02-22-2018, 06:47 AM
(02-22-2018, 02:43 AM)flyboy77 link Wrote:Even with the Doc on the sidelines, tough to get a gig in our back line this year....
KPP defenders - Jones, Rowe, ASOS, Marchbank, Macreadie, Weitering, O'Shea
3rd tall/small defenders - Willo, Simmo, Byrne, Plow, Mullett.
Who are the first few picked?
For mine - Weitering, Marchbank, Plowman, Jones, O'Shea (to play Doc's role) and Willo.
Others who watched the NBs lst year will have a much better idea than me as to whether O'Shea can play a Doc type role....?
Rowe, ASOS and Byrne very stiff. Maybe ASOS gets a gig for his hardness? But Rowe offers that too but ASOS much quicker....
Simmo to play on a wing? Who takes the slippery small forward types eg Eddie Betts?
Perhaps Willo and/or Marchbank into the midfield?
Tom W. really was a massive steal at #61.
Did he have a knock on him at all?
Marchbank and OShea are similar players, people forget OShea is bigger than Marchbank and a similar type of intercept marking player who can play on most forwards except your Charlie Dixon power type.
Small defenders who defend is what we lack, the lock down variety who can play on a Robbie Gray type and subdue them, ours attack well but defending one on one isnt their strong point IMO....
Williamson was marked down at U18 level because he didnt get enough of the ball, was a canny selection IMO and having a more developed frame helped him adapt quicker IMO.
His ball use is first class and he has a burst of pace that allows him to throttle away from contests....I think he would be well suited to a halfback flank or wing...
Mullet and OShea will combine IMO to replace Docherty depending on opponents....
ACOS or Rowe will have to play when we play teams with a couple of Key Marking Forwards IMO.......Jones is still learning the role and as Buddy showed last time our man also lacks a bit of body on body know how.
ACOS may be shorter but he is hard nut at the contest and can hold his ground better than our other defenders IMO...