The formula just doesn't look right at the moment. We need someone offering a presence in the forward line or we'll never get over this Hall suspension. I had hopes that Jesse White might get the role, but he ended up coming in as a ruckman, and while he did his job, it didn't solve our problems so I always saw him as a chance to go back down.
Davo will be back. He just needs to get that confidence and intensity back. He was pretty invisible except for the few times we passed it to him, really. And he muffed his chances.
With Spida back as a ruckman, Playfair can come in as a forward. And if we plant him up there, perhaps we can crumb around him a bit. All I want is to see him do is crash some packs and offer us a target. Not so sure about his kicking, but he can take a contested mark and this is where Hall's absence around the ground is really making a difference for us at the moment.
And we all know that Spida is good for a goal or two as a forward option as well. So that should come in handy.
Going to be a very interesting round for Sydney this week. I think we'll get a good idea of where we're heading in the immediate future after this game.