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It was one of four options.
Preview 2024 Round 01 Thursday March 7 v Melbourne 7:20 @ SCG
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Absolutely relentless
Horse has a completely different gameplan now to what he did when he first took over.
He's shown numerous times he's willing to change things up, especially when it comes to where players fit. He is very willing to move them around so they get game time and can play around the ground.
Last night he gave McVeigh the reigns, but apparently it's Horse's fault the players weren't perfect in a practise match!?!?
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I hope Horse plays Papley as ruck and an all tall forward line. Gameplan is only handballs, no kicking, just to change things up!
Fortunately next Thursday night will be nothing like last night.
Around 21 and under a light sou east breeze at the bounce.
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Thank goodness. That is great news.
Don't want Grundy in the forward line when amartey/mcdonald/McLean are also on the ground. McLean or amartey can do the ruck work in our fwd 50.
Having Grundy in the fwd 50 throws out the balance between talls and smalls which leads to poor ground level representation imo.
Having Grundy in the fwd 50 throws out the balance between talls and smalls which leads to poor ground level representation imo.
Yeah I was thinking that.
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Agreed. We have all year to see Amartey, McLean & McDonald together, but we only face the best ruck in the comp once.
Don't give him any opportunity to go up against a backup like McLean and Amartey.
It would be different if Melbourne had a decent backup themselves, but you would think Gawn plays 90% of the time there.
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On last night Ladhams in for Amartey
I also feel with Melbourne they really have no obvious backup who would ruck much. Van Rooyen or Schache?
So you'd think Gawn is going to ruck nearly the entire game, so we should try and work him over physcially by giving him no relief.
There will be plenty of opportunities during the year to just go with Grundy and Mclean/Amartey.
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I thought Amartey was better than McLean tbh. And I also think McLean is most similar to Ladhams in terms of being a bit of a bullocking ruck type. He & Ladhams in the same team with Grundy would be way too lumbersome.
This is not to say I was impressed with Amartey, either. (I thought all our tall forwards bar Ladhams had mares.)
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Remember McLean on the big stage , Amartey hasn't played well at that level as yet .
Good to see ladhams perform well last night. Having our depth players in good form will put pressure on our seniors to play at a high level in their role.
I'd probably give first crack to amartey/mclean/McDonald since they're likely to be part of our preferred forward set up.
I don't know if it's worth bringing in ladhams to play low game time as the ruck. Happy to bring him in if Grundy is absent or if he's shown more as a forward then our other forwards.
I'd probably give first crack to amartey/mclean/McDonald since they're likely to be part of our preferred forward set up.
I don't know if it's worth bringing in ladhams to play low game time as the ruck. Happy to bring him in if Grundy is absent or if he's shown more as a forward then our other forwards.
My query - who is our "shut-down" man in a post Clamps world? If someone does get off the chain, who goes to them to quell the influence?
Who is our Clamp in a #FreeRowbottom world order?
Who is our Clamp in a #FreeRowbottom world order?
Fox or Wicks? I thought fox was good in our forward line.
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cAN'T HAVE 2 FORWARDS IN THAT ROLE
Wicks hasn't shown any ability to run through the mids at this stage.
And Fox doesn't really strike me as a shut-down type either.
We had Clamps, and prior to that we had George. I'm just not sure who we have now.
Sorry, I couldn't concentrate on your post as I was swooning to your avatar
I wonder if Warner Jr could develop in that role for a while?
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Last night looked like Wicks was playing a lot more attacking, pushing up around the arc and winning the ball; Fox was taking care of the lot of the off the ball stuff.
I think I would prefer those two (and Papley) than a resting extra mid. I just think we can't underestimate the difference pressure at ground level in the forward half makes.
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