Change our forward setup in response to not having a marking target.
At the moment when our backs/mids win the footy (and let’s not ignore that they are still quite good at doing that), we try and slow the ball movement up to allow a tall plus 3-4 smalls get back into our F50. First flaw in that is that slowing up the ball movement leaves us susceptible to pressure from opposition mids/forwards. Second flaw is that opposition backs have time to get back and set up as well.
I would sit Stringer, Raz and Tippa (rotate Smith, Merrett and hell even given McGrath a bash) across the forward edge of the centre square when the ball is in the D50. And sit fkn wide, don’t allow their players to peel off. As the ball comes in, have them drift back towards our F50, staying wide and going no further than 30-35m to goal. Have our mids just fkn hustle the ball forward through the middle, and then either hit a leading target for a shot 35-40 out, or shoe it into space and back the blokes to win the 1-on-1 on the ground to get either a shot on goal or create a stoppage.
When Daniher is back, do the same thing but have him start 20-25m out from goal for more space to lead into, taking marks at CHF and either pinging it at goal from there or hitting a small in the pocket.