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An absolute master stroke by Goody to send him up forward in round 17.

A move none us keyboard heroes would've contemplated in a million years.

That's why they pay him the big bucks.

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    6 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    An absolute master stroke by Goody to send him up forward in round 17.

    A move none us keyboard heroes would've contemplated in a million years.

    That's why they pay him the big bucks.

    LOL. 

    He should'e been there from the start.... perhaps some tanking??

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    34 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    An absolute master stroke by Goody to send him up forward in round 17.

    A move none us keyboard heroes would've contemplated in a million years.

    That's why they pay him the big bucks.

    Keyboard heroes seem to have amnesia about why Fritsch played back: as I recall it was because at various times May, Lever, Jetta, Hibberd, Salem, Hore, Big Mac Junior, were injured....

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    23 minutes ago, dieter said:

    Keyboard heroes seem to have amnesia about why Fritsch played back: as I recall it was because at various times May, Lever, Jetta, Hibberd, Salem, Hore, Big Mac Junior, were injured....

    That is true but once TMac and Weidemen went out, with Melksham and Hannan still out, the forward line need Fritsch a lot more than the backline did.  His move forward came at least a month too late.

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    54 minutes ago, dieter said:

    Keyboard heroes seem to have amnesia about why Fritsch played back: as I recall it was because at various times May, Lever, Jetta, Hibberd, Salem, Hore, Big Mac Junior, were injured....

    We had Hibberd, Hore & Frost the majority of the season. As well as Lever for half of the season.

    We also had Petty and OMac as other options.

    Fritsch should've been played forward, it was by far our worst area on the ground.

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    Fritsch was recruited as a forward.   Played forward in 2018.  

    Tried back and didn’t look comfortable from the 1st game.  Finally moved back forward and returned to form. 

    Goodys “masterstroke” about 7 weeks after Demonlanders screamed for it !! 

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    Whoever had the idea of playing Fritsch down back for first 30 games of his AFL career should be sacked, we all knew Fritsch was a forward and if left there could kick 40-50 goals a season 

    Edited by dave

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    18 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    An absolute master stroke by Goody to send him up forward in round 17.

    A move none us keyboard heroes would've contemplated in a million years.

    That's why they pay him the big bucks.

    This so much.

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    Surely the Preliminary Final debacle should have convinced Badloss that Fritsch is needed in the forward line, AND that he is not a beckman.   But of course, according to folklore at least, that game wasn't reviewed.

    Edited by monoccular

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    1 minute ago, monoccular said:

    Surely the Preliminary Final debacle should have convinced Badloss that Fritsch is needed in the forward line, AND that he is not a beckman.   But of course, according to folklore at least, that game wasn't reviewed.

    If it was reviewed mono the review achieved zero.

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    The raison d'etre for all the 'player' puff pieces from the club (and especially their timing) is now becoming apparent

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    There's no place like home for Fritta. ?

    Bayley Fritsch reflects on his own season + getting back to playing as a forward. ?

     

    There are a 'few' other points that the DL brains trust have been attempting to get through to Goodwin and the MFC Board for some time; Fritta - playing as a forward - is just one of hundreds of these insights.

    Edited by Deemania since 56

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    I gotta wonder if the club is trolling it's fans (particularly Demonland). They've released articles of Brayshaw being a better player this year, and Fritsch happy as a forward. 

    FWIW I didn't have a huge issue with him being played as an intercept defender while we had literally no one else, but there came a time when the swap back needed to happen and it did actually happen for another 2-3 weeks. 

    Lack of genuine forward options was a big thing for us this year, Fritta could've provided that.  

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    On 9/5/2019 at 4:22 PM, dieter said:

    Keyboard heroes seem to have amnesia about why Fritsch played back: as I recall it was because at various times May, Lever, Jetta, Hibberd, Salem, Hore, Big Mac Junior, were injured....

    Whilst true he played forward well last season, then got switched back, then got dropped for the final against west coast.

    Like Hunt this year was playing well forward. He seems to be the only player on our list that can run towards goal, turn on a dime and lead back to the player with the footy, mark it and allow us to “connect”. A natural forward. Then he gets moved to the backline, then dropped.

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