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I don't have an issue with H playing, not at all. In fact I am dying to see him in the big time.
I would just perhaps like us to look at our structure a little and consider if we play Cas or if we move another taller player out and bring in some real pace at the base of the packs if we do play Cas and H together, hence the thought of giving SOS a run in the backline for a week.

I don't think there would be too many that don't want to see H at this level, most people are dying for it (me included).

Finally would be nice to have two marking targets in the forward line. That means Casboult doesn't have multiple defenders going to him all the time. Ideally, as a back up ruckman you'd want him as the 2nd forward not the dual responsibility as the number one forward and ruck. SOS plays as the 3rd tall meaning C.Curnow can play more in the midfield.

Despite all the qualms about Levi I will be very interested to see him play alongside H.

No ideally you wouldn't have him in the team at all.

The talk about him getting multiple defenders isn't fact. It might be the way people see it, but I don't see his runs cut off and two people hanging off him. It is amazing it now seems because of where we are teams are giving him the same treatment as Carey.

He is paid to be our target forward, he can't be claimed to be the best contested mark in the competition, but only suited to being the second forward, doesn't really add up.

Anyway... I am more concerned about too much height. Collingwood done it earlier this year (from memory also against us) where they had 2-3 tall forwards that were simply slow movers and it just was terrible.

It can work sure, but I have reservations about the mix.

It doesn't add up only because you have an agenda with Levi. If a longer ball comes in where are the defenders going to go, to your only tall marking option. He's paid to be our forward and ruck, a job he is doing pretty well this well. He'd had a good year this year, much like 2015 and it's proven you wrong, something rarely posters admit to.

Some interesting questions.
I have my own for this week. Consider these:
[1] With Alex Silvagni being unavailable for 4 weeks and Rowe being injured long term, do we need to bolster the defence?
GC do not have a huge number of tall targets and we do have Caleb Marchbank who can play on any tall not muscled like Arnie. We may consider bring in White, who can play tall or mid. We may also consider bringing in a smaller, quicker defender, as we tend to leak goals to smaller forwards rather than taller ones. Or do we bring in Ciaran Sheahan, who offers smarts, an excellent left foot and excellent concentration and strength? Interesting thought.

[2] Losing a tall like Silvagni, should we bring in a tall forward instead?
At present Harry McKay would seem to be the obvious choice. He has some way to go, but he has shown enough in recent times to get him into the selection picture. H can ruck somewhat and he does have mobility and great hands.
If we think of going for a taller forward, McKay has the edge over the others at the moment, although there is still competition.

[3] We had a few guys who didn't get a lot of the ball last week; Liam Sumner (9 possessions), Tom Williamson (10), Zac Fisher (12) and Jed Lamb (15) come to mind. There is a case to keep any and all of them, but it is reasonably probably that SPS may come directly into the team this week. Should he?
I think SPS is a high probability to be selected. His form has been pretty good and he provides speed and X-Factor to our forward line and midfield.
Of the 4 mentioned, Fisher and Sumner appear under the most pressure, as they had very few possessions for guys who spent time in the midfield. Nick Graham (and a few others) put their hands up in the 2nds.
I think Fisher could do with a few weeks in the VFL. He is young and would appreciate more time developing his skills in the centre square. That doesn't happen so much in the seniors.
Sumner was in the play a lot more than his 9 possessions suggest, but Graham would be more likely to get 18 - 21 possessions per game, based on his form this season.

[4] Should we make ANY unforced changes?
When we win, we RARELY change the team. This has been a trend for a long time and I do not expect it to change. I have suggest changes for a long time, but do not heed my calls. Often the performance of those in the team make my contributions look silly.
Last week had a clear example: playing Daisy with no time in the VFL to gain form. I was not a fan of this idea. I thought (and still do) that Daisy's body probably needs a warm up game. Instead Daisy really put in.

At this point I am thinking:
In: SPS & Harry McKay
Out: A Silvagni and Fisher

Now that I have written this, I expect the club to do just about anything except make these 2 changes.

40% chance of rain on the Gold Coast for game time, cannot see us playing both McKay and Casboult under those conditions.

Any evening rain up there combined with the humidity makes the ball soap like!

Maybe Casboult's lack of ground level impact has given way to McKay as a replacement, McKay looks pretty mobile and handy at ground level for a guy 200cm. McKay seems at least as capable as Rowe at ground level.