06-07-2022, 05:59 AM
(06-07-2022, 05:00 AM)Mav link Wrote:DJC, you might be reaching a bit if you’re suggesting Shiel at 190 cm is a tall forward. Leaving aside that he’s a mid with few claims to being a forward, if 190 cm is tall, then we have a tall defender in Newman to put on him (187 cm). Likewise, Stringer (if he has recovered from a hamstring injury) plays as a big-bodied midfielder. If he stays in the forward line, that’ll be a win for us. He’ll need an athletic defender to lock him down rather than a lump like Durdin. So we’re down to Wright who is more noted as a leading forward rather than a Charlie Dixon monster key forward and a couple of rucks without much evidence of being pack markers. And Jones who may well become a contested marking option in the future but for now he feeds off uncontested marks on the run as he can’t cope with body contact. Do we play Durdin on the off-chance one of the ruckmen will have a day out or do we play a tall defender like Marchbank who is a much smarter footballer who knows the Carlton game plan?
Neither Shiel or Stringer are tall forwards Mav, but they would challenge our smaller defenders, particularly Stringer (if fit) with his strength and marking. Ideally, you would play Plowman on Stringer (when he goes forward) and Newman on Shiel. If Plowman is our second tall defender, he gets Draper/Phillips and Jones has Docherty or Stocker. And it's not pack marking that's the main concern, it's not be able to win or kill one on one marking contests.
Marchbank has one and a quarter games more experience with our gameplan than Durdin has ... and Glenelg's defensive set up is quite similar to ours.
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