Hence Woosh said he sees no reason Stringer can’t match it with the bigger inside mids of the comp. Imagine we could get him going head to head against Kennedy, physically matches up well and would leave him for dead pace wise.
People have said that Mutch is the big bodied midfielder type that we need to come on.
From everything that I’ve seen of him, he doesn’t play that way. He’s more of the outside/inside type that goes and wins it when he needs to, but mostly plays outside.
I don’t think you can change his game to pure inside, and a little bit outside.
The thing that Danger, Dusty and stringer all have is an aggressive streak. As soon as they get the ball they attack, whether somebody is in the way or not.
It would be very intimidating for opposing players.
The advantage that now brings for us is that the opposition coaches will now have to put in defensive structures to combat Stringer, allowing others to go about their thing.
He’s going to transform our midfield. I have no doubt about it.
The thing I most remember about Mutch at vfl games is the audible crunch as he throws himself into a contest. I have no doubt he’ll do well as an inside player once his body develops.
I’ll clarify my comment a bit first, by big stints I mean games where he has played more than a couple centre bounces and has genuinely had a few rotation there. I’m not concerned he doesn’t rack up 30 touches a game, like Rioli he doesn’t need to. And for a FP/HF I class Rioli to have big stints in the midfield.
I think you will find early game 2-7 in 2016 and again early this year he was tried there. Invariably the dogs forward line suffers and he is pushed back to FF at some point. The first kangas game this year is one you might want to check out.
I think you will find he was also moved in 2016/17 to a higher HF roll at times as well. I don’t believe the dogs have helped his game the way they play him.
We dont need to pidgeon hole Stringer and say he cannot do something in the future because of the past. Dare him to change the way he plays. I dont know how many times woosha has been criticised for never trying something different. I find negativity in this space a bit irksome.