I initially had hamling in down back but he squeezed out cause put Morris back pocket
You could swap Roughead out for Roberts. put roughead forward and drop Adcock.
But to swap Wood back means Murphy needs to go forward. Or suckling does. I don't believe suckers will be playing VFL.
I guess I thought after such a good year last year Wood could create more damage on the HFF rather than HBF. And is the issue of having 3 good HBF's - Suckling/Wood/Murphy
Isnt Hooker always the best intercept mark in the comp?, I guess its a bit hard when you are playing forward.
yeah, moving hooker forward kinda nuked his intercept marking stats. I just think wood was so dominant as the 3rd man up they couldn’t possible afford to move him away, particularly considering the youth of their key defenders (morris aside obviously).
murphy has shown the ability to play forward previously (but was more injury prone when he did so) and they may use him again in a hit up role with crameri out. Still he provides a lot of run off half back. I think you are right about them wanting to get suckling into the side because his penetrating kicking is a weapon their backline doesn’t otherwise have and JJ off the bench could cover Murphey’s run if they do move murphey forward.
They need to spend more time on defence and less time on who is sharing their “gameplan”.
Defence is poor, non-existent in fact. Defence meaning all over the ground, 2 way running etc. Love the downhill skiing when they’re given space but not so enthusiastic when the pressure is put on, it gets congested & they have to run the other way. Will only make finals again if they have a dream run at Etihad against so many easybeats like they did last year - haven’t looked at their draw.
Will be interesting to see the nice boy Robert Murphy trying to cope with adversity this year as the losses and points against mount. Will be great viewing the genius commentator Luke “i’m so cool & stylish” Darcy when they are losing & copping big scores against…
They need to spend more time on defence and less time on who is sharing their "gameplan".
Defence is poor, non-existent in fact. Defence meaning all over the ground, 2 way running etc. Love the downhill skiing when they’re given space but not so enthusiastic when the pressure is put on, it gets congested & they have to run the other way. Will only make finals again if they have a dream run at Etihad against so many easybeats like they did last year - haven’t looked at their draw.
Will be interesting to see the nice boy Robert Murphy trying to cope with adversity this year as the losses and points against mount. Will be great viewing the genius commentator Luke “i’m so cool & stylish” Darcy when they are losing & copping big scores against…
Robert Murphy will deal with adversity just fine, actually.