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Agree with this completely. Petracca and Oliver are absolute power athletes who clear contests and break tackles through explosive power. We don't have anyone in our midfield with that explosiveness (although I have hopes for newcombe).To me it won’t work like the Dees because neither JOM, Tom or Worpel are near the level of Petracca or Oliver when it comes to contested work.
Petracca is 1st in score involvements, 5th in CP’s and 10th in clearances. Oliver is 6th, 1st and 1st respectively in these categories across the league.
Combined they have more CP’s and clearances than our big 3 added together. Now the ruck difference might play a part. But those 2 have a contested game with their size and ball winning power our guys can’t match.
Tom wins a lot of the ball but it’s a lot more uncontested and way less hurt factor than these guys. He’s not physically blessed in the way these guys are able to just dominate contests.