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Use of Tom Sparrow

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6 hours ago, D4Life said:

Take all of the points in the thread:
- Harmes excelled in 2018 as tagger

- so rather than use him on Boak, leave him hanging and losing confidence

- bring in untried 3rd gamer, Sparrow

- play him on oppositions star midfielder, Boak BOG

- when St Kilda successfully locked Boak down in preceding round

- hard to believe, seems like terrible selection! Coaching team would have to review and go that was a shocker didn’t work, put Harmes back as tagger or he has to be dropped.

- Sparrow, in middle ahead of Trac, Viney, Oliver, Brayshaw, Harmes, and would give another 5 guys a run in there ahead of him, seems a weird move.

 

 

This is a good call. Why we continue to reinvent Harmes as a running half back when we have Rivers coming through. Throw him in the best midfield to nullify. Harmes at times played off his man as well and starred in some games in 2018.

id love to be a fly on the wall in team selection as Goody tries to sell some of his moves. Must be a great salesman or our whole selection committee are numpties. 

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    16 hours ago, adonski said:

    Bizarre inclusion

    Perfect role for Harmes imv.  Instead he is shouldering up alongside Rozee in defence.

    Yep another one of many bizarre match ups / inclusions by SG & Co.

    No wonder they're all over the shop.  What a mess of a football club this is.

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    5 hours ago, big_red_fire_engine said:

    Tommy Mac was not a poor selection move necessarily.  Playing 3 talls was a poor selection move. 

    Sparrow playing was not a poor selection move. Playing him as a close checking mid on Boak was ahead of Harmes.

    Its not the people chosen its the roles and structure. 

    Based on the way he moved around the ground, yes it absolutely was.

    Sparrow I agree with: he wasn't necessarily the wrong player to pick but he wasn't in the right role and it impacted others.

    If we want to tag someone, Harmes should do it. In fact, Harmes probably shouldn't be playing at all unless he's spending significant time in the middle. So putting Sparrow in there over him is a mistake and the FD should have foreseen that.

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