Didn't watch Geelong on the weekend but noticed in the AFL stats this week, Dangerfield and Selwood only went into the centre bounce on 8 of 20 bounces. Well below Parfitt (15), Guthrie (14), and Duncan (13)... Wasn't due to spending loads of time on the bench - maybe picked up a knock and rested more up forward?
Wasn't the case in previous rounds so maybe Chris Scott was just trying something. With Danger out again, feels likely they'll revert to Selwood spending more time in the midfield, and fair chance they would have done so even if Danger was playing.
Or maybe Selwood was starting on a wing then moving into a more typical midfield role after the bounce - I can't really see the sense in him playing a different role other than right at the coal face. He hasn't got any pace so no point in getting him out in the open on a wing, and he's not really a huge threat (ala Martin, Bont, Dangerfield) in the forward 50.
K.Turner did a hard tag job on Selwood from the first bounce. Scott shifted his [Selwood's] starting points around in an effort to negate it without much result.
Not sure about Dangerfield however; it was like the 2020 Grand Final all over again with him parked up forward rather than in the middle where he is most effective (perhaps he was carrying something coming in, hence the reduced midfield minutes?).
Selwood is low-hanging fruit nowadays - easy to pick-off due to his lack of mobility. To not tag him is just negligence by the opposition.
With Dangerfield missing, that leaves Guthrie, Parfitt, Duncan and Menegola to go head-to-head with Kelly, Sheed, Gaff and Redden.
With the advantage of a dominant ruck, the battle in the middle could be decisively in our favour.
Smith has been Geelong’s most dangerous player when I’ve seen them this year. Surely we can tag that campaigner
He is also a seagull of the highest order - a total of 13 contested possessions across 5 matches this season. He doesn't win the ball himself, cut the supply and his output will drop.
As mentioned previously, if he gets off the hook then throw Ainsworth onto him in a run-with capacity.





