08-30-2023, 04:58 AM
We should account for the Swans comfortably imo.....No Franklin, banged up Papley if he plays, Hickey on his last legs retiring and a very undersized and underwhelming backline. Heeney is a poor finals performer and for me its a case of shutting down a couple of their star onballers in Gulden and Warner and the rest should fall into place.
No silly matchups or experimental positions ie I dont want inexperienced players like Cincotta on Heeney or Hollands on Gulden, or Harry rucking when they have their best mids in operation and they get some easy clearances.
A player like Gulden needs to be shut down not have one of ours playing off him in a head to head fashion hoping to get more of the ball and win on the stat sheet. A common sense approach to matchups and attention to detail is all that is needed to win this game on the wide open plains of the MCG which should suit us more than the Swans.
No silly matchups or experimental positions ie I dont want inexperienced players like Cincotta on Heeney or Hollands on Gulden, or Harry rucking when they have their best mids in operation and they get some easy clearances.
A player like Gulden needs to be shut down not have one of ours playing off him in a head to head fashion hoping to get more of the ball and win on the stat sheet. A common sense approach to matchups and attention to detail is all that is needed to win this game on the wide open plains of the MCG which should suit us more than the Swans.