There is a couple of things I take out of this, Cripps and McDonald are very average talls as resting forwards. I thought McDonald looked much better behind the footy, but his disposal is ordinary, but he's not alone in that regard. Again this may be because of our current training block. Cripps doesn't even naturally exhibit basic overhead marking skills, why would he as he's always been a midfielder. I think these opinions that he could be a A-Grade KPF are greatly overstated and should not be listened to any further. McDonald is continually out of position as a forward.
Moore looks more agile and aware as an on the ball tall/heavy body, he makes faster better decisions than McDonald, but Moore is not nearly as useful as a marking target. McDonald might not be a good tap ruck option, but he is quite useful in the ruck when the ball hits the deck as he acts immediately like an extra midfield member. So Moore might be useful as a niche tagger for some other big bodied midfielder, but McDonald looks better in a KPP role. It's a coin toss between them and injuries will perhaps that'll determine the choice more than player skills!
I'm not sure how Williams, Martin and Fisher can fit together inside F50, even though they can generate opportunities, they missed just as many getting in each others way or waiting for the other to act/strike. Too many times it was left to Newnes to attack the contested footy. Williams shows very good awareness in close in traffic, better than Fisher or Martin.
Moore looks more agile and aware as an on the ball tall/heavy body, he makes faster better decisions than McDonald, but Moore is not nearly as useful as a marking target. McDonald might not be a good tap ruck option, but he is quite useful in the ruck when the ball hits the deck as he acts immediately like an extra midfield member. So Moore might be useful as a niche tagger for some other big bodied midfielder, but McDonald looks better in a KPP role. It's a coin toss between them and injuries will perhaps that'll determine the choice more than player skills!
I'm not sure how Williams, Martin and Fisher can fit together inside F50, even though they can generate opportunities, they missed just as many getting in each others way or waiting for the other to act/strike. Too many times it was left to Newnes to attack the contested footy. Williams shows very good awareness in close in traffic, better than Fisher or Martin.
"Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck ....... Ruck, ruck, ruck, ruck"