05-23-2017, 03:20 AM
We will miss Rowe. He has been very solid in the last 2 seasons.
However, his injury does give us the opportunity to try a few things:
[1] Weitering back into defence and another of our talls to go forward.
[2] Liam Jones to go back into defence.
[3] Kristian Jaksch to come in, where he can go forward or back.
[4] Harry Macreadie to come in and take a role in defence.
[5] Simon White to return.
[6] We could bring in a smaller defender, like Sheahan or Buckley, where the opposition does not have many taller forwards. For that matter, Ciaran Byrne will be back soon and won't take all of the 2nd half of the season to reclaim a spot.
We haven't had options like these for a long time, and although we are still taking baby steps, the mere fact that don't have an unfillable hole in our defence is great news.
North will probably take us on physically: they have done that the last few weeks and have yet to be seriously penalized by the tribunal.
But the things that I want to be able to do is to smother their ruckman: I rate Goldstein. Beat him and North are in trouble.
However, his injury does give us the opportunity to try a few things:
[1] Weitering back into defence and another of our talls to go forward.
[2] Liam Jones to go back into defence.
[3] Kristian Jaksch to come in, where he can go forward or back.
[4] Harry Macreadie to come in and take a role in defence.
[5] Simon White to return.
[6] We could bring in a smaller defender, like Sheahan or Buckley, where the opposition does not have many taller forwards. For that matter, Ciaran Byrne will be back soon and won't take all of the 2nd half of the season to reclaim a spot.
We haven't had options like these for a long time, and although we are still taking baby steps, the mere fact that don't have an unfillable hole in our defence is great news.
North will probably take us on physically: they have done that the last few weeks and have yet to be seriously penalized by the tribunal.
But the things that I want to be able to do is to smother their ruckman: I rate Goldstein. Beat him and North are in trouble.
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