Disco08 said:Our midfield hasn't been the problem. Losing Vickery has meant Ivan's effctiveness has been curtailed and our forward structure has gone to sh!t because we've been playing the likes of Miller, McGuane, Elton and Derrickx in his place. That's clearly illustrated by the inside 50 counts since Vickery went down:
GWS - 66-35
Adelaide - 57-47
Melbourne - 62-41
Gold Coast - 56-44 (without Maric, Foley, Martin, Jackson)
North - 50-62 (only game for the year Maric got soundly beaten)
Carlton - 54-47
The problem with Ivan doing all the ruck is that he starts games/quarters well and we have a few nice clearances and forward movements but as he tires our midfielders have to fight for the ball far more (which they are obviously doing very well still) and our ball movement slows right down as a result. Sound about right?
Of course we had more scoring shots in every one of those games too. Bad goalkicking is also hurting us far more than any lack of depth in the midfield.
Agree we should still be taking mids early in the draft though. The more quality in there the better.
Whilst some of those points have validity to leysy our gameplan has a lot more to do with those stats than anything else you have mentioned.