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All three of them are senior players that form part of the framework upon which we are developing our young talent. That is the worst aspect imo and it remains to be seen whether others can fill the gap in terms of wise heads and maturity under pressure. We don't exactly have a lot of this to burn - 3 is a big number.

Club injury report states Kreuzer out this week.

There could also be a vacancy in the ruck, with Matthew Kreuzer sustaining a cork to his hamstring in the Round 6 clash. 

“Matty Kreuzer got a cork to his hamstring in the game, which caused him to change his running mechanics,” he said.

“He’s actually got a bit of muscle overload to his adductor region and inside hamstring. It will probably see him miss a week."

Simpson and Newman  are more about the structure of the defence and the roles they play.
Jones has been great this year.. but I wonder whether some of his uncertainty on the weekend stemmed from their missing as the game progressed
That's where it may be hard to cover

BTW I think Newman has been more than just a good depth player for us this year.

That makes sense as at the ground I could see him struggling to run but it certainly wasn't a pulled muscle.

I found the comments from the Dale Amos interview on SEN (which I listened to last night) really illuminating and encouraging in this regard.

He was asked about the loss of Simmo / his leadership in last week's game when he was off injured. Amos pointed out that Daisy stepped up big time and filled that breach really well... and that our poor third qtr had little to do with injuries but more about failure to adjust and adapt to the Dawks increased effort/pressure/set-ups after half time. (And don't underestimate the huge growth in leadership down back from Weitering).

I wonder if there's a trap in looking at injuries (unless it's a ridiculous number) and how it sets up excuses in advance for any poor showing against a side we should, and must, belt? The run and huge left boot of Willo might actually improve our backline, plus he brings some much needed mongrel. Charlie running up and back between the arcs will improve us. Kreuzer is a loss, but we're used to it, we know the bloke is a glass man (not a criticism, just a statement of reality) and sadly cannot be depended on for consistent appearances... ditto Flip.

Our 'ins' for this week should more than compensate for the 'outs.' There is no hiding from the fact that if we have progressed as far as some believe then we should account for the 2nd bottom side quite well.

Williamson is a fav of mine and rebounded the ball well vs Werribee but his defending was very average and he had about 5 goals kicked on him for the game, looks like he needs another game to get his head around playing defense at senior level IMO.

X2, but I'd play him. It's a risk,  but nobody else available can really do the role.    He's a good match up for those medium types like Ziebell,  DeGoey etc

Quality running defenders - something we need to address next draft period.

And he won't take a backward step if Ziebell, Cunnington start getting dirty....