05-01-2017, 12:08 AM
There are some things we do need to address:
[1] Grundy usually plays well against us, which gives their mids a huge advantage.
One of the reasons we won against Sydney was because Kreuzer dominated in the ruck, Sinclair got more ball around the ground, but Kreuzer did the things that really made a difference.
Kreuzer has often been below his best against Collingwood, usually because of injury. Thankfully Kreuzer is now playing some of his best football, but I see this as something we need to address.
[2] Collingwood's small forwards get their goals and often play reasonably well against us. We need to make the right match-ups, as the Collingwood small forwards are the guys we need to shut down. They kick inspirational goals when they kick them at all. We want to squash that.
[3] We need to smother their mids like we did Sydney's. It was one of the best defensive efforts our mids have produced and we need to see it again.
Fisher has a hamstring injury. Silvagni will probably miss with a shoulder injury. Weitering has a number of niggles. We cannot guarantee that any of these 3 will come up.
Jones has probably done enough for a go, as he now has some new strings to his bow.
[1] Grundy usually plays well against us, which gives their mids a huge advantage.
One of the reasons we won against Sydney was because Kreuzer dominated in the ruck, Sinclair got more ball around the ground, but Kreuzer did the things that really made a difference.
Kreuzer has often been below his best against Collingwood, usually because of injury. Thankfully Kreuzer is now playing some of his best football, but I see this as something we need to address.
[2] Collingwood's small forwards get their goals and often play reasonably well against us. We need to make the right match-ups, as the Collingwood small forwards are the guys we need to shut down. They kick inspirational goals when they kick them at all. We want to squash that.
[3] We need to smother their mids like we did Sydney's. It was one of the best defensive efforts our mids have produced and we need to see it again.
Fisher has a hamstring injury. Silvagni will probably miss with a shoulder injury. Weitering has a number of niggles. We cannot guarantee that any of these 3 will come up.
Jones has probably done enough for a go, as he now has some new strings to his bow.
Live Long and Prosper!