04-06-2023, 05:42 AM
(04-06-2023, 05:15 AM)WASurfer link Wrote:Hope we stick with the 2 ruckman policy again. Should give us some dominance against Goldstein and whoever is their backup. We have enough quality down back with Weitering, Young, McGovern, Saad etc....and up forward we should present them with plenty of problems with them missing Mckay and Logue. Get enough ball in the middle and our forwards SHOULD dine out.LDU has been their prime mover so Id respect that and put ED on him....Hewett I think is more suited to Cunnington.
Zuurhaar is dangerous so not sure who the match up is there....maybe Cowan? Zuurhaar is very good in the air and plays much taller than he is. And Larkey has done a job on us in the past too.
I'd like to see Ed go to one of LDU or Simpkin. Simpkin likes to think he's tougher than he is....put Ed in his backpocket like he used to do against Selwood.
Simpkin will depend where he plays, no match fitness might mean he doesnt play majority on ball and might spend more time forward or out on a wing.
Prefer the experienced and in form Newman on Zurhaar....Cowan is a good brave kid who will be a fine player but Zurhaar is a mean hombre who tests a few boundaries in terms of how he plays and I think Newman has the know how to deal with that better.
Wouldnt want to see Cowan cleaned up by Zurhaar who likes to think he is a poor mans Byron Pickett and I just keep thinking back to Liam Jones who got cleaned up on the boundary in one game by CZ and he took a while to get over it..
Nth will be looking to make a statement physically after their piss poor performance last week and unlike the friendly GWS style of play we experienced last week I think this will be a more heavily contested game given Nth lack a bit of class.