Cripps is KP size so play him forward and give him a chance to sharpen up his goal kicking. It will also take some of the mid field stress out of his game hopefully. Being a bull he will take pressure off Charlie.

Keep Dow to replace Cripps as an inside mid.

Cowan to replace Boyd if necessary.

Binns in simply to see what he can do.

No to Pittonet as an old fashioned slow lumbering ruck he is not suited to our new style.

Smallish team so Marchbank as sub.

I get your point however a HB does the same role just from further in defence.
Using last game as an example, he spent 70% of his time in the defensive half of the ground, his kicking eff. was 52.9%, he had 6 clangers out of 24 disposals (25%) and 10 turnovers in total with an overall disposal eff. of 66.7%, a little more than occasional. And IIRC most of those clangers were in the offensive half of the ground.
His yearly stats are also pretty similar but a bit better.
What was interesting about the last game was he had 0 one percenters and only 7 pressure acts as opposed to Walsh who had 33.
He also had 7 intercept possesions and more kicks than handballs which explains his kicking eff. % drop.
And also IIRC he was prominent in the first quarter and part of the second then went missing until the 4th.

So what do these stats mean to me.
He's already spending most of his game time in the defensive half anyway and a move back a bit further is not that far a stretch to cover Boyd.
He's a defensive type player that is ordinary by foot which is costly at times when he is playing the spacing role, playing off of HB and breaking lines could be the perfect role for him but at the least he could cover Boyd for a couple of games, rather than moving Doc who is better by foot.
His biggest asset is his body size, he's like Crippa with a tank and the same unreliable leg.
Maybe he needs a run in the middle instead with Crippa up forward to replace Harry.

Moving Doc on the other wing has been a revelation for our ball movement because unlike Acres he is better by foot and more dangerous when in the spacing role, has less clangers and turnovers and can still play the defensive sweeping role easily. This has given players like Walsh and Cotts the space to move more into the offensive part of the wing and at contests, either on rotation or coming in from the centre or HF and create better entries into the F50, an area we have been lacking in for a while.

Anyway it's just a suggestion based on stats and the eye test.
FWIW I'd have Acres possibly in the top 10 players at the club, definatley not the top 6 though, that's a bit of a stretch for me.
I know the B&F is more based on consistency and he has been that, so not sure about that.

I don't know how you can highlight Acres deficiencies, more than occasionally, and want to play him in the backline. His bad kicks were not in the backline. Is that where you want his clangers to happen? I just dont get your line of argument.

Boyd is smaller and more nimble to play on smaller players. Acres turning circle is questionable against a smaller more nimble opponent, I dont think that's a good idea. Marchbank is more mobile/athletic than Acres to play on a smaller opponent, and Cowan has been really back to his attacking ways in the backline, and also a nimble player.

Walsh's heat map from last week was centre and wing.
Freo game was Centre and HF/F pocket.
Hawks game was mainly wing.

That's his role. Start half forward/changing mid and push up into the stoppages. Look at the starting positions at centre bounces. That's the only time players commence in their starting positions. Docherty/Acres are wingers with Cottrell rotating when they take a break. Walsh has been there rarely in the past month.

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Might be true but equally I cannot ever see him snagging 4 in a half

Motlop and Little Durds should go past him in the next 2 years

You are right in so far as he has runs on the board and is our most consistent small forward but it is hard to drop a guy who kicked 4 in a half to help set up a win against the second team on the ladder

Good problem to have though

No worries, each to their own. The players go where the ball is anyway. Footy never changes.
Whatever the case, they're all playing good footy and it's good to be winning.

looks like half a Dozen players will be missing this week due to niggling injuries which translates into resting players up and not taking WC seriousely. Hope it does not come back to bite them

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Might be true but equally I cannot ever see him snagging 4 in a half

Motlop and Little Durds should go past him in the next 2 years

You are right in so far as he has runs on the board and is our most consistent small forward but it is hard to drop a guy who kicked 4 in a half to help set up a win against the second team on the ladder

Good problem to have though

looks like half a Dozen players will be missing this week due to niggling injuries which translates into resting players up and not taking WC seriousely. Hope it does not come back to bite them

All this talk about Acres and his issues.

You lot want want a player without issues?

Get Kouta out of retirement. He even won Dancing with the Stars.

Its a good time to be a Bluebagger. FMD about time.

I'm just going by heat maps and where they are actually playing.
Starting positions are less relevant with the way the game has changed IMO, especially with us.
Mainly because we are still missing a couple of key players with the right attributes to play their roles solely. e.g. Skills, speed and IQ.
Backs run further up the ground now like Newman and Cink, wings are more defensive for us but less for other clubs (eg. Demons) and forwards are now getting back into D50. Cripps, Cerra and Hewett stay in the corridor for the majority of their game time and players like Walsh move more to the wings.
Just because he doesn't start there it doesn't mean he's not playing a wing role also.
It's where he has been doing so much damage lately.
Voss seems to be using our other wings as extra defenders mainly, Acres 70% and Doc 80% in the defensive half last week.
He has essentially split the role IMO.