Position SC 2021: Midfielder Discussion

Which ‘keepers’ are you planning on starting with?

  • Neale

    Votes: 48 43.2%
  • Oliver

    Votes: 31 27.9%
  • Macrae

    Votes: 86 77.5%
  • Bontempelli

    Votes: 13 11.7%
  • Merrett

    Votes: 80 72.1%
  • Fyfe

    Votes: 21 18.9%
  • Cripps

    Votes: 54 48.6%
  • Rowell

    Votes: 21 18.9%
  • Taranto

    Votes: 34 30.6%
  • Other

    Votes: 45 40.5%

  • Total voters
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Can anyone tell me why Josh Kelly is playing forward?
I am struggling to find any articles speaking about the reason.

Any info on articles read or even rumours would be a great help!
 
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Can anyone tell me why Josh Kelly is playing forward?
I am struggling to find any articles speaking about the reason.

Any info on articles read or even rumours would be a great help!
There has been no given reason...

Reason that make sense...

1. He's told them he's leaving so they're trying to devalue him as much as possible to change his mind or force his hand to stay.

2. Leon Cameron is a moron. This one makes the most sense.

3. He's injured, would make sense except he's moving so freely and well and covering the ground great and just showing no signs of being injured except for his role.

4. Leon Cameron is a moron. I might have mentioned this but he's got a years long track record of doing stupid things.

5. Leon Cameron genuinely doesn't think he's in their best midfielders. This is a nice way of me writing that Leon Cameron is a moron.
 
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There has been no given reason...

Reason that make sense...

1. He's told them he's leaving so they're trying to devalue him as much as possible to change his mind or force his hand to stay.

2. Leon Cameron is a moron. This one makes the most sense.

3. He's injured, would make sense except he's moving so freely and well and covering the ground great and just showing no signs of being injured except for his role.

4. Leon Cameron is a moron. I might have mentioned this but he's got a years long track record of doing stupid things.

5. Leon Cameron genuinely doesn't think he's in their best midfielders. This is a nice way of me writing that Leon Cameron is a moron.
I think there was a game where Kelly was sick but played anyways, hence the forward role. Not sure what happened to other games.
 
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There has been no given reason...

Reason that make sense...

1. He's told them he's leaving so they're trying to devalue him as much as possible to change his mind or force his hand to stay.

2. Leon Cameron is a moron. This one makes the most sense.

3. He's injured, would make sense except he's moving so freely and well and covering the ground great and just showing no signs of being injured except for his role.

4. Leon Cameron is a moron. I might have mentioned this but he's got a years long track record of doing stupid things.

5. Leon Cameron genuinely doesn't think he's in their best midfielders. This is a nice way of me writing that Leon Cameron is a moron.
I remember Buddy was played out of position in his final year at Hawthorn. Coach must have figured he was better off preparing the team for when franklin wasn't there. I had assumed maybe the same thing is happening at GWS or he has a niggle/injury no one is aware of.

Thanks for clearing up that there hasn't been an official reason given by the club, saves me time looking.
 
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The worst part with the Kelly shift is that they're winning despite it so no incentive to actually stop doing it.

He's just the latest Giant midfielder to show any ability outside the midfield that has to make way for the Hopper/Ward pairing who just can't play anywhere else.
 
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The worst part with the Kelly shift is that they're winning despite it so no incentive to actually stop doing it.

He's just the latest Giant midfielder to show any ability outside the midfield that has to make way for the Hopper/Ward pairing who just can't play anywhere else.
There was an article in the Herald Sun this morning (should have taken a photo) that suggested/stated the move was planned and agreed with Kelly and all were very happy with it (or at least that was my interpretation). Didn't read like it was something up for discussion.
 
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Not hard to workout why Kelly is playing forward , he probably is the best option to play their compared to their other mids who can't basically play as forwards.
 
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Their you go then , 1000000 posts each round then about him playing forward and constant criticism of Cameron as a coach is pretty much pointless based on that heat map.
All that heat map shows is how stupid it is that he's playing forward because it shows where he's actually effective at finding the ball and also further confirms he's not playing his best role (by a mile) of on ball.

This is a guy playing as a forward who still finds considerably more ball in the back half.

The other factor is the Giants are so terrible at moving the ball forward that he (and everyone else) have to push that far to find the ball, check out their other midfielders and you can see just how much he's actually playing forward, Ward and Hopper are like 70% defensive possessions the last few weeks while Kelly is 50/50 at best.

If he was playing midfield he'd have twice as many dots, that's kind of the problem and given the guys they've got kicking the ball instead of him it's a pretty strong case for the coach not having a clue and is a huge reason why they can't transition the ball out of defense.
 
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If he's playing forward, how is he getting most of his possessions in the back half?

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That's a pretty bloody even spread.
Everywhere but where a SC owner would want him.
I wonder if Whitfield returning changes anything.

Anywho, thanks to all the above people for added Kelly information.
 
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