Re: JLT 2018: Carlton vs St Kilda at Ikon on Wednesday
Reply #459 –
Plowman, at a stretch, is all we've got IMO. If there are 2 eddies....we're screwed. We'd have to drop another mid-type back. So where does the extra defender go?
I know a lot of our blokes can play on talls, and smalls to a certain degree given there agility, but you still need a Tuohy/Docherty type which you can rely on more often than not to take those slippery blokes.
Look, i know how good our defenders are, i'm a huge wrap for them. I reckon our '2nd back 6' would still beat our '1st forward 6', i just think we need to be fluid down there and pick horses for courses.
Byrne seems to have been left out of the discussion. He could match most small forwards for agility and acceleration but may get lost by his opponent - as often happened to Tuohy.
Docherty generally plays as a loose man in defence; not picking up an opponent but helping out his fellow defenders. Not having Doc, and with apparently more emphasis on attacking footy, may mean that we give up on the extra man behind the ball.