03-15-2018, 02:20 AM
(03-15-2018, 02:02 AM)Raydan link Wrote:I would say the teams that we have seen so far is what you will see next Thursday.
I don't see O'Brien being an inclusion, has looked timid and scared both games and needs to get used to playing against men. I fully expect Dow to be there to experience a 90K crowd against the reigning premiers.
Backs; Jones, Weitering, Marchbank, Plowman, Simpson, Byrne
Mids; Kruezer, Cripps, Kennedy, E.Curnow, Murphy, SPS
Forwards; Casboult; C. Curnow, McKay, Pickett, Fisher, J.Silvagni
I; Dow, Thomas, Wright, A.Silvagni/O'Shea (depending on injury recovery)
Sure our backs are significantly bigger than their smalls but if we keep it in the air, block Riewoldt from marking this gives us a clear advantage in the air. I would like to see A.Silvagni in to cover Martin when he goes forward but don't know if he's ready. McKay needs to play a block of games say 3-5 and re assess. Jack is holding on by the bare minimum as Pickett would be very handy this game. If Rance plays off his man we need to go through our player as often as possible.
Generally agree with this Raydan. Except Wright is our best forward, and he has to start on the ground IMO. And I would also start Silvagni in the 18, but I take your point regarding his readiness.
My hobby horse for a while has been that I want Krooz to play as a mid and bring in Lobbe as a ruck. Lobbe is the best ruck we've had on our list for years, so why not use him ? We've been bullied around the stoppages for too long by the big bodied mids like the Swans, Crows etc. I have no idea who's in or out for the Tiges, but having Cripps, Kennedy and Krooz as genuine mids is real muscle around the contest. People say that Krooz can still do that as well as ruck, but IMO it's not quite the same.
The club won't do it, nobody on here likes the idea (I've mentioned it previously), so I doubt it will ever see the light of day. But I'd like to see it trialled for a block of games. The JLT series would have been perfect for such an experiment.
I note that Cripps was drifting forward a lot more in the JLT series, and Krooz could be Crippa MKII in this respect.