{"id":219750,"date":"2025-05-19T12:21:03","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T02:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=219750"},"modified":"2025-05-19T12:21:03","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T02:21:03","slug":"the-key-piece-the-blues-lack-this-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=219750","title":{"rendered":"The key piece the Blues lack this season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Much has been unpacked from Friday night\u2019s stinging loss for the Blues. Whether it was umpiring, the use of technology, the Swans\u2019 aggression \u2013 which has landed Joel Amartey in match review trouble \u2013 or simply Michael Voss\u2019 post-match comments<\/a>, it was a night of drama. But another poor Blues fadeout highlighted a weakness rarely spoken about \u2013 they lack a dynamic midfield-forward weapon who can break open games. This is not a knock on those who occupy the Blues\u2019 midfield, rather it\u2019s pointing out something they don\u2019t boast.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Speed: The Blues need to find their own version of the Road Runner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The manner in which Swans\u2019 stars Chad Warner (30 disposals, two goals) and Isaac Heeney (38 disposals, 10 score involvements) took charge, and used their speed, skill and smarts to will their side to victory, contrasted with the more methodical Blues. Patrick Cripps is a star of the game, while Sam Walsh, Adam Cerra and George Hewett know how to find the ball, but they don\u2019t really break lines, or provide a burst of true dash that changes the complexion of a contest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Blues have Charlie Curnow inside attacking 50 who can turn a game in the blink of an eye, but it\u2019s through the midfield where an excitement machine is needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, these types of roadrunners are hard to find and\/or lock down \u2013 just ask Wile E. Coyote \u2013 but the absence of one could ultimately haunt this group of Blues, as this shapes as another flag-free campaign. Can list boss Nick Austin and his recruiting team weave some magic come trade time? We\u2019ll see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Age<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Much has been unpacked from Friday night\u2019s stinging loss for the Blues. Whether it was umpiring, the use of technology, the Swans\u2019 aggression \u2013 which […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":219751,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10578],"tags":[993,8],"class_list":["post-219750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afl","tag-melbourne","tag-victoria"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=219750"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":219753,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219750\/revisions\/219753"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/219751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=219750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=219750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=219750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}