04-29-2023, 01:41 PM
(04-29-2023, 01:18 PM)Mav link Wrote:No, you didn’t read my post properly. We need small defenders to sit on Charlie Cameron and Cam Rayner. About the only thing Stocker can sit on is the pine. If you saw the Saints v Port game, can you tell me who he played on? I watched it closely and I’m pretty sure he was a loose/zone defender. As he was against us (if he was playing on Durdin, maybe you can explain why they were never shoulder to shoulder). But I’m sure that sort of observation conflicts with your need to show he would have been a lockdown defender for us.re: Saad...No 1 job for any defender is to defend and stop their man getting the ball, you would sacrifice any rebound to stop Cameron .I think Durdin had 6-7 possies vs the Saints and was unsighted, Stocker could have been sat in the bar at the MCG and wouldnt have had to worry about him. He was better up the ground tonight running and kicking into the forward 50 early but still managed only 10 possies in an avalanche win which wasnt great and is probably lucky Honey is in the team and will get dropped before him for Motlop next week.
Looks like we now have Doc, Saad, Newman, Cowan, Kemp, Gov, Cincotta and Boyd available. The trick is to give the task of shutting down Cameron and Rayner to the right guys. Of course, Saad would be able to play man on man with Charlie, but do we lose too much rebound from him?
Rayner isnt a small forward imo, he would have to be 6'2 and around 90kg and plays a bit like Zurhaar or Rohan and will need a more substantial player on him who can handle him in the air as well as be able to outmuscle him.
Lincoln McCarthy is another smaller/mid type forward but again his forte is marking and will need a competent player in the air.