Suckling

[Toga]

I reckon it'll be bad for Birchall's scoring, but idk if that's just me.

Teams used to tag one of Birchall or Suckling... Suckling with his awesome kick would cop tags a lot, leaving Birchall as the other 'go-to' man out of defence. Now that Suckling's not there, if teams choose to put on a forward tag it will always be on Birch, which should imo see a dip in his scoring.

Another way to look at it is he will be seeked out by his team-mates more and will thus get more pill. Fwd tags can be broken if defenders and midfielders help you out. With Birch being the clear cut option out of defence he will get more protection.

My opinion anyways :)

Yeah that's true could look at it either way! I probably won't be starting him as it is though...

[elephants]

I reckon it'll be bad for Birchall's scoring, but idk if that's just me.

Teams used to tag one of Birchall or Suckling... Suckling with his awesome kick would cop tags a lot, leaving Birchall as the other 'go-to' man out of defence. Now that Suckling's not there, if teams choose to put on a forward tag it will always be on Birch, which should imo see a dip in his scoring.

Another way to look at it is he will be seeked out by his team-mates more and will thus get more pill. Fwd tags can be broken if defenders and midfielders help you out. With Birch being the clear cut option out of defence he will get more protection.

My opinion anyways :)

Yeah that's true could look at it either way! I probably won't be starting him as it is though...

Yeah neither will I after all that :P