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Is it time? with the rise of Malceski on the HBF should the Irishman be moved to a wing?
I say yes, though I've been on that wagon for a while.
I say yes, though I've been on that wagon for a while.
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There was some article a day or two after the Pies EF where he said he'd be looking to recruit another running half back to replace Malceski because he wanted him further up the ground. Can't remember which publication it was.Comment
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Anybody also read the same?Comment
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Put them both in the midfield.Comment
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What, you don't trust my memory?
Adam Goodes can't do it alone, which is why Roos will move running defender Nick Malceski into the midfield full-time next season and look to trade for another quick outside running player.Comment
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SourceRoos also paid tribute to Nick Malceski, one of last week's heroes. ?I think Mal's ability to play different roles is useful. Last week we started him at half-forward. I think as we move forward he's a potential midfielder. He gives us a bit more flexibility,? he said.Comment
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He had observed that people who did lie were, on the whole, more resourceful and ambitious and successful than people who did not lie.Comment
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I know I've said this before (but I'll assume that most people have me on ignore so they don't have to read about how good Nick Davis is), I think that Tadhg would be a greater success as a midfielder than Malceski. He has (or at least appears to in my eyes) a greater ball winning ability than Malceski, Nick seems more needing of being setup at this stage of his career. There is no great shame in that, I don't think that Andrew McLeod would be anywhere near as valuable to Adelaide spending time in the midfield as he is across half back and I see Malceski's role in that regard as quite similar. Both Tadhg and Nick provide run off half back, but Nick's run seems to be more often on the end of a series of handballs whilst Tadhg may be the one initiating the run or carrying in the middle of a series of handballs (or delivering inside 50 after less setup, if that makes sense).
A quick glance at ScottH's wunderbar stats page shows that- Nick had 3 more clearances in 10 more games than Tadhg, the positions that they take at stoppages are fairly similar
- Nick also looks to have had around an 80:20 Uncontested:Contested possession rate vs. a 70:30 rate for Tadhg
again there is no great shame in those numbers, you need to have people picking up unconstested possessions in football but it does show (I believe) that Tadhg has a greater ball winning ability... and thicker legs than ol' chicken Malceski
but then the dilly of a pickle is that Tadhg is more versatile as a defender (can player on taller forwards) than Nick.
I guess my main problem is for stoppages (we have a lot of them and I think we are generally quite dull at them!) and by moving Nick to the midfield I am assuming that they want him to play more of an outside outside midfielder, so be on the end of the second handball... which is great, but I think our missing outside midfielder is more an inside outside midfielder (so taking the second handball, not the third, or receiving the tap and doing something smart with it) and I think Tadhg would be better in that role and I also think that Nick is doing an excellent job in the role he is in right now (if it ain't broke...)I knew him as a gentle young man, I cannot say for sure the reasons for his decline
We watched him fade before our very eyes, and years before his timeComment
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Melcho will be in the midfield next year no doubt about it and Tiger will remain in HBF role.Now this is a thread that i would expect on the ego -centric, wank session that is redandwhiteonline.com...
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