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If the game plan and tactics determine that sMurph has to lay tackles we are in trouble.

If the game plan and tactics determine that sMurph has to lay tackles we are in trouble.

What has happened to Levi's marking?

He was probably the best in the comp 2 or 3 years ago.

Here we go, special conditions because he does so much else.
FFS you can't have players that let them team work down.
He doesn't offer much else, if he can't add pressure he shouldn't be out there.

Excuses, excuses, excuses, excuses, excuses all I farken here for this bloke.

Can't play here, can't play there, shouldn't have to do this.,

No wonder we are shiiitt.

Our coaches got to him and 'Developed' him! 

Not at all, as EB1 points out your coach has to put players in roles that suit them, using their strengths to advantage not exposing their weaknesses.

Opposition coaches would be hell bent on forcing sMurph inside contests, and leaving Cripps or Setterfield trying to spread on the outside. No different to forcing McKay or Levi to compete for ground ball while allowing small forwards to fly for the ball, remember the bad old days of Betts as FF, or Yarran tagging, or Tutt at the coalface?

It's a football basic so I don't get why you are so disbelieving of a basic truth, that good coaches and MCs work with what they have got to it's greatest advantage.

Perhaps stop letting your emotions rule your brain!

Early showers, greasy conditions, will not favor our tall setup.

Especially given over the last six or so quarters of footy outside of Jones or Weitering our talls have barely taken a mark! McKay, Levi, Marchbank, Cripps even McGovern all have the fumbles.

Get Podsiadly down on a contract to get them sorted, the bloke had the best contested marking and wet weather marking technique I've ever seen!

LP...without Cox, I'm not sure Levi needs to play back with Weitering and Marchbank down there. They've only got Mihocek and Reid as "talls" and Reid will play backup ruck as well. If it's just to plug a whole then McGovern might be better value with his intercept marking and kicking....Levi coming outta the backline trying to hit a target might not work! Our problem will be there small/medium forwards and plays on them....Elliott, Stephenson, De Goey, Hoskin-Elliott etc.

As for Charlie, he needs to find something this week or Bolton should make a similar statement to Clarkson. We can't keep carrying him if he's not contributing anything.

Nothing emotional about it all,

Just sick of the excuses.

He isn't up to it, and hasn't been for a while.

I fear that we'll play Reid back into form in much the same way we did with Brown last week. Not sure what size Williamson is but he might be an option for Mihocek but agree, Marchbank will get pushed aside too easy by either of those two.

I still think Levi is a better option as backup ruckman than taking McKay out of the forward line....his contested marking has been the feature of his game this year and he's more potent when taking them up forward. Charlie is the one that needs to pull his finger out this week. And I'd still have Ed following one of Pendlebury/Sidebottom around....let either of those off the leash to rack up 30+ possessions and their forwards will dine out.

I fear that we'll play Reid back into form in much the same way we did with Brown last week. Not sure what size Williamson is but he might be an option for Mihocek but agree, Marchbank will get pushed aside too easy by either of those two.

I still think Levi is a better option as backup ruckman than taking McKay out of the forward line....his contested marking has been the feature of his game this year and he's more potent when taking them up forward. Charlie is the one that needs to pull his finger out this week. And I'd still have Ed following one of Pendlebury/Sidebottom around....let either of those off the leash to rack up 30+ possessions and their forwards will dine out.

Have the feeling McGovern may start down back this week, maybe even on DeGoey...Bolton indicated in his presser we may get more creative which is good for the team and him as he is fairly rigid and subdued with his creative side when it comes to tactics IMO.

I hope they don't stuff Weiters around!

Is SoJ a chance of a run with role on Reid, his fathers son? I think Reid is not the lightning quick player he was for his size, and SoJ certainly has his old man's core strength and work ethic. I think SoJ now has the size, at least close enough. Harass, pester, spoil, scrag, interrupt, interfere, irritate, start of a new Silvagni era!