toddkurnski wrote:
Blue Sombrero wrote:
OK.
I think this is the best team we can put on the park.
Yes, I know, Kreuzer isn't in it but we lose nothing for having Casboult in the ruck but we gain a lot of around the ground possessions and he can play everywhere.
I have gone for a small bench because the team looks tall as selected and we can use the entire bench through the forward line or the midfield and Jack can play tallish as well in defence or attack.
I originally had Plowman for Marchbank but swapped them. As a result Plow plays twos.
Newnes is a bit of a guess but they wouldn't have gone after him to play him in the NBs so I put him ahead of Williamson who also goes to the twos and not the bench.
I was tempted to leave Simmo out but he is a clinch player and deserves a spot just for his gutsy on-field leadership. He will get squeezed out by Willo or SPS at some stage.
I don't expect this team to ever be available and on the park.
B. Marchbank Jones Newman
HB. Doc Weitering Simpson
C. Cunningham SPS Newnes
HF. McGovern C.Curnow Martin
F. Betts McKay Murphy
R. Casboult Cripps Walsh
Bench: Jack Setterfield Fisher Ed
Almost: Dow, Gibbons, Williamson, Plowman, Stocker, Kennedy, Kreuzer.
I think what you show here is that there are 29 players AFL ready, which is great. It's not like we're putting Mullet or O'Shea in a list of players, it's guys like Plowman people are now putting in the almost category - 3rd in the BnF and a proven performer.
And just on that, I can see arguments for/against anyone moving in and out of the team in the "almost" players. But not with Plowman.
Considering all last year we had periods without Weitering, Jones, Marchbank and Docherty due to injury he was bloody good week in week out in a defence with personnel consistently changing. Continues to be under estimated, I think mostly, because even though his stuff ups don't happen any more frequently than other players, they are more noticeable, leading many to think he is more error prone.
His defensive job on Charlie Cameron last year shows what he adds to the team. I don't think we have in any other player on the list, at this stage.
Too true Todd.
I think the only reason Plowman is on the outer is for the same reason Marchbank is: the perception the team can only have one or the other.
This derives from the perception they are
exclusively 'talls' or 3rd tall, after Jones and Weiters take the 2 KPD posts because of the perception that anyone over 192cms can only play on talls and are too slow to man smaller opponents.
Your reminder of Plowman's performance against the great small forward in Charlie Cameron.
I've mentioned this before: Marchbank and Plowman are mobile, tall and quick. They have both played on the wing in their Under 18 years, and they both can play against small and tall opponents.
I'm a huge fan of Marchbank, and get very disappointed when posters question his kicking after the game against the Pies. I have no respect for posters who write either of them off as being poor by hand or foot.
I believe they both can play as attacking talls whilst being an interceptor or a tagger. The game plan determines how attacking they alowed to be. The Bolton plan chip side ways keeping possession didnt allow for us to see Marchbank and Plowman in full flight. I was delighted to see Plowman kick a goal against Pies last week playing as a defender, ditto Willimason.
People bias trying to fit in all the quality smalls is another reason Marchbank or Plowman or dropped from their teams.
Lets see what Marchbank's first game back after serious neck injury tonight against the Druggies.
Furthermore, lets see what the MC decide to do when both Plowman and Marchbank are fully fit and available. That's when we will know how they are both rated by the MC. Posters bias don't count at the selection table.
Marchbank is one of the top 5 or 6 runners at the club, can mark, and is a skillfull big man who can play on smalls and talls.
Plowman came 3rd in the BnF last year is a skillful runner who can play on smalls and talls.
We are lucky to have them both available for selection when they are fit and in form.