08-10-2022, 10:06 AM
(08-10-2022, 06:38 AM)Thryleon link Wrote:We have two options this week.
1. Try and stop Melbourne and beat them in match ups. I just dont see it this week. We dont seem to have the right types of cattle to beat Clayton Oliver, Petracca, Neal Bullen, Harmes and co at the coalface. They are bigger, and harder than anything we have available.
We have the reigning Coleman medalist and another one currently leading.
How do Melbourne stop that?
Dees are bigger than us, and you want to go taller?
IMO, we go faster.
Oliver and Petracca are not going to chase too many players down, so we play through their men.
Put Fisher in the guts.
If Martin is fit, use him through there.
Play Carroll.
Free up Saad and let him play on a wing. RUN RUN RUN.
Do that, and they won't be able to setup behind the ball and we'll allow our assets in McKay and Curnow 1 on 1 opportunities, and they won't be stopped.
Yes, going small/fast means that we will lose the clearances, but Dees don't have a good forward line, and we have a good defence, so back ourselves in to stop their entries, and hurt them on the rebound with speed and run.
Motlop, Durdin, Owies, Lob, Walsh, Cottrell, Carroll, Martin.....run run run.
If we wanna be a finals team, we lay down for no team. We make them beat us.