04-26-2022, 07:29 AM
(04-26-2022, 07:12 AM)Mav link Wrote:We should have Goldstein covered when he goes forward: Lewis Young stands at 2.01m, the same as Goldstein. It's in our interests to develop Young as quickly as possible as a tall defender. This is exactly the sort of challenge we should throw his way and I expect Goldstein will still beat him in a few one-on-one contests as he's a bigger body and has the benefit of years of AFL footy behind him. We just need to support Young with a bit of team defence: a few decent blocks wouldn't be a bad idea and putting pressure on the kick into F50 wouldn't be a bad idea either.I'd expect Coleman Jones who had a blinder in the VFL to come in for Nth and they might also include another tall in Charlie Comden on the bench with Larkey a bit sore so I would expect Young will have to take Coleman Jones initially.
Hoping Harry plays as with his brother Ben out for Nth they are light on for tall defenders with Tarrant now at Richmond.
Id expect our mids to dominate and keep the ball at our end which should help our defenders even if we get a few matchup problems down forward for Nth. One player who needs watching when he plays forward is Tarryn Thomas who ripped us a new one last time and is that awkward size where Newman would probably have to take him and thats problematic for me..