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Pecking Order and Future Planning for Tall Forwards and Small forwards

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PECKING ORDER FOR TALL FORWARDS

1. B.BROWN

2. WEIDEMAN

3. JACKSON

4. MCDONALD

5. M.BROWN

 

What was a weakness could be a strength if B.Brown can find his form and Weidman and Jackson can improve.

 

PECKING ORDER SMALL FORWARDS

1. PICKETT

2. FRITSCH

3. MELKSHAM

4. HUNT

5. SPARGO

6. NEAL-BULLEN

7. LAURIE

8. BEDFORD

 

Still a weakness but our depth is better hopefully Laurie can climb up the ladder.

 

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    talls you've got just about spot on Brown, Weid, Jacko will play together and if one misses i doubt it'll be a like for like tall replacement probably a mid-sized option given fritsch can play the 3rd role.

    TMac will again get the early chance as next in should 2 miss ahead of brown but i suspect by end of season brown will again go past him and both will move off the list to make room for another developer.

    in the smalls department 

    Pickett, Fritsch will play 22 games, Melk will get first crack but shouldn't see out the season whatsoever if he dishes up more of 2020s form. Laurie is my shout for the other round 1 spot edging out all other comers. Spargo will also get a healthy run in the side hopefully from round 1 as i like what he offers when he's tackling and pressing. and i hope bedford gets chances before they revert to the tried and failed ANB, AVB, hunt and out-of-form melky

    Round 1 will look like

    Fritsch-Weid-Melk

    Pickett-Brown-Jackson

    Spargo Laurie

    but i'd like to see Bedford/Harmes in the side before Melksham

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