06-16-2020, 09:13 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-16-2020, 10:26 AM by JonDorotich.)
(06-16-2020, 07:47 AM)crashlander link Wrote:Newman will be out.
Lang needs to be dropped, as does Newnes: they simply do not put enough pressure on their opponents.
Setters needs to produce, or he'll get dropped. He doesn't look urgent enough and he doesn't put enough pressure on.
I'd like to see more from Betts, H, Levi, Plowman & Cuningham. I'd like to 4 quarters from McGovern, Martin and Simmo. And I'd like to see a 100% fit Cripps (getting a few frees).
O'Brien and Stocker have to be close after decent performances in the midfield for the 2's.
Willo has be a good chance to replace Newman, whose drive we missed.
Philp must also be a chance with good possessions and 7 tackles.
I would like to bring de Koning in, but we con't do that with our present forward structure. We be too big and not mobile enough. As it is, he'll probably play in the 2's where he will be the only ruck we have.
Jack Silvagni must also be chance, as he does provide pressure and can play a defensive mid game.
Last week showed a number of things to really need to address this year:
[1] Intensity towards the ball:
At the moment, we don't appear to have the desperation or to put the pressure on that a top team does. We need to work on that a lot.
[2] Ruck:
We have a big weakness here. Pittonet did a great job, but he was killed early. He is going to play games for us for some time. However, he isn't the guy to dominate. We need a top ruckman and we don't have one.
[3] Midfield:
Our midfield is still a work in process. We have some bodies, but I think we may trade a few of them if they don't step up soon. We were really thumped there last weekend. There have been talks about Wines: he would be a good get.
We also need another top stopper, a guy like de Boer. At the moment we have only 1 negative mid, Ed Curnow, and he can't play on everybody.
Nice post and agree with it, although would like to see OBrien and Stocker back up their performance one more time.
Unfortunately you can’t teach intensity at the ball, so the drums are really beating for Setterfield whose time is now, not next year. Ditto SPS.
Williamson is surely a lock out of the backline this week to replace Newman and I’d also really like to see Silvagni in the team to bolster our inside midfield.
Murphy forward.