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As bad as they are playing how could you boo your own team let alone how good they have been over the last few years.
The Dees have an absolute gun ruckman in Gawn and have a fairly reasonable midfield clearance group to match (Oliver, Viney & Brayshaw). I can see us having to defend quite a bit and given there is a fair chance Astbury doesn't play, I can see us on the end of another loss. It's time to give those 2-4 year guys (Markov, Naish, Ross, Balta, Garthwaite, Chol) some AFL exposure to see if they can make the grade or whether we move them on at the end of the season. Critical list management decisions are fast approaching this year and next year, otherwise we will bottom out again.
I had a look at the Dees' team yesterday, unlike most of the teams we've played so far, they are quite small. Obviously Gawn is a gun and they do have a top class first midfield rotation. But they are undersized in Defence (May at 193cm who Jack kicked 10 on a couple of years ago and Fists of Fury Lever at 195cm who I would argue plays shorter than that). All other defenders are either duds or running players. Lynch and Jack should really stretch them.
Up the other end, they have McDonald as their key forward (good player but at 194cm he is hardly a giant). All of their other forwards are either mid sized or smalls (Melksham being the best/most slippery).
This poses an interesting question. Do we add the extra tall that we think we have been missing and try to attain dominance in the air (e.g. Chol or Balta) or do we stick with the same structure knowing they are smaller and make sure we can compete on the ground?
TBH if we lose this week then get rolled by the Kangas at the Dump (instead of the G how convenient) we are nigh on done for the year, Dimma knows it as he said we need W's in our column pretty much starting now.
MC wont have to worry about chalking the cue tip if we drop the next 2 just rack it and rotate the kids through the team to get them some exposure.
MC wont have to worry about chalking the cue tip if we drop the next 2 just rack it and rotate the kids through the team to get them some exposure.
Astbury is definitely out. 4 - 5 weeks. Hope they let a young gun have a go. I’d like to see Balta get a fair crack at it. Height, athleticism, speed and he’s a longer kick than Dave has ever been.
Amazing how this has had zero coverage. This mob will have had 6 out of 7 games at the Dump and there has been NOTHING mentioned. If it was us and the G there wud have been mayhem in the press.
Not really; just the opposite in fact.
But goes to show that fair weather can indeed make some individuals a sailor!
It may have something to do with them being #lolnorf and therefore irrelevant. No one ever moaned about us playing at the G when we were *smile*.
