Kemp......how could we cover them?
Not really part of this thread, but Davies has stated the club's belief that the list requires "significant work." What exactly he means by that is anyone's guess.
Probably a summary of what every on here has been saying.
We know it needs work.
Can they find the parts to fix it? Thats my biggest concern.
- All the young kids played out of their skin. - kemp shed his kicking yips - harry started holding his marks - we were super accurate with the ball innfront of goal (and largely around the ground) - lions copped some in game injuries - brisbane threw up their hands and claimed 'too hard' for the second time this year..... only effort worse was against gws
Hopefully we didnt use up all our luck and/or favours this week and have some left for the saints next week.
Im not watching at all - but we are looking good!?
Crowd is right into it, which gives us another gear.
We are playing attacking, which works for us mostly. It does lead to some silly errors/turnovers, which hurt us the other way. It is working more than its hurting us though.
Umps in the last 5 minutes are making some silly calls.......like right this second! and its all potentially going to unravel any second now.
EDIT: Thankfully footy gods were in our favour.
For the record, not saying the free kick for a dumped tackle wasn't there, but he exaggerated it, and they didn't pay us one 3 minutes earlier. Both the non-decision AND the decision cost got the Lions 2 shots at goal
