DemonSam

When he left I thought the messaging around it felt like the door was open. Would be foolish not to put it out there... give them a late second rounder? Is an instant upgrade in the forward line, was one of the big reasons we had a solid home and away in 2018. Weed & the Hulk 2021!

I posted about this in the Game plan thread that just popped up recently, I think its a great idea! My main problem is that Viney and Oliver can't play in a stoppage together, they literally fight over the ball. Player either of them forward when one is on the ball. Viney's defensive attributes would make him a great forward and we know he can go the footy.

Lots of talk about who we move out of our team come the end of the year, this popping up today on SEN from our old assistant coach https://www.sen.com.au/news/2020/08/10/hed-certainly-be-an-asset-at-any-team-melbournes-midfield-dilemma/ I don't understand the conundrum, Gerard Whateley (who I think is a right [censored]) said that Viney and Brayshaw are the same player, clearly has not watched us very closely, this is not a Brayshaw vs Viney issue. To me its clear, it's a Oliver and Viney issue. Now I would never want to trade either of these two, Viney is the one player who I think bleeds the most for the football club and Clarry is a freak who comes around not too often. I've been thinking about this for the last couple of weeks and I hope the concussion to Viney has shown Goodwin that this is the case. Both Viney and Clarry are see ball, get ball players they hunt it and often to the detriment of each other, how many times have we seen Melbourne players clash into eachother and the opposition get it to the outside? The Hunter (Viney or Oliver) The Explosion (Petracca) and a Smooth Mover (Brayshaw or ?) My solution is simple, Viney to become a burst midfielder, and Forwardline stoppage expert. We all know how damaging he can be around the ball and has shown not just recently he can take a decent ping at the goals, he will negate a dangerous backman and has strong hands overhead for a "little guy". Pop him in the middle when we need a statement or in finals, put a bit of fear in the opposition and give Clarry a rest down forward or on the bench. There's my two cents, I made a whole new account to do it haha.