AAMI Community Match vs Melbourne

[Mav]

Loved McGovern's game, but I don't think he'll get too many weeks where he gets to play on his own.

Lever pretty much gets to play on his own every week. Dal Santo did a short video analysis for Fox Footy where he noted Lever never plays on the opposition power forwards (and Weitering & OMac/Young would be the man-on-man defenders for us). Lever does take an opponent but sags off him when he runs outside 50 or makes decoy runs. He then reads the incoming ball-carrier and starts moving even before he kicks the ball. In a team defence system, others would take care of his opponent while he attends to his prime responsibility: intercept marking. Of course, it's all about timing and it's easier said than done. It's up to the back 6 to swap around to counter attempts to drag the intercept marker away from the hot spots.