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Why doesn't Neale Daniher play Brad Green as a permanent loose defender who can sweep the defence and offer run from half back. He is no good in the midfield and can only play forward or back.... Stop wasting our time playing him in the midfield... I can see him as a dead ringer like Goddard and dominating across half back and add one extra player in out weakest link our backline...

It would rejuvenate his career as he is surely at the crossroads like a lot of our players.

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Very good idea.

I think Brad Green is ineffective in the midfield. He does have a habit of racking them up, but never seems to influence a game.

We are a lot better off having Green rebound from our defensive 50 than Brown and Ward. At least has the skill to hit a target.

Having said all that I'd be worried about Green limiting Petterd's development. Petterd seems to have the footy nous to set us up through the middle. I would not like Green to take his spot on the half back line.

Our defence is a major cause for concern. The defence doesn't seem to operate at all without Rivers. Carroll and Bell are both hit and miss. At least Green could provide some consistency.

A possible backline could be:

B: Bell/Carroll, Frawley, Whelan

HB: Green, Rivers, Petterd

Brown and Ward have had their turn. Time to move on!

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have been advocating this all year!!!

played this role against freo in the fial, and i thought he did very well

his skill and poise would be a benefit, as well as add some more experience down back, to help petterd, bartram, frawley and the rest of the young guys grow

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Why doesn't Neale Daniher play Brad Green as a permanent loose defender

His best games from last year were probably the ones where he played that role. He's better running out of defence, or leading from a vacant forward-line.

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yeah agreed, i liked him as the loose defender as well, and his skills were good on the counter he was able to set up quick, flowing counter-attacks. it could be part of what our team needs to get moving in the righ direction again.

either loose defence or leading forward. can't see a place for him in the middle

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Yes well since we all agree on this surely someone in the Demons coaching box can also acknowledge this and put it into place.

It cant be that hard.

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Yes well since we all agree on this surely someone in the Demons coaching box can also acknowledge this and put it into place.

It cant be that hard.

You would think having all or most of us agree on anything (at least in principle) is hard enough.......

But to actually get the coaching department to do it, that would be a whole new level of difficult :rolleyes: !!!

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I think the Green should be played in the forward line or on a wing. Preferably rotating between both. He may get a lot of kicks in the backline but I don't think he is nearly as damaging. The same goes for Davey.

That idea however, which also has a hell of a lot of merit, doesn't seem to be happening either.......

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I'd like to see Green spend a lot more time in the forward line, and it will be interesting to see how another coach will use Brad in the future. I don't like his field kicking, but if he gets back to spending a fair portion of his game time in the forward line, I'd imagine we'll see the valuable sharpshooter we had from 2000-02 return.

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I'd like to see Green spend a lot more time in the forward line, and it will be interesting to see how another coach will use Brad in the future. I don't like his field kicking, but if he gets back to spending a fair portion of his game time in the forward line, I'd imagine we'll see the valuable sharpshooter we had from 2000-02 return.

I'm of a similar mind loons. I think he is most valuable forward. His move to the midfield has added more strings to his bow, but unless we have our best midfield playing his usefulness is markedly decreased , he can still move back there, but I'd like to see more flexibility in our forward setup.

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