04-27-2021, 02:44 AM
(04-27-2021, 02:29 AM)WASurfer link Wrote:What other options do we have in terms of a "mobile forward" if we drop Casboult and play McGovern in the ruck? JSOS is out injured and Kennedy obviously has his papers stamped. Jones is playing his best football as an intercept marking defender. As a ruckman he'll just jump high and bash it....hoping one of our midfielders can latch onto it first....there won't be any science too it.I think McGovern in the ruck is fanciful, I'd rather Jones as a backup to the backup ruck and stick McGovern down back to cover.
191cm vs Gawn, NicNat etc is a slaughter, even the Essendon spuds like Philips would enjoy that matchup and thats not McGoverns fault. If he can kick 2 goals a week and stick to the basics like he did vs Brisbane I'll call that a win and be happy to leave him where is comfortable. You also have the injury factor with him, he never plays a full season and having some 100kg plus giant run into him for 5-10 minutes a quarter is looking for trouble IMHO.
We really need to look for another moneyball ruckman as backup and get TDK back in the team.....Stef Martin was such a great pickup for the Dogs, no world beater but a big frame to asborb punishment just break even and let the kid English do his thing.
Pittonet can do that but we need another like Martin as backup as TDK does get injured a bit and Levi is on his last legs as a player.