luke ablett

[bandwagon]

...Adelaide simply don't have any Nick Stevens/Chris Judd midfielders who are worth tagging all day.....

Umm. I would have thought Simon Goodwin would be worth tagging. I've always been a fan of Tyson Edwards, but I don't know if he is worth a tag based on this years performance.

[Lohengrin]

Goodwin seems to be mainly playing as a forward now.

[liz]

Scott Thompson is a gun. Stop him and you go a long long way to stopping the Crows. Seems like a perfect role for Noggy.

[hammo]

Won't he just pick up their best or second best midfielder?

Let's hope we're not that defensive.

[voodooguru]

Let's hope we're not that defensive.

I'd say that tagging their best midfielders is standard operating procedure, not being overly defensive.

[SimonH]

I'd say that tagging their best midfielders is standard operating procedure, not being overly defensive.

No, it's only where there are one or two people who are fundamental to the team's success from clearances. If there are 4 or 5 people who share the load almost evenly, there's no point.

We aren't going to be tagging Nathan van Berlo, Michael Doughty, Chris Knights or Scott Thompson. At least I hope not. And as Lohengrin said, Goodwin has been playing up forward. I don't underestimate the Clones as a unit-- they're very strong if on song (which they haven't been for weeks, of course). They just don't have individual standouts like Carlton do.