With Kelly named in the squad and a player who has no pace which is needed out of dummy half and also not noted as a solid defender another requirement if defending in the middle, BA has hinted at rotating the position with J Paulo but that poses the question where does he hide Kelly in defence when Paulo is at 9? Is Kelly simple benched? Has Paulo learnt to pass off the ground in the last week?
I have still not worked out how the defensive line would look but I can see Sandow playing some 9 during the game early in attacking sets to catch the big Cowboy off-side leaving Kelly "mr structured" to simply catch and pass early in the set.
What a bloody dilemma trying to replace Peatsy my approach feels like the Money Ball movie....using 3 players in the attempt to replicate 1.
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He has a football brain and whilst his defence is not really up to the role his skill set will hopefully benefit us.
Did he play a bit of 9 in a game verse the panthers when he first joined? I believe he and Paulo worked well together.
All sounds good Craig and I will throw some money on the pick the score, unfortunately kicks done and dusted a long time ago now but I had more than my fair share of $1 drinks back in the day. Tell me where you can go out these days with $30 in the wallet and need to be carried out and tried every spirit available?
Well there is a "magic bullet" on the home shopping channel but it is a juicer unfortunately.
So we have a chance of winning
His speed is between the ears, like no other as a dummy half. Engages the markers in every play and shifts the ball to the correct side every time. Luke Kelly's speed would be equal to Smiths not sure about any other comparisons.
If you think about it dummy half should suit Paulo's crab-like sideways running as we see the good dummy halves Farah, Smith, Ennis etc do it all the time with great affect passing back on the inside.