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My immediate reaction upon reading your post was that you're a touch harsh on Williams and Pittard. I think those two by league standards are above the average for medium defenders. Their positive attributes significantly outweigh their weaknesses. The problem lies in the fact the other three are imo below average and any positive attributes are lost in their weaknesses. As a unit, they're miles off as you point out. Change is the only solution. Maybe we need to push budding midfielders back there.
I would have thought that more often than not, we'll go with three talls down back anyway. Tarrant, of course, and Walker seems to be an adequate Thompson replacement but it's too early to lock him in. Daw and Durdin will get games (especially Daw) and we still have McKay. This leaves three back six spots and I agree that Jasper and Marley are two locks. Hoping EVW gets back to be the other one. In the meantime, Ahern? Even Murphy?
Not sure where it leaves the other three (Jmac, LMac and Atley), because Pykie's analysis of them is close to the mark. At their best, each of them is best 22, but only Atley has been in best 22 form in the past couple of seasons (and not for the whole time, either).