08-01-2021, 05:48 AM
(08-01-2021, 05:28 AM)LP link Wrote:Neither club is ruck strong at the moment, so it will be interesting to see which way we go.Zac Smith is 206cm but he was very average vs Gawn...I wouldnt be worried too much about the ruck, we could start Owies there and win with one leg in the air vs the Suns who are hopeless.
Can't see Cripps rucking if he has a crook back and crook feet, that would be asking for trouble!
Any official word on De Koning yet?
McGovern was OK in VFL ruck against a couple of massive units playing for Sandi, McGovern looked small then I realised Alabakis is over 210cm and probably looks 20kg or more heavier than McGovern, didn't really time his centre bounce jumps well, but McGovern's best game aspect was marking around the ground and he had the Sandi talls covered in this respect. It was pretty windy, and not good conditions for marking talls but McGovern with Phillips did very well given the conditions.
Levi could be back this week, but would he come straight in?
McDonald was supposed to be back but now he is not, not sure what is happening there.
If we leverage our height around the ground, assuming McKay plays, even with De Koning out we should do OK.
The trick as we have seen twice already in the last 3 weeks will be to exert pressure on the ball carrier and force long/high kicks for our talls to mark or bring to ground. If we have a week off and offer no pressure on the opposition ball carrier, and it could be another shock loss because at best we will probably break even in the midfield without De Koning!