‘Disposable’ mid? What does it mean? The 6-6-6 rule has meant less ‘crash & bash’ as you put it. The ‘best mids are big-bodied mids’ or ‘we need big-bodied mids to protect the kids or guns’ are both ludicrous myths. We need the best mids playing. Simple as that. You have just invented a new position. I am laughing, so cheers for that.
p.s. Oh, your question. The magoos have a bye, so…from the stands?
Hopefully he is in to give Hepp a chop out and spends 60% of the game on the pine…he hasn’t got and never will have either speed or distance in his legs. The Lions have got lots of talented onballer kids that maybe will be found wanting with their immature bodies if exposed to real physical body to body aggression, so yeh probably was down to Langford v Myers…Myer wins this time and is told to test the Lions mid-fielders…else I agree, a waste of time and it should have been a kid in.
All those guys mentioned are competent taggers too. I suspect one of the reasons we don’t see Myers used as a hard tag is that he’s too easily exploited on the outside. His opponents would just skoot away from him
The coaches have backed him for three years now. As a supporter I’m now looking at them saying if he doesn’t perform then it’s on you and if you can’t make the decision then you have to go.
The standard for Myers is average 25+ disposal 7+ tackles and a goal. If he can’t do that in the next period, banish him.
But we all know 19 touches, 4 tackles and push and shove of McGraths man is all he will do.
I think he has strength of character, which apparently is enough for selection these past 10 years.
If Parish is forced to play anywhere other than onball in order to accommodate Myers, then I’ve lost even more faith in the coaches than I thought possible