07-05-2022, 09:16 AM
(07-04-2022, 07:34 AM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:No J McGovern and their tall defenders vs the Tigers were Barrass, Bazzo and Rotham........if the ball gets down our end often enough it will be carnage. Barrass is a decent enough player but is only 194cm and would probably have to take Harry, Rotham is 193cm and Bazzo is 195cm but is a thin kid playing his second game.
Harry has 10cm and 10kg on Barrass.......
Should be a smacking imho providing we win enough ball from the middle, Kelly had 40 vs the tigers so he should get George for company imo. Nitwit might cause us some problems in the ruck as well as JK and Darling if they get good supply but apart from that I dont see too many winners for WC.
Height is overvalued imo when considering how effective a forward will be on a given day.
How the ball is moved to the forward is far more important then height difference. Us fans think if you have a decent height advantage it’s a massive bonus but it’s rarely plays out that way.
Last weeks game is an example of how in the last quarter Harry had a massive height advantage and I don’t remember one occasion where we were able to kick it to his advantage.
Having the advantage is one thing but being able to exploit it is not as easy as it appears on paper. Otherwise every ruckman would be a great resting forward yet they rarely kick more then the odd goal.