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[Thryleon]

I can't work out why we leave Weitering anchored in the D50, it plays into the opposition hands.

We need him up the ground and kicking into our attacking zone, he's on of the best long kicks in the competition.

I'll tear my hair out if we end up with Marchbank up the field intercept marking and then spraying the footy like weed killer!

we don't, he gets dragged there by opposition, and he has to react to that or else we end up with a forward without an opponent, or someone else has to go over.

We have a good defense, but an opposition coach knows a few things.

Carltons defense is team oriented.  There is a couple of ways to beat it.

1.  Create seperation.

2.  If you cant create seperation, if they are going to work together, get them to do it as close to goals as possible.

The issue:  It relies on deeper forward entries to create the situation where Liam can come across to help.  He's the chaos player in our backline.  He will win a lot of aerial ball, but he doesnt chop it off and create, he is a defensive player who can create the sort of situation that Richmond feed off.

Weitering is the dangerous one.  Most of the time, the machinations are to get his opponent to drag him closer to goals and be a decoy offensively.

it creates the situation where our defenders have to make a decision.  Do I stay or should I go?  Its what I would do if coaching against us.  Why?  Defenders that make decisions about what they do, are easier to catch out than ones who are simply following an opponent.  So, by dragging Weiters closer to goal, it means he has to stay as the interceptor, or go with his man.  He wont get that right every time, and the time he gets it wrong, odds are his opponent will have plowman for company and thats a win in itself.

Thats why we want marchbank back.