If Dunks does go, who will Bevo fall back on to do the secondary ruck work? I'm going with Lin Jong.
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If Dunks does go, who will Bevo fall back on to do the secondary ruck work? I'm going with Lin Jong.
See we aren't that bad at that either. Fourth for marks inside 50, only Geelong, Richmond and Brisbane averaged more. We probably would have been number 1 if Bruce didn't develop concrete hands as soon as he pulled on our jumper and Naughton played most of the year. It is incredibly difficult to find targets inside forward 50 with the defensive structures these days. Once again watch how some other teams go about it and you won't feel so bad about our efforts.
Both of these stats are very surprising. I suppose it just points to how badly we need decent small forwards to make the most of opportunities when the ball spills and to also hold the ball in our 50 by applying pressure. Largely it was the transition out of our F50 that seemed to hurt us the most. That and our at times horrid defensive setups.
Let's hope we don't go down that path and have a decent second ruck. Having said that, Richmond have won two of their three premierships using a mid as a second ruck.
I can see what we were trying to do this year, ie give English a rest, without dropping him, but really in hindsight, he should have had a couple of games rest and freshened him up for the run home.
I can't believe that the non Essendrug media types have failed to mention the fact that this toxic dump of a football club are basically proposing a ransom demand on Josh with the promise of "considering" to draft Kyle only IF Josh agrees to move. It's time someone called this out. More disgraceful behaviour from a recidivist club with a lack or knowing right from wrong.
Given they also tried to move him on to the Gold Coast last year before his partner's netball move was a thing but he said no, I think you are correct and it is just an excuse.
Obviously we would still need to do our due diligence, but I highly doubt it's a deal breaker. His tendency to break down physically is of more concern to me.