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Colin Garland VC should take Riewoldt this week

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Garland looked like a mess on Monday saying how poor the players were and to blame them and not Neeld for the failure.

This week we will have Sellar, Frawley and Garland to take on Riewoldt, McGuane and Vickery/Edwards (don't think we'll play Davis and I can't see Tigers playing both Edwards and Vickery).

As McGuane has been Richmond number 1 forward target I'd send Frawley to blanket him at the same time it's high time Garland shows his leadership early in a game at a crutial time.

He did a good job on Franklin way back in the day as a 19 year old, it's time now as a matured footballer for him to not sit in the back pocket. Time to give him Riewoldt.

Similarly if he fails I'd lean to Sellar for a go just to see what he can do as a defender on one of the better forwards in the comp.

Am I tanking or am I taking an opportunity to see what some players can do when we are rolling out one of the worst midfields or all time. Thoughts?

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Garland would be wasted on Riewoldt. We need his run, and Riewoldt is being used almost as a defensive forward nowadays. I'd start Sellar on him, and allow Garland to play on a less dangerous/defensive forward. If that doesn't work and Riewoldt runs amok, then we should switch Garland onto Riewoldt.

Although, McGuane is a smaller forward isn't he? Garland typically plays on those sorts of players, which would mean that he'd go to McGuane and Frawley would play on his old rival Riewoldt.

It's an interesting conundrum. If only we were good enough that questions like these actually mattered...

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McGuane is 6'3 at least the same size as Riewoldt and probably plays like a target more than Vickery who gets lost at times. He does good defensive with his background as a defender.

I don't think Riewoldt is playing as a defensive forward but trying to play more up the ground as a CHF and getting blanketed by good defenders and therefore is scoring more goals on the ground than from lead and mark.

I think we'd miss Garlands run if he actually was giving any. Despite his disposal being shaky I'd like to see what Frawley can do run wise when playing on a lesser player.

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Garland is the perfect match up for buddy because buddy is the tallest forward locket in the game. Overhead marking is not his strength, its his agility and speed. I'm not sure this makes garland suitable for playing on reiwoldt.

Frawley on Reiwoldt

Seller on Vickery

Garland on McGuane

Id try and get frawley out of the last line of defense a little to see if he can generate some run and attack, so happy to swap him and Seller as required for this.

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If McDonald comes back, he should be on Riewoldt. Did really well on him last year.

edit: Misread the thread, thought it was referring to whenever we play the Saints.

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