Re: Squad for Wire (Magic) : Mon Sep 06, 2021 1:38 pm
jonh wrote:
Usually your secondrow if they are strike players who are looking to exploit the wider channels.
I think it’s probably a term that has come into the game around the same time as middle forwards, ie your prop rotation and these days more often than not your 13.
Thinking about it it’s quite sad that terms such as middle and edge forwards is taking over from the specialised terms.
I’d say someone like Faz, KPP and Bateman are edge forwards for us, where by someone like Smithies who is a secondrow is probably more of a middle.
I think it’s probably a term that has come into the game around the same time as middle forwards, ie your prop rotation and these days more often than not your 13.
Thinking about it it’s quite sad that terms such as middle and edge forwards is taking over from the specialised terms.
I’d say someone like Faz, KPP and Bateman are edge forwards for us, where by someone like Smithies who is a secondrow is probably more of a middle.
Thanks John.
I’m not keen at all with current terminology but I suppose coaches need to think that they are progressing the game otherwise some supporters may think that the game has become static so to speak.
I don’t particularly conform to the term channel either.. To me channel suggests a restrictive area when gaps or openings as I tend use suggest a more fluid space.
I think the new terms have tended to restrict how certain positions can be played and to a very large degree have eradicated ball handling skills in the forwards.
KPP is a decent prospect but at the moment that’s all he is. His style of play is almost obsolete that’s why I think he gets so much attention form fans and commentators. For the good of the game we need KPP to continue to improve and bring in more players him into the game.