Quote: Rob Wire "With Ryan Atkins having played the bulk of his career at left centre i was just wondering where he will fit into the scheme of things and where will he play ?
With Matt King showing improved form this year especially in the last couple of months it could affect his new built confidence if you pushed him out onto the left wing to accomodate Ryan Atkins, you then have Chris Riley to think about as he is another player thats looking confident and settled on the left wing.
Chris Bridge has been solid at right centre and has shown some great defence, i`m just looking where Atkins is going to fit in, anyway i`m not a fan of moving left sided players over to the right side of the pitch as that can affect their game and balance by doing things off the opposite foot than their normally used too, its the same for right sided players moving to the left.
I havn`t got a clue where were going to play him to be honest, the most natural option is to have him at left centre with Matt King on the left wing but that would be a bit unfair on Chris Riley, it would certainly be a powerful looking left side.'"
Depends on their skill set I suppose. I agree, for some players, it will be a ball ache asking them to switch sides. For others, it won't be. Smith has worked with both players so he'll obviously already have a pre-conceived idea. I'd start with this 3/4 line:
FB Mathers
LW Riley
LC King
RC Atkins
RW Hicks
Note what you say about Bridge and it's harsh to ship him out but that's the killer of having utility value.
