05-13-2018, 08:35 AM
(05-13-2018, 08:09 AM)Lods link Wrote:Kruddler was on about this earlier in the season and I've come around to agreeing with him.
Jones and Rowe were the right combination for Essendon.
Weitering only plays in the backline if the match-up is a better option.
The problem is Weitering is too good a player to be playing VFL.
He doesn't play the Rowe role...it has to be the Jones one.
While Jones performs we have to find another role for Weitering...rotation off the bench for Jones, wing....or as Barbs suggests maybe the Plowman one.
Eventually both Jones and Rowe will be gone and that's when Weitering steps in... but it might be a few years down the track.
The other option is Weitering becomes a "gold plated" trade option
Let's not forget Weitering has struggled at senior level this year.
An option would be for Jones to play Levi's role, something he was brilliant at in the VFL before his promotion. Running round on the ball, smashing bodies all over the place was something he looked suited to. We picked a much better structure yesterday so I'd hate to go back to previous structures.