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  • Billericay
    Regular in the Side
    • May 2013
    • 712

    #91
    Originally posted by longmile
    Hope to see Aliir as a late in in defence. Crows packing a tall forward line
    If we were playing that many talls, we'd all be screaming on RWO that we've gone in too tall and the other team's defenders would run off our forwards all day. Surely it's true of the Crows tonight?

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    • Sandrevan
      Warming the Bench
      • May 2016
      • 355

      #92
      I'm a bit surprised to see Aliir dropped- i thought we would need an extra tall in defence. I'm figuring out - what do I know anyway.

      Reg to play on Jenkins
      Rampe to play on Tex
      Marsh to play on Lynch

      We're a bit undersized though Tex and Jenkins are struggling for form.

      no Eddie Betts

      I like Hewett on Laird too. Laird is having a big influence on games this year.

      Hope it's not too wet.

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      • Blood Fever
        Veterans List
        • Apr 2007
        • 4051

        #93
        Originally posted by Sandrevan
        I'm a bit surprised to see Aliir dropped- i thought we would need an extra tall in defence. I'm figuring out - what do I know anyway.

        Reg to play on Jenkins
        Rampe to play on Tex
        Marsh to play on Lynch

        We're a bit undersized though Tex and Jenkins are struggling for form.

        no Eddie Betts

        I like Hewett on Laird too. Laird is having a big influence on games this year.

        Hope it's not too wet.
        Above match ups probably right. Mills a possibility on Lynch. Taller than you think.

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        • jono2707
          Goes up to 11
          • Oct 2007
          • 3326

          #94
          With no Eddie, and a tall Crows forward line, could we see Nick Smith playing forward to blanket the dangerous Laird?

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          • ugg
            Can you feel it?
            Site Admin
            • Jan 2003
            • 15976

            #95
            McGovern will the tricky matchup, he has a great leap and caused us problems in our last meeting in R22 last year and finished with 4 goals. I think Melican had the matchup that night and it was probably the only time he was truly beaten that season.

            Lynch leads up the ground more than the other tall forwards and for that reason I can't see Mills starting on him as we prefer Callum to be back inside 50 when defending. So I'm predicting Mills-McGovern and Marsh-Lynch.
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            • Ludwig
              Veterans List
              • Apr 2007
              • 9359

              #96
              Perhaps Aliir's best game was when he played on Lynch in 2016 and shut him out of the game in the 1st half. We went into halftime 6 goals up and maintained that margin till the end. Lynch did kick 2 goals in the game, but Aliir had 21 possessions and 5 marks. I would have liked to see him have another go with that matchup.

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              • Billericay
                Regular in the Side
                • May 2013
                • 712

                #97
                Originally posted by ugg
                McGovern will the tricky matchup, he has a great leap and caused us problems in our last meeting in R22 last year and finished with 4 goals. I think Melican had the matchup that night and it was probably the only time he was truly beaten that season.

                Lynch leads up the ground more than the other tall forwards and for that reason I can't see Mills starting on him as we prefer Callum to be back inside 50 when defending. So I'm predicting Mills-McGovern and Marsh-Lynch.
                I remember McGovern marking everything in that game. Melican is a big out as we only have one truly tall defender in Reg. Not playing Aliir in this of all games means he really isn't ready to hold down a key defensive post YET.

                Maybe they are banking on the ball not coming into our defensive 50? That might explain Hanners comments earlier this week http://www.sydneyswans.com.au/news/2...help-hannebery

                Dan Hannebery has urged his teammates to make sure they are providing assistance for the defenders. Sydney star Dan Hannebery has called on the rest of his teammates to better support the Swans' defenders for Friday's clash with an embattled Adelaide... Sydney conceded 60 inside 50s in their seven-point win over the Western Bulldogs. Despite having a 3-1 record, the Swans haven't once this season had more inside 50s than their opponent, finishing even in one game and behind in the other three, with the margin against the Bulldogs alarmingly wide (60-42).

                "You don't want to be giving your defence 60 inside 50s to defend every week, so we'd like to be defending a bit further up the ground and not allowing it to happen," Hannebery said.

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                • Sandrevan
                  Warming the Bench
                  • May 2016
                  • 355

                  #98
                  Originally posted by ugg
                  McGovern will the tricky matchup, he has a great leap and caused us problems in our last meeting in R22 last year and finished with 4 goals. I think Melican had the matchup that night and it was probably the only time he was truly beaten that season.

                  Lynch leads up the ground more than the other tall forwards and for that reason I can't see Mills starting on him as we prefer Callum to be back inside 50 when defending. So I'm predicting Mills-McGovern and Marsh-Lynch.
                  I forgot about McGovern - he will be a tricky matchup. Tex, Jenkins, Lynch and McGovern - but no Aliir - must have kicked the coaches dog . First game back, played out of position; pretty hard to gauge where he's at.

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                  • Ludwig
                    Veterans List
                    • Apr 2007
                    • 9359

                    #99
                    Tall forward lines haven't been bothering shorter defences all that much this year, so maybe this influenced the decision not to play Aliir. They wanted to just add one tall defender and Marsh is in better form than Aliir right now. I'm still not sure why tall forward lines have been less effective this year. It's something to keep an eye on throughout the season.

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                    • Beerman
                      Regular in the Side
                      • Oct 2010
                      • 823

                      Weather is good, but gee the ground is looking a bit shabby, particularly for so early in the season. Too hot, maybe?

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                      • ugg
                        Can you feel it?
                        Site Admin
                        • Jan 2003
                        • 15976

                        No changes for both team

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