Teague - Selecting Battlers over talent.

[Thryleon]

Good points Raydan!

Another issue I have with our team selection is that we don't seem to want to make it difficult for the opposition defenders.  Five of our forwards on Sunday were 180cm or shorter.  Five of Melbourne's forwards (including Petracca) were 186cm or taller.  Which defence was stretched?

Yes, Cuningham was subbed early and McGovern, Charlie, McDonald, Jack, Kemp and Martin are unavailable, so we don't have many other taller options.  I'm not entirely sold on Kennedy, as I think he doesn't get nearly enough of the ball, but at least he knows how to lead and can take a mark.

I think that was tactical and it may have actually worked better had we got it in low, and quicker than we did.  We stuffed around with it, but when your opposition is tall, you should have the ground balls easily won and we did but only for about 10 mins.

There was only De Koning in the wings waiting to come in, and given the way Levi and Harry get in each others way, Im not sure of the merit of playing another tall who is going to get in the way a little bit.

The short forwardline was worth going with given we were a bit out heighted forward.

Their tall forwards didnt do much of note, and the weather was supposed to be a bit more wild and wet than it turned out to be which might have been the more calculated way to win the game.