I'm no footy guru (and definitely no halves expert) but why is moving Keary to #7 a 'step up' rather than a horizontal move?
My thoughts are:
- Flanno wasn't the dominant half last year. He just wasn't and I don't think that was ever a realistic expectation given he's a youngster who was paired with a rep-grade 5/8...
- Other than 'one owns the left side and the other owns the right', I can't really get any clarity around what the difference is. I mean if Lam's on fire, making 30m every time he runs the ball then he's the 'dominant half' but isn't magically the halfback.
- Lam will do more running than Keary. A few have said that a HB does more running but I dunno if that's necessarily true. Lam's pretty much purely a ball runner whereas Keary's more of a tech player with his kicking...etc. In my mind that's often the distinction (i.e. 5/8 does more of the tech work with silky passing/kicking... halfback is a bit more boring but does more ball distribution).
- The distinction is artificial and a good half often plays on both sides. Realistically, you'll want your better half to be scheming against the stronger side as well.
- Lam's a left-footer so that's the only real reason I'd be thinking he's better off on the left. The game's not played on the right-hand side of the field and you'd get dominated if it was like 'ooooh ooooh Keary has it... you can guarantee that the ball's going to the right!!' I just don't think the game's played like that.
- With examples like Cronk/Thurston and Joey/Freddy... the 5/8's often the more dominant of the two. Carney and Pearce! I know Joey has his stupid 'the halfback owns the result' quote but he was probably high on happy pills when he said that (and Pearce probably wants to punch him in the face for that one). Why are we suddenly?
My thoughts are:
- Flanno wasn't the dominant half last year. He just wasn't and I don't think that was ever a realistic expectation given he's a youngster who was paired with a rep-grade 5/8...
- Other than 'one owns the left side and the other owns the right', I can't really get any clarity around what the difference is. I mean if Lam's on fire, making 30m every time he runs the ball then he's the 'dominant half' but isn't magically the halfback.
- Lam will do more running than Keary. A few have said that a HB does more running but I dunno if that's necessarily true. Lam's pretty much purely a ball runner whereas Keary's more of a tech player with his kicking...etc. In my mind that's often the distinction (i.e. 5/8 does more of the tech work with silky passing/kicking... halfback is a bit more boring but does more ball distribution).
- The distinction is artificial and a good half often plays on both sides. Realistically, you'll want your better half to be scheming against the stronger side as well.
- Lam's a left-footer so that's the only real reason I'd be thinking he's better off on the left. The game's not played on the right-hand side of the field and you'd get dominated if it was like 'ooooh ooooh Keary has it... you can guarantee that the ball's going to the right!!' I just don't think the game's played like that.
- With examples like Cronk/Thurston and Joey/Freddy... the 5/8's often the more dominant of the two. Carney and Pearce! I know Joey has his stupid 'the halfback owns the result' quote but he was probably high on happy pills when he said that (and Pearce probably wants to punch him in the face for that one). Why are we suddenly?
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