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Jones won't play on a body on body type forward like Nankervis, he may take Reiwoldt but that will mean Jones is deep in defence which doesn't suit us at all! Jones is probably our fastest tall, we need him free across HB and leave Weitering deep at FB.

What I like about Jones is his ability to get to contests across the back half.  He may punch the ball through from the goal square and follow it up with a spoil on the wing in the next play phase.

He is more often than not the only man home when we get caught on the turnover.....

Made a couple of 'panic' errors against the Sainters but his good stuff easily cancelled out the bad....

Byrne, Marchbank and Plow clearly been given licence to roam as required....

To my mind Jones, Plow, Simmo and Marchy all very good players; hopefully Byrne will become something too.

Willo instead of Mullett seems an obvious move, the former offers everythings Mulett does but a bigger body and seemingly more aggression and can break the lines.

Can Willo kick long eg goals from outside the 50?

Hard to remember that Williamson still only 19. At 190cm, a good size....and looks to have bulked up in the off season.

Agree EB1, should be a no brainer.... I'd even give O'Shea a crack ahead of Mullett....noting the former is as tall as Marchbank but Plow, Simmo and Marchy can all play small in any event.

O'Shea a great intercept marker - can't really have too many of them surely?

All in all, I think we can say the defence is the least of our worries.

But the way we moved the ball forward (quickly and largely with precision) against the Saints was very encouraging - and good to watch.

Sure a few errors here and there, but I was really surprised how composed the players remained even when under the pump from a St Kilda revival.

We made the Saints look bloody ordinary to be honest.

You know what everyone, this argument regarding Weitering got me thinking about our "back 6" and what is our strongest lineup, and although you will tweak it for maximum benefit, I ended up with the following result:



Plowman----------Jones------------Simpson

Williamson-------Weitering---------Marchbank


Ciaran Byrne is the only other one I'd look at for that back 6 currently.

The rest need to crack in and earn one of those spots.  We could even release at least 2 or 3 to play up field if required and bring in blokes like Alex Silvagni, Mullet, Rowe etc.

See, this is kinda what i've been talking about. Who from that lineup would play on the small forwards....say Eddie Betts.

The average height of that lineup is 191+. Simpson being the 'small' at 182 but at his age, i can't see him being able to keep up with the slippery types....and if Charlie Cameron was still there?? Not sure who his replacement would be, but i'm tipping there is at least 1 more small there.

See, this is kinda what i've been talking about. Who from that lineup would play on the small forwards....say Eddie Betts.

The average height of that lineup is 191+. Simpson being the 'small' at 182 but at his age, i can't see him being able to keep up with the slippery types....and if Charlie Cameron was still there?? Not sure who his replacement would be, but i'm tipping there is at least 1 more small there.