We don't have anyone else on the list who can do what Plowman does.

Kennedy may find himself on the outer in time

Sprint training can fix speed issues, to a degree.

Not really. You might improve acceleration & agility in the gym, but grown adults won’t change their top line speed - especially not in a 360 degree AFL environment.

If there was a secret sauce to increase AFL speed without blowing hammys, Essendon* would’ve injected it by now.

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Spot on. No easy way to rebalance the list.

How many times in the last two years have they all been available.
Last weekend we had three of the eight. Cas, Harry and McGovern.
Depth is how teams win games. They all know they are going to get a run when they are needed.

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I'd be sad to let Levi go, he's really turned his career around and been great for us down back.

BUT, we do have a lot of talls and we got him as a rookie... as the saying goes, buy low sell high. If we can get a decent pick for him, to use on a Papley or Martin (for example), I would do it.

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Yes and no, it all depends on the individual and you would have to assume most players are not at their full potential.
Acceleration peak performance is governed by muscle twitch as too top speed. So while gym work can increase power therefore acceleration, technique can increase top speed also. i.e. correct kinetics for sprinting, something most players or people for that fact don't do.

But I do agree there are inherit risks in excessive gym work to create power, especially explosive work like plyometric training. This is why fast twitch muscles in the indigenous players are more prone to soft tissue injuries as we have seen, especially the hamstring. i.e. Rankine.

I think in order for * to have found the right injection they would have to get someone from Geelong again.

But in the case of Plowman and Kennedy top speed is not so much an issue as is explosive 5-20m, like Cripps had.

I assume you mean against Richmond. Bad example if so as our forward line was terrible against Richmond. They walked it out of there and if you watch the first quarter they set up their win by
paying Casboult and Harry no respect and running off them.

If we are looking for trade currency we have it in tall players that wont fit into our 22. They are unnecessary for our list.
If we could use one or two to bring in dynamic small to medium forwards I would be all for it.

We have so many talls there would still be pressure for spots if we traded one or two.

Our players 190cm plus:

Phillips, Andrew - 203cm - Ruck
Casboult, Levi - 201cm - Utility
De Koning, Tom - 201cm - Forward / Ruck
Kreuzer, Matthew - 200cm - Ruck
Lobbe, Matthew - 200cm - Ruck
McKay, Harry - 200cm - Forward
Jones, Liam - 198cm - Defender
Goddard, Hugh - 197cm - Defender
Kerr, Pat - 197cm - Forward
Macreadie, Harrison - 196cm - Defender
Silvagni, Ben - 196cm - Defender / Forward
Cripps, Patrick - 195cm - Midfield
Weitering, Jacob - 195cm - Defender
Curnow, Charlie - 194cm - Forward
Marchbank, Caleb - 193cm - Defender
O'Dwyer, Finbar - 191cm - Forward
Plowman, Lachlan - 191cm - Defender
Silvagni, Jack - 191cm - Utility
McGovern, Mitch - 190cm - Forward
Schumacher, Angus - 190cm - Defender
Setterfield, Will - 190cm - Midfielder

No compensation if we get Cogs

The same Plowman who beat the best small forward in the game, Charlie Cameron?

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Considering the players constantly injured in our back 6 this year, Plowman and Newman have been reliable every week, with Newman providing some outstanding games and Plowman a model of consistency.

Absolutely. Stats don't do his game on Saturday any justice.

Elite numbers on the tracker.

Also, 191cm is not tall. Not in today's game.

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Jack re-signed for two years.

If we need to trade a tall, I’d trade Jones ahead of Casboult or Marchbank.
Casboult could be our Jeremy McGovern in defence and also provides forward cover and ruck relief.
Marchbank plays small for a key back, just as Plowman plays tall.


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I agree. Jones a year younger, but Levi more versatile

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Lobbe, Kerr, Macreadie, Schumacher and Goddard could all easily go next year to help rebalancing....

How about we just keep them all.

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