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(02-23-2020, 11:58 AM)townsendcalling link Wrote:Depending on how he pulls up over the next week or so, Tom Williamson has penciled himself in for a Round 1 start, but I'm not sure where I can fit Simmo in. Jones, Weitering, Newman, Docherty, SPS, Williamson, Marchbank, Plowman, Simpson (plus they have been grooming Poulson as a small lock down defender). Do you run Simmo off the bench or is that a waste of a space? This is an interesting conundrum. We picked 7 defenders in every game last year, and I assume we'll continue to do the same. 9 doesn't go into 7. With Marchbank not having trained since Christmas I have grave doubts about him being selected in Round 1. If he does, they've spoken about him playing on the wing, so I don't think he'll be selected as a defender for round 1. Jones and Weitering definitely in, assuming Weitering gets over his hip problem, but the club made noises that it wasn't serious. Plowman is our best lockdown defender, and is a certainty to play. Docherty will play if he gets through the Marsh games intact. Simpson will play in my opinion, we need his leadership. I agree that Williamson will play IF he gets through the two March games intact, he is what we need against that small fast forward line. That leaves one spot between Newman and SPS, and i would go for SPS. Neither are very good one on one defenders, but I think SPS has more creativity running off half back and uses the ball better (mind you Newman uses it pretty well too). Tough decision, will be interesting to see which way they go
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Jones and Weitering will play, Docherty, Plowman and Simpson will play, SPS, Newman and Newnes will play, and Marchbank will play. Williamson, as good as he played last Thursday, is number 10 in the batting order. SPS Newman and Newnes will have runs through the midfield as well as playing in defence.
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(02-25-2020, 05:20 AM)Blue Moon link Wrote:Jones and Weitering will play, Docherty, Plowman and Simpson will play, SPS, Newman and Newnes will play, and Marchbank will play. Williamson, as good as he played last Thursday, is number 10 in the batting order. SPS Newman and Newnes will have runs through the midfield as well as playing in defence. Just my opinion but out of SPS and Willo, I'll pick Willo every day of the week. SPS chooses when to turn up, Willo when fit and healthy goes hard all day. Again, just my opinion. I am not sold on SPS yet.
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yeah, Willo is a natural back flanker. SPS can slot in as a small anywhere on the ground. Newnes is a winger.
just my back 6 if all available and in form :
Plow, Weiters, Newman
Willo, Jones, Doc
Then one of Simmo or Marchy on the bench, depending on how tall the opposition fwd line is.
Guaranteed there will be injury or form concerns at stages, which leaves SPS, Newnes, Goddard, Stocker as backups with a bit of shuffling. I reckon Brodie Kemp might find his way back there in the coming years too.
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Tragic....I'd be happy with that back 6 with Simpson as the 7th defender. Tigers have a smallish forward line so Marchbank probably misses out on that fact alone. And despite suggestions he might play more of a wing role, Marchbank will have quite a few in front of him for those positions. Really hope Willo can stay fit. Slotting him into defence along with Docherty is such a boost....one replaces Thomas and the other frees up SPS to play more in the midfield or on a wing. And we've still got Stocker to hopefully try and fit in there this year as well. Yes, there'll be injuries so we won't have everyone available but it's a lot brighter already.....we finished strongly last year and have effectively added Williamson, Docherty, Betts and Martin. Charlie is a loss for sure and probably just reinforces how important Casboult is to our team. He can play a number of roles but will be pencilled in to play forward and backup ruckman.
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Based on his 2019 season, and what I guess he's being paid ($300-$400k), I think Levi is our "best bargain" player.
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(02-26-2020, 05:22 AM)WASurfer link Wrote:Tragic....I'd be happy with that back 6 with Simpson as the 7th defender. Tigers have a smallish forward line so Marchbank probably misses out on that fact alone. And despite suggestions he might play more of a wing role, Marchbank will have quite a few in front of him for those positions. Really hope Willo can stay fit. Slotting him into defence along with Docherty is such a boost....one replaces Thomas and the other frees up SPS to play more in the midfield or on a wing. And we've still got Stocker to hopefully try and fit in there this year as well. Yes, there'll be injuries so we won't have everyone available but it's a lot brighter already.....we finished strongly last year and have effectively added Williamson, Docherty, Betts and Martin. Charlie is a loss for sure and probably just reinforces how important Casboult is to our team. He can play a number of roles but will be pencilled in to play forward and backup ruckman.
No way will Marchbank be ready to play 1s round 1....
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(02-26-2020, 10:26 AM)flyboy77 link Wrote:No way will Marchbank be ready to play 1s round 1....
Marchbank is playing in the NBs practice match this evening and, barring any setbacks, should be in the mix for round 1. I think that he will struggle to earn a spot though.
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(02-28-2020, 01:05 AM)DJC link Wrote:Marchbank is playing in the NBs practice match this evening and, barring any setbacks, should be in the mix for round 1. I think that he will struggle to earn a spot though.
He might be 'fit' but he won't be match fit. He'll be out of form and probably confidence in his body.
Let him have a few weeks in the NB before we worry about giving him a gig in the 1's.
Going to have Jones, Weitering, Docherty, Simpson, Plowman ahead of him and fighting for a spot in the back 6 with Newman, Willo, SPS, Martin and Newnes also fighting for a spot off HBF/Wing as well.
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Young Caleb seems to have done OK:
Quote:Caleb Marchbank started to make an impact down back in the second in his first game in nine months. His intercept marking and decision-making proving to be a valuable asset in defence.
The scoreboard suggests that he would have had plenty of opportunities. It also suggests that the NBs are going to be in for another long season.
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