Must bring in Snelling. Give him a role to tag Salem. So much of Melbourne’s ball movement goes through him. Hooker needs to be better than what he showed today; May will give him a bath otherwise. Stringer will probably get tagged by Hibberd. Can see Oliver and Petracca v Merrett and parish unfolding with not much defensive attention. Hope Draper is able to back up today’s superb performance. Hope the Dees give Weideman another game, and either Laverde or Francis can give him a towelling up. Give Redman the job on Fritsch. Great test against the Dees on Saturday.
Hmmm, I’d agree if we weren’t missing half our midfield (along with Hurley, Snelling, etc).
They’re the top of the ladder team at virtually full strength (minus Tomlinson?). I’m pretty sure they’ll get Viney back this week. They’re also fresh off the bye vs us on 6 day break coming back from Tassie (not that it’s a huge trip at all).
I’m expecting that we’ll be quite easily beaten, and I don’t think it’ll be much of an indication at all re where we’re really at. Throw in McGrath, Shiel & even just one of Caldwell/Snelling and it’d be a much more even fight.
No injuries and a competitive, 4 quarter effort would be a really encouraging result IMO.
I really need the team to address Langford… if they’re serious they’d spell him to the 2’s to tidy up some things. From what I saw from Ham he needs to work on his disposal also… we are trying to move forward and keep coming back to the same dead weights. They both have a lot to offer but I feel there’s complacent, especially from Langford.
I also need them to stay the f away from the likes Ambrose / Cutler / Zaha. I don’t want them to be quick fixes and straight into the side kinda guys. So if anyone needs a rest or is injured , bring in some new faces.
We can win one, or even both. Melbourne are more likely, and l see signs of the beginnings of their brittle self doubt emerging. It is a common affliction every season, and is very apparent when the ski season opens.