03-24-2023, 11:16 AM
I still reckon the Giants will be up and down because half of their centre bounce quartet are gone. Hopper and Taranto were mainstays. It’s a bit like us losing Walsh and Hewitt. As we’ve shown, you can still win after losing a couple of main mids but as we showed late last year it can cruel you too.
Yes, they’ve had a preseason to get used to replacing them. And no doubt Giants fans would say that their defections allows the Giants to give more on-ball time to future stars such as Tom Green. And Coniglio seems to have returned to form. But they didn’t trade for mature replacements and we know draftees are usually inconsistent.
They also have to sweat on whether Whitfield and Kelley will return from concussions in Rd 1.
No doubt they’ll still have a few decent mids but their depth will be tested,
Yes, they’ve had a preseason to get used to replacing them. And no doubt Giants fans would say that their defections allows the Giants to give more on-ball time to future stars such as Tom Green. And Coniglio seems to have returned to form. But they didn’t trade for mature replacements and we know draftees are usually inconsistent.
They also have to sweat on whether Whitfield and Kelley will return from concussions in Rd 1.
No doubt they’ll still have a few decent mids but their depth will be tested,