Originally posted by lizz
I think we might see Schauble on Lucas. Peverill is their number one tagger so I don't see much sense in him and Kirk playing on each other. I think we'll see Kirk on J Johnson. Crouch on Rioli. He probably isn't big enough for Cupido but Warfe might be able to cope. I don't think Kennelly has the defensive nous yet to play on a "tricky" forward such as Rioli or Cupido and giving him such a role would probably limit the drive he can provide from the HBF.
On paper it doesn't look as if our defence matches up particularly well against their forward line, but I suspect they will struggle against ours also, especially if Magic is fit. As with most games where the forward lines look better than their respective defences it will come down to the midfield. And although the Essendon team is bigger and stronger than the Swans, if we play well I reckon we can make them look quite slow, as we did the Lions for most of that game.
I think we might see Schauble on Lucas. Peverill is their number one tagger so I don't see much sense in him and Kirk playing on each other. I think we'll see Kirk on J Johnson. Crouch on Rioli. He probably isn't big enough for Cupido but Warfe might be able to cope. I don't think Kennelly has the defensive nous yet to play on a "tricky" forward such as Rioli or Cupido and giving him such a role would probably limit the drive he can provide from the HBF.
On paper it doesn't look as if our defence matches up particularly well against their forward line, but I suspect they will struggle against ours also, especially if Magic is fit. As with most games where the forward lines look better than their respective defences it will come down to the midfield. And although the Essendon team is bigger and stronger than the Swans, if we play well I reckon we can make them look quite slow, as we did the Lions for most of that game.


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