04-20-2016, 11:15 PM
(04-20-2016, 10:21 PM)LP link Wrote:Is Pav out? If not we'll probably find a way to make him relevant!We'll know tonight but I'm not aware of anything stopping him lining up so surely they'll play him to maximise the chance of beating us. Pav isn't that tall though so Rowe wouldn't be much good on him. I'd be content to let White or Plowman take him.
As for KP forwards, they have a bunch of Cripps sized mids that can do OK resting forward if they are not respected and some lightning fast small forwards.
Barlow and Fyfe are the only larger mids that they've been resting forward. Barlow has been a dud (especially in supercouch!) so its really just Fyfe that needs to be stopped and he's at his most dangerous when playing as a mid who pushes forward while in the midfield rather than playing as a dedicated forward. Dunno who our midfield match up will be for him? Ed Curnow is too short and I'd like to say Gibbs, but well he's Gibbs. Guess the 'team defence' will have to sort that one out.
Buckley, if played back, and Byrne are reasonable match ups for Ballantyne and Walters with Simpsons an option to rotate too.
On paper we match up ok, but I still think they'll take this one by about 5 goals because they will work harder and move the ball better on the bigger ground. You can also count on the western influence on the umpires who seem to rather dislike us this year.