Who is in your team for Round 1?

[shawny]

Tigers small forwards are smart crafty goal scorers and when you add Dusty resting deep this is the main danger for us IMO as I doubt they can rely on their 2 big forwards kicking a bag.

Going to be very interesting to see if a new coaching panel will allow Dusty to run his own race and if again small forwards inflict pain like they have over so many years.

Still its our best chance to take the points in a season opener for a long time - if their smalls don't cause us too many headaches on the scoreboard I think we have enough power forward to kick a winning score.

Blues by 12.

[LP]

If Nankervis plays after recently having COVID, and Pittonet or De Koning catch COVID, is there a potential pathway to making a civil claim for compensation against the Ferals or it's players?

Is there any potential liability?

[Gointocarlton]

Rocky...I reckon both Owies and Durdin play if Durdin is fit. They seemed to gel pretty well in that practice game against Melbourne.

I'd leave Kemp out...might be one too many tall options with him in.

Tend to agree Surfie, need as much speed and chaos in the fwd 50 as possible. Durds will be the next big thing I reckon (there a lock if fit) and Owies is smart and a reliable kick for goal.

[DJC]

I think that's a given.

The problem seems to be having BigH, Charlie, Cripps, SoJ, McGovern, Weiters, McDonald in the team as well, that's a lot of top end to carry under the current Stand Rule, you'd want to have pretty sticky hands and pinpoint precision kicking so the ball doesn't hit the deck too often!

Most of the players you mentioned are pretty handy when the ball hits the ground LP.

It seems like Richmond will go with Nankervis, Soldo, Grimes, Tarrant, Gibcus, Broad, Riewoldt, Lynch and Balta so there's a bit of height on both sides. De Koning and, (hopefully) to a lesser extent, Silvagni provide points of difference as rucks and I suspect that our talls would have a slight edge in athleticism and agility.

The key to the game seems to me to be getting the right match up for Dusty when he goes forward.  The other side of the coin is whether Richmond will have the right match up for Cripps when he goes forward.

[kruddler]

One interesting observation - we seem to be at the stage of

'can't fit them all in'

which is a pleasant change from

'how the hell does he get a game?'.

Agree.

But...at this time of the year we are generally saying the same thing each year.
Its only until they play that we realise they are not as good as advertised.

But.....THIS year is different.....
*prays*

[Baggers]

The key to the game seems to me to be getting the right match up for Dusty when he goes forward.  The other side of the coin is whether Richmond will have the right match up for Cripps when he goes forward.

George will likely get Dusty when on the ball and Newman when he rests up forward.

Like your side, Rocky. If his calf is okay, Durdin is a certainty, along with Owies. Ed might end up the emergency in this case.

[WASurfer]

Tend to agree Baggers....if they use Hewett as you've suggested, Ed might not be in the starting 22.

[cookie2]

Hewett, from what I remember, played as an inside player at Sydney, backing up Kennedy.to win the ball. Dusty tends to roam far and wide so he may prove a bit elusive for George, but we'll see I guess.

[Mav]

He was used as a stopper but that wasn't his only role at Sydney. He believes he is a capable ball-getter too. But if he's given the job of tagging Dusty, he'll be happy to be a lockdown mid.

[DJC]

I think that George will go to Dusty when he's in the midfield (and that could mean Ed Curnow's no longer a walk-up start).  However, I would prefer to see Fisher on Dusty; he has perfected tackling the fend-off arm, has the speed and agility to keep him under pressure, and would be able to run off him.