Re: Welcome to Tigerland - Josh Caddy
turk-d-tiger said:
Martin , Cotchin , Prestia , Caddy , Miles - That is probably a top 6-8 midfield starting 5
What we are lacking is a Big inside mid like a Cripps that is 190-192 cm 89 kgs beast but needs to be top shelf
Hopefully 2-3 of our younger players can also step up and fill the void with rotations
Corey Ellis , Jack Graham , Oleg Markov , Kamdyn McIntosh , Ben Lemon , Connor Menadue - The talent is there just have to get them to the level required
Martin, Cotchin, Prestia, Caddy, Miles - That is probably a top 6-8 midfield starting 5
Forget Top 6-8, it is a TOP midfield. You are missing Vlastuin and Edwards out of that group.
Edwards was off last year - but prior years had improved to Elite....all players have off years.
Vlastuin is finally able to cover the KM's as proven in his standout TT. He is a competitive beast and would add great power to the already powerful mids.
Prestia is a different type of mid - one we have not had - he can get his own ball and go forward with it and he can defend/tackle . He doesn't just hack it out of the pack or go sideways. He is not far off the same class as Fyfe and Danger in that regards. Dusty also can do this to a large extent but doesn't have the same defensive ability.
Cotchin will be able to do more work on the outside - aka 2012...ok I am hoping here anyway... In fact I would even make him a tagger or sorts! He is smart enough to know when to leave and when to stay.
Martin will see plenty of time here but mixing it up with Caddy.
I also wonder if we may even see Rioli tagging a mid occasionally ...... maybe in future years - he seems to have the skillset to be a modern great in that area.
This midfield can get the hard ball AND run and carry. Miles is probably the odd one out, who may play a lot of emergency roles this year. I think he is going to have to learn to run both ways or he could be a tradable at the end of the year.
The question will be how good is it's defensive ability. That is what makes could take it to the next step.
The defensive pressure applied from the forwards and mids will probably be the thing that defines our year. That should be the one of the biggest changes from last year to this. ...That is if we do add in Vlastuin and Prestia and move Dusty more up forward and Miles probably more as a reserve.
With the ability to kick the ball in quickly to better spots and go through the midfield, I would have Jack stay more as a permanent forward as well.
Caddy - since this is the thread - will play a vital role being a link player in the mid and forward line.
