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The Ideal Sub

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For two weeks JKH has started as the sub. I would have thought the sub should be a player who's a genuine on baller who can go into the middle and add some spark when other midfielders must be feeling tired.

Using a small forward as the sub seems to me to be a waste of the sub role. As exciting as JKH was when he came on, why wouldn't you use as a sub in every game a player capable of playing on ball to make use of the extra energy he's going to have over every other player on the ground (except for the opposition's sub)?

In my view, the sub should be of the ilk of Blease, Evans, Bail or M Jones (if they're in the 22, of course) not a small forward such as JKH or a slower player like Tapscott or Michie.

 

For two weeks JKH has started as the sub. I would have thought the sub should be a player who's a genuine on baller who can go into the middle and add some spark when other midfielders must be feeling tired.

Using a small forward as the sub seems to me to be a waste of the sub role. As exciting as JKH was when he came on, why wouldn't you use as a sub in every game a player capable of playing on ball to make use of the extra energy he's going to have over every other player on the ground (except for the opposition's sub)?

In my view, the sub should be of the ilk of Blease, Evans, Bail or M Jones (if they're in the 22, of course) not a small forward such as JKH or a slower player like Tapscott or Michie.

The only genuine on ballers we have are playing, Jones, Cross, Vince and Tyson. I wouldn't be making any of them the sub.

...by the way I'm sure you know and someone else will point out, so let me get in first. We have a few more problems than the sub.

JKH shouldn't be sub, he'd be one of our better players given the chance.

It won't take much for a kid like JKH to surpass half our list within the space of a few weeks.

Most our list isn't up to AFL standard and from what little I've seen of Kennedy Harris - he is up to standard.

 

Jack Viney would be a handy sub, going to come on at a high intensity and go hell for leather at the ball when the sting of the game has gone out of it.

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The only genuine on ballers we have are playing, Jones, Cross, Vince and Tyson. I wouldn't be making any of them the sub.

...by the way I'm sure you know and someone else will point out, so let me get in first. We have a few more problems than the sub.

You're quite right of course. Perhaps I'm just in denial and wanting to transfer my thinking to something away from the obvious.


I think because the game opens up and defenders get tired (they have little rotations) a forward is the most dangerous fresh. A clearance winning midfield is great but he then has no one to kick it to. Ideally we'd add someone who can play forward, inside midfield and outside so we have impact in all 3 areas.

The sub isn't the problem, but I think we should let JKH play! He's a competitor, that's more than some.

Jack Viney would be a handy sub, going to come on at a high intensity and go hell for leather at the ball when the sting of the game has gone out of it.

And give himself a concussion :P

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