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So same as every other game this year.

Watson is same as Jones, doesn't work hard enough. But he needs a few weeks.

How bad our forward line has become...

Jones works a hell of a lot harder than Watson does.

Having said that thought, i turtle probably covers more ground than Watson does and they run at about the same pace.

Will be typical Malthouse. We had 30 inside 50's yesterday and so we will drop the forwards.

If Mick is still coach Watson will be dropped, you can take it to the bank. Also if Mick is coach the Graham will be selected and start as sub. You can also take that one to the bank.

Wow, Watson must be a statue then

He probably should. They are basically the reason we couldn't get the ball into our forward line. Nobody was presenting up to the wing so we had no choice but to chip around the backline before becoming frustrated and kicking to a contest....which usually went to the advantage of the opposition such is our foot skills.

We spend a lot of our time with no-one in the forward 50 over the last couple of weeks. Playing 1000 blokes behind the ball and no one ahead means one has to chip. We've seen a few times blokes running down the wing, having to stop, kick backwards as there was no-one ahead to kick to.

Jim if our guys are playing like that to instruction isn't it a bit unfair to take the forwards to task?

Certainly no-one is blaming the forwards. How could you?

I've been thinking about our lacked run.

I think one major issue is we are very height imbalanced.

our talls cannot play football once the ball hits the deck.  Rowe, wood, Levi, Watson, all lack the necessary agility below the knees and that must have some effect on our lack of run.


I think we can only afford two of the above in the line-up.

Until Jamison and Hendo come back we are stuck with Wood and Rowe.  once they are back, I would drop Rowe and add Kreuzer to ruck/forward in a tandem, play Henderson chb, Jamo full back and Jaksch forward with Jones.

Casboult stiff but wood is our only capable ruck on our list, whilst Rowe is probably one of few winning his position more often than he loses this season.

Jones ahead of Casboult...lol.

Kreuzer's a great ruck but an awful forward. Casboult will ruck with Kreuzer. Wood won't play. Casboult's work around the ground is too valuable and the only one likely to be able to play as a key forward while not rucking.

Doesn't matter. While Mick's there we won't get any run anyway. He lost the players long ago. To get run firstly you have to put an effort in.

Key positions will be Jamison, Rowe, Casboult and Henderson with Casboult do some ruck work too. Jaksch will play a 3rd tall role for now at some end of the ground. Better in defence for his sake as he won't be getting a kick forward right now. Who would?