MIL wrote:
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Oh dear. Here we go again.........bringing in a bloke for his first game of the year in a CRUCIAL match, and what's the bet he'll do nothing and get dropped the next week never to return (ala Austin) ?
Very short team. Only 1.5 genuine KPP players in the team (I count T-Bird as 0.5). The Bummers will be licking their lips and loading up with at least 3 talls up fwd all game.
But of course someone will say "all we have to do is smash them in the midfield and it won't matter". Yeah right.
On the bright side, Touhy returns, even if a week too late.
That would be me saying that MIL. If we smash them in the middle and play like we should around the packs and have our forward press working as it should those talls up the other end will be more a hindrance than an advantage.
When has a pack of tall forwards bothered us. One tall here and there has been a worry. WC outplayed us all over the ground and outmarked us around the grounds but that is hardly a pattern. If we lose because Essendon* played 3 tall forwards things have gone wrong all over the ground and the whole gameplan that has served us well this year needs a complete overhaul.
The only selction issue would be selecting Davies ahead of Watson. To me that really could have went either way but Watson is a long term project and Davies is someone we need to look at by the end of the season. He possibly has stitched up Carlisle a couple of time in the rezzies too.
Watson will be given plenty of chances to prove himself. At the moment its costly playing him.
Good to see a bit more run in the side with Armfield and Touhy included.
Go Blues !