Mickey O to the backline

[punter257]

yep and move benny mathews to full forward and buchanan to the ruck

plus LRT to the coaching box

[Bloody Hell]

Better get yourself a history lesson buddy.

MOL played his first couple of years on a HBF and pretty bloody good to boot.

He wouldn't be worth a cracker down there now, injuries and fitness wouldn't allow it, but I can guarantee he 'would know how'.

Buddy get yourself a footy lesson.

10 years on and all he has played is up forward. It would take at least a year (20 games) to get on song. He doesn't have a year left to waste on such an idea.

[Triple B]

Mmmm, your location say's it all.

[NMWBloods]

MOL played his first couple of years on a HBF and pretty bloody good to boot.

Which years would these be?

[Bloody Hell]

Mmmm, your location say's it all.

Mmmm...

[Triple B]

Which years would these be?

I did say his first couple of years, I thought you'd be able to work it out.

95 and 96.

[Plugger46]

Between '95 and '99 he definitely played some games off the half-back line.

[sydneyswans1989]

Micky O is a forward, no way could he ever become a backline player. That's like collingwood putting Leon Davis in the backline, it's just too crazy!

[Triple B]

Micky O is a forward, no way could he ever become a backline player. That's like collingwood putting Leon Davis in the backline, it's just too crazy!

Nobody, apart from the OP, has suggested he should, or could, go down back at this stage of his career.

Myself and Plugger are just pointing out to the folk who claim "he wouldn't know how" to play in the backline that he was a very, very good and creative backline player early in his career.

[NMWBloods]

I did say his first couple of years, I thought you'd be able to work it out.

95 and 96.

Impressive that he managed 33 goals from 36 games playing off the half back line...

As I recall he played as a half forward, sometimes pushing up to be a midfielder. That he would appear in the back line was in line with Eade's flooding strategy, rather than him playing regularly at half back flank.

[NMWBloods]

Between '95 and '99 he definitely played some games off the half-back line.

"Some games" over five years isn't quite the same as "playing his first couple of years on the HBF" though...

[Triple B]

Impressive that he managed 33 goals from 36 games playing off the half back line...

As I recall he played as a half forward, sometimes pushing up to be a midfielder. That he would appear in the back line was in line with Eade's flooding strategy, rather than him playing regularly at half back flank.

Seeing as though you want to use 95/96 goal kicking stats as evidence, let me use THE SAME STATS as evidence.

From Rd 11 1995 thru Rd 12 1996 inclusive, MOL played 17 senior games. He kicked 6 goals, all singles. This was the period he played predominantly down back. It is not unusual for a young player to be sent to the backline to develop defensive skills that keep them in good stead when they go back forward.

In 1995 he was dropped/injured Rds 15/16, played Rd 17 and was then in the 2nds for the rest of the year. He had a sensational finals series in 1995 playing out of the backline.

As you can see, you can use your stats to 'prove' he was a forward and I'll use the same stats to 'prove' he played a whole season (Rd 11 1995 thru Rd 12 1996) in the backline. So it appears we have proved SFA by looking at stats.

Try this for proof. Tell me where MOL lined up in the 1996 GF and played the game.

[hammo]

Seeing as though you want to use 95/96 goal kicking stats as evidence, let me use THE SAME STATS as evidence.

From Rd 11 1995 thru Rd 12 1996 inclusive, MOL played 17 senior games. He kicked 6 goals, all singles. This was the period he played predominantly down back. It is not unusual for a young player to be sent to the backline to develop defensive skills that keep them in good stead when they go back forward.

In 1995 he was dropped/injured Rds 15/16, played Rd 17 and was then in the 2nds for the rest of the year. He had a sensational finals series in 1995 playing out of the backline.

As you can see, you can use your stats to 'prove' he was a forward and I'll use the same stats to 'prove' he played a whole season (Rd 11 1995 thru Rd 12 1996) in the backline. So it appears we have proved SFA by looking at stats.

Try this for proof. Tell me where MOL lined up in the 1996 GF and played the game.

You're 'proof' isn't backed up by facts.

Sydney didn't play finals in 1995 so the whole basis of your argument appears to be a figment of your imagination.

[reigning premier]

seventy-seventh-seven-and-a-half of a percent of people know you can make statistics to prove the double negative...

[NMWBloods]

Seeing as though you want to use 95/96 goal kicking stats as evidence, let me use THE SAME STATS as evidence.

From Rd 11 1995 thru Rd 12 1996 inclusive, MOL played 17 senior games. He kicked 6 goals, all singles. This was the period he played predominantly down back. It is not unusual for a young player to be sent to the backline to develop defensive skills that keep them in good stead when they go back forward.

Are you sure or are you guessing? Do you know if he played the whole time down back or mixed it up? It's still not the same as saying he "played his first couple of years at HBF".

In 1995 he was dropped/injured Rds 15/16, played Rd 17 and was then in the 2nds for the rest of the year. He had a sensational finals series in 1995 playing out of the backline.

Which finals?

As you can see, you can use your stats to 'prove' he was a forward and I'll use the same stats to 'prove' he played a whole season (Rd 11 1995 thru Rd 12 1996) in the backline. So it appears we have proved SFA by looking at stats.

I wasn't 'proving' anything except that the stats don't suggest he spent a lot of time down back.

Try this for proof. Tell me where MOL lined up in the 1996 GF and played the game.

He was listed at half forward and kicked two goals.