03-11-2019, 12:24 PM
(03-11-2019, 11:19 AM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:Not that impressed with Garlett or Polson...I know we need a small defender with pace but you put either of those two up vs quality and its going to end in disaster IMO.......
Richmond are not the team to be experimenting with either......
Collingwood didnt play DeGoey and used Elliott as a main forward and its a tactic we struggle with IMO.....did the same thing with Sidebottom and Treloar last season.
Plowman is a lock down defender who got lost with the game plan of defending grass least season, then got injured and looks a bit rusty. I think his slowness is more to do with needing game time to pick up the pace of the game, like to see him give the ball off to players like Newman a bit more who can carry and use the footy.
Yes, I’d prefer to see Garlett on a wing, but with Williamson and Docherty on the pine we need somebody with pace to help Newman and Simpson handle opposition small forwards. A combination of Simpson, Thomas & Plowman will be way too slow and if we go with that Castagna, Butler etc will have a field day.
I would have liked to see Stocker trialled in defence during the JLT as he looks to have some size and pace and could do what Carrazzo did when he first came to the blues playing out of the back pocket.