08-25-2024, 10:56 PM
(08-25-2024, 10:31 PM)LP link Wrote:Young got done like a dinner multiple times by smaller lighter opponents, he should have brushed them aside and marked comfortably and couldn't, he was beaten by a fly! For a bloke his size he just doesn't have the strength or intensity and opposition know they can use a lightweight match up. He was better later when he started to intercept, but if he gets that wrong late in a game it's going to be costly.Brisbane do have some talls down forward and you could mount a case for Young to play but he is about as intense as a maccas soft serve on a forty degree day and in a cut throat final he is 50/50 imo.
Motlop had a shocker, he'd be an out for me, he needs a big pre-season to build more aerobic capacity and stop the daydreaming.
Someone needs to send a rocket up Saad, the chook running is becoming a huge problem. Opposition let him run right knowing he's got nothing to offer on that side, so they just block off the left and rely on him either kicking short or turning it over.
Motlop is looking like trade material...
Saad is required to play loose for his rebound abilities, lately he has been caught on the slingshot rebound and the Saints do that part of the game well.
I don't blame Saad as he is generally good at getting back on his man but the better teams smalls seem to find space and hurt us and I can hear " take me home country roads" in my head thinking about Charlie Cameron doing the same but thats the fine line you tread when asking Saad to be a key rebounder.
I think we have nothing to lose and I'd just pick my fittest team and hope Brisbane continue their fickled goal kicking ways.