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Not to mention a fit and firing 23 year old Harley Bennell, our age group will start to look very steady.
Lachie neale surely debuted before round 5 right? I remember him killing it in a preseason game and Lyon saying we have something special
Explains why Lachie was trash talking Darcy earlier. "You suck Tucker, couldn't debut until round 5"*
No disrespect to ibbo , I think the new game plan only require one loose man, my guess is if Johnson is rested or injure ibbo/ Hughes will play that role . or collins come in and a.Pearce playing looseman. Ibbo and C.Pearce got the skill but with current trend of game plan you need to rebound your ball out as fast as possible , with slow decision making this make it hard. I think d.Pearce is just safe because he just boom high so is not totally his fault that opposition spoil it.
Nah Ibbo will win his way back in to the team imo. He was in the AA squad last season. Most good teams have more than one good intercept marker in their line-up. When in form, Ibbo is also very accountable in a one-on-one, and an elite kick. From memory he had the best retention rate from his disposals last year of any of our defenders. Some might say he is slow to make a choice, I'd say he doesn't blaze away and spends an extra fraction of a second ensuring he makes a choice that isn't going to result in a turnover. We keep talking about turnovers in our D50 killing us - so we need reliable kicks out of defence. In my opinion he's been omitted because he's out of form and not because he doesn't fit the new game plan and structure any longer.
But last season we are playing two centre if I am not mistaken macca/ Johnson , macca / Dawson , Johnson/ Dawson or some match a.Pearce or Silva with some help from hills sometime to get the ball out.
Or Mayne when he miss setshot.
Most games we played 2 KPDs last year, yes. That may have been more a product of injuries than choice though. Although I'm actually a fan of two KPDs and suspect once Johnson and Dawson retire we'll consider going back to that and use Morabito and Hughes (around 190cm) in the mix instead of a third KPD. The games we played with 3 KPDs last year, we still had Ibbo as well. I think people think Ibbo is a third tall but he's only 186cm (same height as Sutty and shorter than Sheridan, assuming the listed heights are correct).
You are right in this I think if Johnson retire ibbo will be auto in that is the reason we try to trial hills and mundy at half back . sutty and sheriden still not up to the challenge , Hughes and mora will be ideal because of their size also. The next phase of training will be more about the flow of getting the ball out. Bulldog don't always go by foot they handball out of defensive 50 also, I think the new style is based on instict and awareness more. No more looking at the boundary for stoppage or rush behind where sheriden did both against NM.
Dawson??? You serious?
