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- Sep 17, 2006
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In our final away game for the season we front up against the red hot Hawthorn who demolished Carlton by 12 goals on Sunday to finally get themselves into the top 8 and set up a likely finals appearance after starting the year 0-5 and being below us on the ladder.
So what have we got to gain from this game that makes it worthwhile?
I'd like to see Yze continue to back in the kids, but actually try somethings to see how they work, to do that I'd like to see us go with the following line up:
B: Blight Balta Broad
HB: D.Rioli Vlastuin Trezise
C: Banks Ross Ralphsmith
HF: Bolton Bauer Campbell
F: Mansell Koschitzke M.Rioli
R: Nankervis Taranto Hopper
INT: Short Dow Prestia Ryan Smith
Out: Miller McIntosh Graham
In: Blight M.Rioli Ross
Down back bring in Blight to reward good form and see how he fares playing alongside Balta & Broad as the mobile tall defenders, while setting up across half back with the run and carry of Daniel Vlastuin Trezise Smith & Short. Those 8 defenders give us plenty of counter attacking options while also being a solid defensive unit.
In the midfield surround our contested ball winners in Taranto Hopper Ross Prestia and Dow with outside run and carry, that also has a bit of dare and class with their ball use. Having a quartet of Ralphsmith Campbell Banks & Bolton being able to link up with the rebounding run and carry of Rioli Vlastuin Trezise Smith and Short should allow for more fluency in our transition game, with Bauer playing across HF as the lead up marking option.
Inside F50 have Koschitzke playing as leading option from deep out to the 50m arc, while Mansell and Maurice can play as the pressure small forwards buzzing around at ground level.
I'd be using Ryan to give Nankervis a chop out in the ruck and I'd split their time closer to 50-50 and put the heat on Ryan to start stepping up as a genuine ruck option, because up forward he isn't doing a lot.
It might not work and we still get beaten by the Hawks, but maybe just maybe it generates a bit of excitement for the last fortnight of the season and brings a bit of energy to the line up, because at the moment we're lacking in both areas and it seems to be making it hard for the team to get motivated and for us fans to watch.
Unfortunately I just don't see this happening and we're probably going to get some shuffling of the deckchairs and Ross probably comes in for Smith and that's about it for changes and we'll watch the same thing happen that we saw against the Saints, a glorified training run with little intensity or effort after the first quarter and we'll all sit here Sunday night and moan about how bad things are.
So what have we got to gain from this game that makes it worthwhile?
I'd like to see Yze continue to back in the kids, but actually try somethings to see how they work, to do that I'd like to see us go with the following line up:
B: Blight Balta Broad
HB: D.Rioli Vlastuin Trezise
C: Banks Ross Ralphsmith
HF: Bolton Bauer Campbell
F: Mansell Koschitzke M.Rioli
R: Nankervis Taranto Hopper
INT: Short Dow Prestia Ryan Smith
Out: Miller McIntosh Graham
In: Blight M.Rioli Ross
Down back bring in Blight to reward good form and see how he fares playing alongside Balta & Broad as the mobile tall defenders, while setting up across half back with the run and carry of Daniel Vlastuin Trezise Smith & Short. Those 8 defenders give us plenty of counter attacking options while also being a solid defensive unit.
In the midfield surround our contested ball winners in Taranto Hopper Ross Prestia and Dow with outside run and carry, that also has a bit of dare and class with their ball use. Having a quartet of Ralphsmith Campbell Banks & Bolton being able to link up with the rebounding run and carry of Rioli Vlastuin Trezise Smith and Short should allow for more fluency in our transition game, with Bauer playing across HF as the lead up marking option.
Inside F50 have Koschitzke playing as leading option from deep out to the 50m arc, while Mansell and Maurice can play as the pressure small forwards buzzing around at ground level.
I'd be using Ryan to give Nankervis a chop out in the ruck and I'd split their time closer to 50-50 and put the heat on Ryan to start stepping up as a genuine ruck option, because up forward he isn't doing a lot.
It might not work and we still get beaten by the Hawks, but maybe just maybe it generates a bit of excitement for the last fortnight of the season and brings a bit of energy to the line up, because at the moment we're lacking in both areas and it seems to be making it hard for the team to get motivated and for us fans to watch.
Unfortunately I just don't see this happening and we're probably going to get some shuffling of the deckchairs and Ross probably comes in for Smith and that's about it for changes and we'll watch the same thing happen that we saw against the Saints, a glorified training run with little intensity or effort after the first quarter and we'll all sit here Sunday night and moan about how bad things are.
