JustaBattler
Everyone Looks Better In Blue
- May 31, 2012
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They will use that Balta bloke and the other tall wingman to advantage ( who always cuts us up) - a lot taller than Murph or SPS or anyone else we have running on wing- neither is slow or lacking running power. If we stifle their through the center movement - they will look to kick long to these two good markers - it is a structural advantage they have whilst we don't have Williamson and or Marchbank playing similar roles ( yet)... On the other side of the equation - they will have their own problems containing our three talls if we can get enough entries to give them enough chances.
Which means - Phillips V Nankervis is going to be interesting - Phillips can pretty much write his own ticket if he dominates or at least wins the center bounces and is mobile enough to cover Nankervis on the spread we need to give Cripps a fair shot at winning possessions who can feed it to Dow /SPS/Fisher/Murphy on the burst. that will be where we can start to score easy with the 666 set-ups - lets not think of the alternative ....Riewoldt bringing the ball to ground or Lynch taking easy leading marks - can't allow that to happen too often. Jones best let Lynch know his days of easy scoring against Carlton are over- and let him know early - and I wouldn't be too subtle about the instructions either ...Richmonds three tallish defenders have to be spread by ours there is absolutely no need to aim for any of them all the time - if the midfielders do it right Cuningham and Fasolo could have a field day - both are reliable kicks on goal.
Garlett is the question mark even though he has shown some good along with some dodgy execution he has teh pace to go with one of their smalls and actually run to advantage given any room - if he is getting towelled, Thomas is there to step in - Newman will handle his direct opponent and also provide some chop out. Weiterbot get his chance to show what he's got - the pressure will be on him to stop the direct entries- V Riewoldt will be interesting.
Really is a fascinating first up game on form we are no chance but as Bolton has stated - last years form is irrelevant - new team.
A really positive sign will be if they are forced to revert to chaos ball kicking to forward space - we probably have the fitness base now to cover for that kind of forward pressure. Some chaos ball of our own might not go astray - our forward line is so much more mobile now.
Head says they win heart says - we can win.
GO BLUES!!!
Which means - Phillips V Nankervis is going to be interesting - Phillips can pretty much write his own ticket if he dominates or at least wins the center bounces and is mobile enough to cover Nankervis on the spread we need to give Cripps a fair shot at winning possessions who can feed it to Dow /SPS/Fisher/Murphy on the burst. that will be where we can start to score easy with the 666 set-ups - lets not think of the alternative ....Riewoldt bringing the ball to ground or Lynch taking easy leading marks - can't allow that to happen too often. Jones best let Lynch know his days of easy scoring against Carlton are over- and let him know early - and I wouldn't be too subtle about the instructions either ...Richmonds three tallish defenders have to be spread by ours there is absolutely no need to aim for any of them all the time - if the midfielders do it right Cuningham and Fasolo could have a field day - both are reliable kicks on goal.
Garlett is the question mark even though he has shown some good along with some dodgy execution he has teh pace to go with one of their smalls and actually run to advantage given any room - if he is getting towelled, Thomas is there to step in - Newman will handle his direct opponent and also provide some chop out. Weiterbot get his chance to show what he's got - the pressure will be on him to stop the direct entries- V Riewoldt will be interesting.
Really is a fascinating first up game on form we are no chance but as Bolton has stated - last years form is irrelevant - new team.
A really positive sign will be if they are forced to revert to chaos ball kicking to forward space - we probably have the fitness base now to cover for that kind of forward pressure. Some chaos ball of our own might not go astray - our forward line is so much more mobile now.
Head says they win heart says - we can win.
GO BLUES!!!
