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Tagging / Tagger ....
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Title says it all really !?!?!?! TIA Q
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Basically a tagger is someone who tries to stop a midfielder getting the ball by following him closely all game. A good example would be Ling from the weekend, whenever Kerr got the ball, he was automatically tackled as he was right beside him.
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A taggers role is to chase down, harrass, hinder and generally occupy the time of the others teams better player. A 'tagger' generally won't do much possession/statistic wise, he's purely there for an annoyance factor for the good players.
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there are negative orr defensive taggers, like Crouch and Libba late in his career. They barely go looking for the ball they just spend 2 hours trying to make sure one bloke doesn't. Then there are offensive or attacking tags, where you tag ghe bloke but you follow him and try and beat him to the ball, or make him defensively accountable by running off him when you are prepared to take the risk.
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People, Thanks - after folllwoing afl for years, I now have an understanding of tagging .. Q
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Taggers are the dirty scraggers who don't play footy but nullify opponents using niggling tactics, like Stevie Baker/Brodie Holland/Cameron Ling that every football fan wants to punch in the head...
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Used to play a run with tagging role in hockey. Certainly less skilled than most of my opponents, but my object was to make them accountable and earn every possession, and to not let them get an easy ball. Was happy to run off them and be a loose man for us when we were in attack, but sprinted back to them in the event of a turnover. If I wasn't right on their shoulder it was quite acceptable to play the angles in order to make it less attractive for them to receive passes from their teammates. No dirty tricks such as jumper pulling, sledging, or other forms of scragging were entered into. It was actually a lot of fun.
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Not so sure you're being fair on Ling, he is a very good player in his own right who can play a number of roles. Holland is a converted forward pocket out of neccessity when the filth had no young legs in the middle. Baker is the prototype scragger, no arguments there!
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Ling was probably harshly judged, but plays his best football as a defensive midfielder, ala Brett Kirk... Stephen Baker needs a bullet. Have we ever done a Top 10 people you'd love to see shirtfronted by Tony Lockett/Jono Brown in the AFL?
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Jono Brown deserves a shirtfront from Lockett, so theres a point on my list. He reads too much of his own press that kid.
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Tony Liberatore,
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Top 10 AFL Players I want to see shirtfronted into 2008
Steve Milne
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Jonathon Brown - cause he's not as tough as he thinks
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Has everyone forgotten the most sniping prat in the game - Josh Carr? Runs like a goose and he'd win a Brownlow on kidney punches alone. I don't want to see anyone else run through. I just want to see Brown smash Carr's head in again and again.
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I like Josh Carr, cause he can back it up with some pretty good footy.
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If I was playing, I get dq'ed for life to have a good go at Akermanis ...
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My top 10 I'd like to shirt front
1 Stephen Milne - You wouldn't be able to hit him hard
enough
And because my list is short, I'd double up on the top
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1. Kayne Pettifer 2. Daylight
3. Stephen Milne
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I'd like to see it done to some ex-players.
1 David Schwarz
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1. Stephen Milne
If someone tells you you are a swinger and then proceeds to try and make you a hitter ... run Quickly... |
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Jeepster If you add McAvaney to that list, I concur. Could he try any harder to get into Commettis pants?
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