Blueboy wrote:
This is a dilema.
Cloke has done nothing to deserve being dropped, yet is too short and not athletic enough to get effective hitouts against opposition rucks.
Kruezer is going to be a champ, but at the moment is too light on in the muscle dept. However his around the ground work show heaps of promise already.
Hampson is an athletic freak who can get first hands to the ball but is not as effective around the ground as Cloke and Kruzer.
Throw in Jacobs who I know little about but by some reports offers the bulk to go against the big opposition bodies but struggles to get around the ground.
So what do we do? We need to win more hitouts than we are now.
Option 1 - Cloke and Kruezer - Continue sacrificing hitouts for around ground agility while getting games into Kruzer.
Option 2 - Cloke and Hampson - Gives Kruzer a rest, but is there anything for him to gain in the Ants? Hampson gives us a genuine chance to win the hitout but can get caught out around the ground. Does Kruezer go to the forward line? I think we may be too tall then, and playing FF does not allow Kruze to use his biggest asset, his tank. CHF maybe? Kruze CHF, Fev FF with Fish playing the flank/pocket.
Option 3 - Kruzer and Hampson - This is the one we'd like to see but I think it may be too early. What do we do with Cloke? If he goes to CHF are we too top heavy for todays game.
I wouldn't expect to see Jacobs in unless Cloke gets injured (touch wood) as they sound like similar players. There is also Zachy and Ackland but I can't see them in the mix at the moment.
It will be interesting to see what the MC do on the ruck issue.
Good points there, just not sure about the "top heavy" as we don't actually have a CHF. Fev is a mobile forward more so than a power forward so a big, strong forward may not go amiss. Cloke works hard may just fill a similar role to Earl Spalding 10 years ago. Reads the play well and can lead up the ground too. No-one thought of his brother as a CHF at the beginning of last year but, although a different player to his brother, that turned into a terrific success. Importantly, Cloke would take a man away from Fev. If Cloke's not there then Hartlett or Setanta will be. After the other night Setenta is better suited back, adding much needed size, plenty of mobility and working nicely with Jammo, Waite and Thornton. That leaves Hampson and Kreuzer to do the rucking.
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