I feel for Cunningham but he appears to be one of many on our list that struggle to get on the park.
Durability of of list is affecting the whole team and the extent of it clearly shows its a concern when the next best replacement is Polson.

1 game down and the depth is stretched

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Can’t and don’t regard Curnow and McGovern as talls. Simple arent KP size even if we play them there.

Phillips, Polson and Gibbons in the same team are worrying.
Let’s hope they have a good game and prove me wrong.

Agree BV absolutely Charlie is a kpp and thanks for the stats and for talking sense -and he is going through a bad patch of form -yes frustrating for supporters - but in a better team would not have such scrutiny or responsibility -in my view H McGovern and Charlie after playing half a season or so together will be a formidable -combo

I don't doubt he is one of the best contested marks in the AFL and never raised this an issue.
I feel if we had another McKay (true key position size) Curnow would be a better and bigger weapon as a 3rd mobile forward. McGovern is similar to Curnow in size. Hopefully he can take some of the pressure away from Charlie but neither are KP size.

so a true KP to you is based on height?

Dunstall was 188cm and Brereton was 186cm

Jack Riewoldt is 193cm as was cousin Nick

Fev was 191cm

all of these players were just good flankers i guess

Charlie is 194cm short FWIW

I think the tall forward situation with Charlie, McGovern and H is fine. The argument is whether all three of them there at all times will work i think.

the small forward situation is another issue all together.

I have no doubt the three of them can work well together. With Charlie floating up the ground and even into the midfield. Also did you see how fast Harry runs and his agility?
There is an obvious marking advantage if you have three big pack/lead marks in the forward line.
The negative is associated big men being too slow to stop the opposition rebounding out of the 50m once the ball hits the ground.
I’m hoping that the speed and agility particularly of Charlie and H means we won’t be leaking that much once the ball hits the ground.

However, I don’t think that 2 avg ruckmen provides any advantage over one average ruckman. All you get is someone to cover when the other guy needs a rest. And in that case, we are just wasting the spot for a better player. I think Phillips has been good but he is no Gawn or Grundy who are in the top 3 players in their teams, irrespective of position.

So for me, it’s yes Charlie, H & McGovern. And no to a 2nd ruckman.

It seems the coaches want O'Brien to work on his game in the seconds, can't understand having Polson before O'Brien. O'Brien is more versatile and provides another midfield option.

If we're going to stick with 3 tall forwards they have to get space on their opponents for the clean mark. Just can't afford our opponents too many easy rebounds.

Polson is your second favourite?
What do you like about him as a player? Genuine question


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Agree

This.
The situation where the ball carrier has two options to kick it short to instead of just bombing it long where two or more fly at the same time is much better.
Unfortunately, our forward coach seems to think bombing it long and hoping for a spill and a crumb is better than hitting up someone on the lead.