Thought this guy might have lacked intensity and was a bit flaky in the contest…. Boy was I wrong.
I am sorry Blake!
PS… can’t wait to apologise to Jeffo.
He has the tank, it’s about where he is most valuable, which given our lack of forward pressure and scoring options- it’s forward.
We also have a lot of mids who couldn’t replace his pressure forward of centre.
I thought in parts he was okay. Certainly lost a bit of confidence. My biggest watch is our backline makeup, and maybe this is a week by week scenario, subject to opposition. But Lever and Hore play a similar role. Howes is also quite tall and Rivers can play taller. No answers from me, but curious to see how this transpires during the year.
While Tommo is stiff, he still makes me nervous with the highball and ground ball. So does TMAC but probably a lesser extent.
My thoughts on our back 6 is that we have too many interceptors and not enough defender's. Lever needs to be more like May and lock down first. Lever was so poor last week. Most backlines play taller, so maybe we bring in Hore for Tommo and Salem goes back for Bowzer.
Picket to play 50/50 Mid as will Tracc and Clarry to find his touch.
They have a good ruckman and JJ is no mug. I think the whole game will be really even, we have strengths where they don’t and vice versa. Can see it being decided by a kick… late.