heartbeatstrue' date='28 March 2010 - 02:06 PM'

Does anybody share my concern that if Watts is thrown into what we witnessed yesterday, he'll be crucified?

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I do.

The smart move would be to play him with Casey until such time he shows he is a class above VFl defenders. To me that is giving him game time. Build up his confidence,and if he turns out to be as good as we hope,it shouldnt take too long before he shines,It also gives him time to add more bulk and learn to play against the men. Bailey etc said we need patience. This is an example, suffer short term for a long term gain. We are screaming out for a KPP, but at what cost. Make him earn a place in the seniors.

Does anybody share my concern that if Watts is thrown into what we witnessed yesterday, he'll be crucified? There'll be three defenders dropping back on him every time the ball comes in, and because we stuff around with it so much getting it there, they'll have heaps of time to get the numbers back.

The last thing we want is for his confidence to be shattered. I feel we need a forward structure that can take the pressure off him at first. Right now, he'd be chief cook in a very hot kitchen.

It all depends.. the scenrio that 4jacks is talking about depends on us being able to have a functional system where JW is leading out from the square, not sitting under a rainmaker in a pack of blokes. You are right, if it is a pack situation he'll be smashed, but 4jacks is right that if it is a lead-up situation he very well may go alright. You would have to assume that the long term vision is something like the 4jacks proposal, but the problem is right now our kids are having trouble getting the system to work to the point that the ball is in the hands of somebody decent, with enough space to spot up the lead and kick inside 50. Obviously the idea is that the likes of Grimes, Blease, Morton etc will be hitting Watts on the [censored] for the next decade but it's going to take some time.

The problem is we need to do something NOW, it is very bad for the club to go on getting embarrassed like this. Newton and Watts both need to come in, and somebody else needs to go up forward, maybe Rivers or Garland. Leave Miller in just so we now have a situation where JW is one of 4 big targets inside 50, that way he won't be demanding all the attention. The other two forwards need to be our best crumbers, say Maric, Jetta, Ozzie or even sacrifice Davey. We know what he can do with the loose ball inside 50 and that is where we are really hurting right now. I could see Trengove in this role also, he is smart and clean and would find opportunities. These blokes are instructed to do what little blokes from the under-9s upwards are instructed to do which is be at the feet of the big marking contests and try to turn crumbs into goals. There is absolutely NONE of that happening now. I cannot understand why Bailey refuses to create a lineup like this when it is so clear we have no forwardline whatsoever.

Jetta/Ozzie/Davey Garland/Rivers Miller

Watts Newton Trengove/Maric

Their best defenders are going to go to Garland/Rivers and Miller (if they don't well maybe these blokes will have day out), leaving Newton and Watts some freedom to do something. Tell the smalls their only job is to stay in or around 50 and create something from the spillages. At least this way we have a figthing chance of actually scoring when the midfield does actually come together to get a forward entry

urgh

I have seen Dean Bailey's game plan emerging from the minute he walked in the door.Feather my nest with all the young kids that will take quite a few years to be competitive,hope nobody notices(which has happened for the last 2 years) and I will keep the job for at least the next 5 years.How arrogant can a club be when we are in this position and they have the guts to tell us that the number 1 draft pick from last year is going to take anothet 2-3 years.