The_Cranium wrote:
The Dees have stars on every line. Have to engage Lever and pull him away from May. Can't allow them to double team Charlie.
Have to break even with the Dees mids. Centre clearances will be crucial. Max concerns me more around the ground than at stoppages. Pitto and TDK can break even in the ruck, but Pitto can't go with him around the ground.
Then forward, we have to find a way to hold Pickett and Melksham. Particularly Pickett. That little shit has given me PTSD.
Having said all that, they haven't been playing great football but just doing enough. We'll give them plenty to worry about as well. Should be a ripping game
I love this post.
Provides us with some of the challenges ahead, within a challenge to determine the real Top Dog at @nd 21 in 2024, 3 games before FINALS 23.
IMO, last weeks team, alone, can beat each line of the Dees or break even with those we are prepared to allow that.
Pitto can't chase Gawn , and no one in the backline, outside of Weitering can handle him one on one, especially if Gawn is in front.
So what do we do? Plenty of options, and if we believe in Vossy's system, which does look simple, Gawn gets bumped off his line by the next player ahead, stalled, then again, if he breaks the bump......there's heaps that can be done.
Oliver is a great player and primed to run out a game. He hasnt played for a loooong time. He still has to get with the pace of a real game (just like Marchy has), but he hasn't confronted a Carlton in this mood, with or without Walsh Cerra and Harry. Never. Its all new to him. He will get a shock. Cripps, Hewett, Docherty v Oliver Viney Bradshaw. Bring it on.
They are missing their best forward in the last 3 weeks, Petty, from a forwardline which hasn't been gelling with the mids. FFS Petracca has had to go into the forwardline to add spice and body to pave the way for Petty. Well' that's one less in their midfield rotation. Who cares if its Brown or Grundy who come in for Petty. Weitering takes them and the other defenders work with him being the focal point.
I don't believe Pickett played himself in any form just because he kicked 3 goals against North Melbourne (bottom of the ladder team with only a young midfield and bit part forwardline).
Look at the mids. If we show a bit of respect with what TDK and Pitto can do and compare with what Gawn can do before worrying too much about Gawn. The numbers don't lie. We haven't been losing the ruck/ midfield battle for a long time. Last week against the greatest measured force of pressure we have faced this year against the Saints, missing Walsh Cerra Harry Gov Kenendy SOS Williams Boyd.
I can't see the problem.
Its the Dees who have the biggest fear of losing because they have to get their shit together, not the other way around.
If we lose we lose. It happened this time last year and happens even when going in as favourite. I get it. But we have "the" momentum, whilst the Dees are just getting over the line which shows why success for both teams is 7-2 over the last 9 rounds. That's all.
Go Blues. BLUEBAGGER. Gotta go.
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