LOL . Have you watched the footy?
The performances on the weekend suggest your "beach muscles" call is bogus. Our team was bullied by a group of kids who are known for being meek & Charlie Curnow looked like Hercules. Everyone here is noticing that our group seem under-prepared, not fit enough, getting pushed around and not developed in body size. Ryan looks barely bigger than when he began, so does Dow. MRJ has not developed an AFL body at all. If they want Balta to be a power forward then they need to change his body shape. Its one thing to hold off a player to defend them, a totally different thing to man handle a bloke to actually mark it, contested.
Its why Noah was the #2 best Contested INTERCEPT Mark player in the AFL in 2023 & only managed 1 contested mark on the weekend. Contested Intercepts VS contested target marks are 2 very different skillsets. Noah is probably built better to be a leading/mark guy - but he just has no feel for it in regards to timing his runs etc.
Why mess with a guy who is an elite intercept marker & a poor one on one Contested Marker, especially when your team is, likely, to be smashed on I50's due to a slapstick, middling midfield? Yze might have an idea, but it makes no sense to me as i have watched these guys their whole careers & literally seen this same s**t multiple times fail.
Top 20 rated players in the AFL 2023 as per player ratings...
Absolutely no more needs to be said on the subject, that speaks for itself.