Position 2023: Midfield Discussion
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This only gives laird an av of 120 and he was 127 must be a discrepancy in your figures there with a 50-50 split I know he didn’t play that many though
Edit: 9 games played together laird missed rd 1&2 started with a 90 then 17 strait 100+ and 14 of his 20 games were a captainable score
Edit: 9 games played together laird missed rd 1&2 started with a 90 then 17 strait 100+ and 14 of his 20 games were a captainable score
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Watch the Melbourne/Tigers game.
I thought I saw a much different approach the there style compared to last year.
Oliver playing off half back I don't like at all for SC.
Much faster on the spread from stoppages and lots of different rotations through the middle and stoppages
They looked great BUT I have Oliver at M2 and I'm thinking he drops to 110 average.. 💬 Ng now he could be a wait and see until Salem is back. Then reassess.
Any thoughts from the Melbourne Supporters ?
I thought I saw a much different approach the there style compared to last year.
Oliver playing off half back I don't like at all for SC.
Much faster on the spread from stoppages and lots of different rotations through the middle and stoppages
They looked great BUT I have Oliver at M2 and I'm thinking he drops to 110 average.. 💬 Ng now he could be a wait and see until Salem is back. Then reassess.
Any thoughts from the Melbourne Supporters ?
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I share your concerns on him and haven’t seen this mentioned much lately, maybe early in preseason I did. I know he’s relatively new to the role but a spike year at his age is a bit of a red flag to me. He has been saved from years of the grind in the midfield like other mids who tend to decline the season they turn 29-30 but there’s still a lack of evidence for his immense scoring power compared to Oliver or what we had with Macrae previous to last year.
The stats with and without Matt Crouch only further support that idea that he could regress.
I still expect him to have a great year but think he lands somewhere between the 129 and 116, 122 if I had to guess
I don’t think a player has ever had his kind of spike season at his age (that I know of) so I’m expecting some regression. Also had an easy fixture and next to zero tags (does handle them well), those two things change a bit I reckon
The stats with and without Matt Crouch only further support that idea that he could regress.
I still expect him to have a great year but think he lands somewhere between the 129 and 116, 122 if I had to guess
I don’t think a player has ever had his kind of spike season at his age (that I know of) so I’m expecting some regression. Also had an easy fixture and next to zero tags (does handle them well), those two things change a bit I reckon
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Cheers Rowsus, appreciate those stats. All those players seemed to have regressed to some extent the following year, which fits in with with what I think might happen with Laird (although I think the late move to the midfield is contetually significant).
I should have been more specific though, I was thinking of someone who had a spike year that is a huge 120+ type season at his age or older, Cox's season does fit that mould.
Do you have similar thoughts on him or are you considering starting? I've got Clarry but not Laird.
I should have been more specific though, I was thinking of someone who had a spike year that is a huge 120+ type season at his age or older, Cox's season does fit that mould.
Do you have similar thoughts on him or are you considering starting? I've got Clarry but not Laird.
I have Laird, and I recently ditched Clarry.
I try to follow a set format for picking my team.
The first step is: Choose your 2 or 3 C/VC options, and don't look at the dollars.
I'm struggling to find a safer option than Laird, given his consistency since his Midfield move.
If there were no C/VC's to be had, or there were 3 or 4 consistent types I was tossing up, I'd probably go without Laird.
I try to follow a set format for picking my team.
The first step is: Choose your 2 or 3 C/VC options, and don't look at the dollars.
I'm struggling to find a safer option than Laird, given his consistency since his Midfield move.
If there were no C/VC's to be had, or there were 3 or 4 consistent types I was tossing up, I'd probably go without Laird.