I don't have problems with blokes like Murphy, Walsh or Fisher not smashing themselves against the rocks, that is not what they are there for.
Fans can be ignorant of the risk, they want little guys like that pulverising themselves in the first contest of the day just to make a statement, so the team risks losing them for the rest of the match. Just be happy to see them getting first to the ball, and find a way to protect them from the hunters.
If you make a Murphy, Walsh or Fisher type go head to head with a Hodge type, you lose, plain and simple. Our real problem is having Pittonet, McKay, McGovern or Casboult sized blokes watching our little blokes get cleaned up!
Opponents go fearlessly towards our smalls guys because we've nobody protecting them!
We've a couple of guys who are big bodied, but play like small, Setterfield and Marchbank come to mind. Young SoJ when he is on the ball at least makes opponents answer for their actions.
If he could get fit and stay healthy, Kennedy is a nice option for inside stoppage work but he's slow, he has to be counterbalanced with some quick peripheral players and we've got none at the moment.
Gibbon's is a great footballer, love him like I love Brock McLean as a smart footballer, but they both have the same problem, mud would outrun them!
Fans can be ignorant of the risk, they want little guys like that pulverising themselves in the first contest of the day just to make a statement, so the team risks losing them for the rest of the match. Just be happy to see them getting first to the ball, and find a way to protect them from the hunters.
If you make a Murphy, Walsh or Fisher type go head to head with a Hodge type, you lose, plain and simple. Our real problem is having Pittonet, McKay, McGovern or Casboult sized blokes watching our little blokes get cleaned up!
Opponents go fearlessly towards our smalls guys because we've nobody protecting them!
We've a couple of guys who are big bodied, but play like small, Setterfield and Marchbank come to mind. Young SoJ when he is on the ball at least makes opponents answer for their actions.
If he could get fit and stay healthy, Kennedy is a nice option for inside stoppage work but he's slow, he has to be counterbalanced with some quick peripheral players and we've got none at the moment.
Gibbon's is a great footballer, love him like I love Brock McLean as a smart footballer, but they both have the same problem, mud would outrun them!
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"