Preview Round 20 - Brisbane Lions v Gold Coast Suns, Sat 27, 4:35PM; People First Stadium, Gold Coast

[Nathan Barley]

I really don't get the Hipwood down back talk when on song he's our best forward Morris if wants back in the team should play back

Who plays on King?

 

[mpal6]

I really don't get the Hipwood down back talk when on song he's our best forward Morris if wants back in the team should play back

Morris does not have the tank to play on GC talls. He is at best an opportunistic third tall who can create a bit of magic in forward line. Hipwood has a mature body, closing speed and played defense in younger age so at least he'll know his way around D50.

 

[blueiris]

Who plays on King?

Lester has the pace to play on king and has played on Cameron and other talls this season and last I have massive Faith in frog to get the job done

 

[blueiris]

Morris does not have the tank to play on GC talls. He is at best an opportunistic third tall who can create a bit of magic in forward line. Hipwood has a mature body, closing speed and played defense in younger age so at least he'll know his way around D50.

That's fine he doesn't need to play on king Frog has done a great job playing on talls

 

[Nathan Barley]

Lester has the pace to play on king and has played on Cameron and other talls this season and last I have massive Faith in frog to get the job done

I'm not worried about his pace more playing on someone significantly taller and uses his height as a strength

 

[Bucking Beads]

Hipwood will play CHB and win the Ashcroft Medal.

 

[Gadzorks]

Yeah I think purely as a spectacle Hippy v King is up there.
We would need angry Hippy though.

I swear he has actual cranky pants he sometimes wears. Maybe jocks that are too tight? He has to focus so much on the game to ignore the discomfort that he has his best games.

 

[blueiris]

I'm not worried about his pace more playing on someone significantly taller and uses his height as a strength

Ok so let's say Hippy plays back and Morris doesn't fire as a forward Hipwood would at least kick goals if not win us the game as a forward Suns defence is definitely their best end of the ground with Mac and Collins

 

[Nathan Barley]

Ok so let's say Hippy plays back and Morris doesn't fire as a forward Hipwood would at least kick goals if not win us the game as a forward Suns defence is definitely their best end of the ground with Mac and Collins

We win plenty of games with Hipwood not being overly influential. It will hurt but not as much as King dominating Lester or Prior IMO

 

[Gadzorks]

I really don't get the Hipwood down back talk when on song he's our best forward Morris if wants back in the team should play back

Teams can play well without one of the best forwards. They can't play well when missing 5 of the best.

Same situation with the backs, so robbing the forwards of one player to even out the backs has a lot of merit. Especially when there is a forward who has played well; Morris knows the structures and has shown he can contribute. So it's not a loss of a whole player. More like dropping one forward to 50% capacity.

I think hippy BACK is a good option.

Edit- what I think will happen is we will try different options during the game

 

[blueiris]

Teams can play well without one of the best forwards. They can't play well when missing 5 of the best.

Same situation with the backs, so robbing the forwards of one player to even out the backs has a lot of merit. Especially when there is a forward who has played well; Morris knows the structures and has shown he can contribute. So it's not a loss of a whole player. More like dropping one forward to 50% capacity.

I think hippy forward is a good option.

I agree Hippy forward and Morris back is worth a try

 

[beatnik]

Lester is 6’3” and Joyce is 6’5” so they’re not Zorkos…perhaps we play Oscar a kick behind play to nullify the tall forwards and let Daniher ruck in the front half?

 

[Tom14]

Lester is 6’3” and Joyce is 6’5” so they’re not Zorkos…perhaps we play Oscar a kick behind play to nullify the tall forwards and let Daniher ruck in the front half?

Joyce is out too.

 

[blueiris]

Lester is 6’3” and Joyce is 6’5” so they’re not Zorkos…perhaps we play Oscar a kick behind play to nullify the tall forwards and let Daniher ruck in the front half?

Last I checked Lloyd is 6/4 Ryan is 6/8 and ZZ is 6/6 all with the capacity to play in defence

 

[Nathan Barley]

Last I checked Lloyd is 6/4 Ryan is 6/8 and ZZ is 6/6 all with the capacity to play in defence

What capacity are you referring to? Lloyd and Ryan have barely played defence or at AFL level. ZZ can't run out a VFL game

 

[mpal6]

Last I checked Lloyd is 6/4 Ryan is 6/8 and ZZ is 6/6 all with the capacity to play in defence

Ok then we should play fort in defense '6/8'

 

[blueiris]

What capacity are you referring to? Lloyd and Ryan have barely played defence or at AFL level. ZZ can't run out a VFL game

We have to try them it's only for 3 weeks

 

[Nathan Barley]

We have to try them it's only for 3 weeks

No. We don't. There are better options

 

[blueiris]

No. We don't. There are better options

Such as

 

[Nunez]

I think regardless of who we go, we will need to play Oscar behind the ball. Use Smith and Joe as the rucks forward of centre and Oscar in the back half. Will need his height and intercept marking ability.

 

[Dalions]

Last I checked Lloyd is 6/4 Ryan is 6/8 and ZZ is 6/6 all with the capacity to play in defence

It’s not only about height.
We still need player who can move with some form of athleticism and also with AFL experience would be handy.

 

[Nathan Barley]

Such as

Hipwood!

 

[Dalions]

We have to try them it's only for 3 weeks

We don’t have to try them at all, and with any luck Harris will be back next week.
So we only really need someone with comparable height and athleticism for this week.
We may need to bite the bullet and run with Hippy this week and then we go back to Andrews, Lester and probably Prior for a couple of weeks until Joyce or Payne is back.

 

[Nathan Barley]

We don’t have to try them at all, and with any luck Harris will be back next week.
So we only really need someone with comparable height and athleticism for this week.
We may need to bite the bullet and run with Hippy this week and then we go back to Andrews, Lester and probably Prior for a couple of weeks until Joyce or Payne is back.

Saints next week who are short, Giants the following week is an issue

 

[Timetoroarlike44]

Anyone have gps stats on Morris? My hunch is he doesn’t get around the ground heaps nor is overly quick. He just reads the play well, doesn’t get sucked in to the contest and is damaging. Not sure he’d make a good defender at all