Looking forward to this game
Really exciting team;
Green, Orazio, Tipa, Gleeson, McGrath, McKenna, Colyer etc
Good too see Benny and TBell back too
I donāt like going into this match without Paddy Ambrose.
I know they donāt exactly have an imposing tall forward contingent at present but I just feel so much safer knowing heās there and he will shut out whoever he is on.
It is both promising (for the future) and concerning (for this game) that we have now 3 small defenders who are in the team mainly because they provide run and carry and good kicking out of the backline. I have a reasonable confidence in the defensive ability of McGrath (based on exposed form) and McNiece (based on one game), and a big question mark against Connor at this stage.
They are complemented today by Gleeson and Dea, with Gleeson being a poor manās version of an attacking HBF and not really performing in that role. For mine he is a bit flimsy still in the hard ball contests and his ball use is an issue still.
Defensively, it is a bit of a worry against a team full of medium sized hard bodied Melbourne forwards and mids.
We are going to need Hurley, Brown and Dea to play well today.
Edit - I forgot Baguley. We have a lot of small defenders picked this week. Maybe it does imply McGrath will move up the ground, as some have suggested.
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Iām not worried
We like playing shoot outs
āwe will outscore them, let them kick goals, we will kick moreā - Woosha
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I think Dea can take Weiderman, mostly because he is young. But if they stack the forward line at periods we may struggle in the air.
Thank God it wasnāt Patty Ambrose.
No idea who this Paddy guy plays for, but really happy itās not our bloke.
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Even if they win the midfield, which is likely. They wonāt score more than us, surely.
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