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We are not that far off facing a major crisis
in our key position stocks down back.
When I saw Hansen holding his groin and Thompson lying on the ground in the last quarter, I thought to myself, who do we have to come in?
The answer really is no one at present.Grima has been out for an extended period and is listed as a test, Cam Delaney has been out longer and has played a quarter of footy and our only insurance policy in Tippett is injured also for an extended period.
McMahon at a pinch could play on a 190cm type, but he has missed footy recently as well and is not a 3rd tall.
Such is the imbalance of our list, we have guys like Wright,Hine and Wilkins who are of no use in this or arguably any role.
So what are our other options? Obviously there is Petrie. Has played there with success before and would be most adept. But despite him being below his best this year, this would be a major compromise structurally with only Daw and the other ruckman as replacements with Tarrant and Curran out.
Then there is Tarrant. Shockingly underdone and didn't look comfortable down back when we played him there. He is injured anyway.
Curran - a forward and injured
Black - maybe at a pinch, but we would lose mobility forward.
Daw, Currie, Brown, Wallace - Forget it.
I see this as a major crisis that could derail our season as we do not have enough depth or enough versatility on our list in this area.
in our key position stocks down back.
When I saw Hansen holding his groin and Thompson lying on the ground in the last quarter, I thought to myself, who do we have to come in?
The answer really is no one at present.Grima has been out for an extended period and is listed as a test, Cam Delaney has been out longer and has played a quarter of footy and our only insurance policy in Tippett is injured also for an extended period.
McMahon at a pinch could play on a 190cm type, but he has missed footy recently as well and is not a 3rd tall.
Such is the imbalance of our list, we have guys like Wright,Hine and Wilkins who are of no use in this or arguably any role.
So what are our other options? Obviously there is Petrie. Has played there with success before and would be most adept. But despite him being below his best this year, this would be a major compromise structurally with only Daw and the other ruckman as replacements with Tarrant and Curran out.
Then there is Tarrant. Shockingly underdone and didn't look comfortable down back when we played him there. He is injured anyway.
Curran - a forward and injured
Black - maybe at a pinch, but we would lose mobility forward.
Daw, Currie, Brown, Wallace - Forget it.
I see this as a major crisis that could derail our season as we do not have enough depth or enough versatility on our list in this area.
