So.
4x players will get to set the tone for our season - the ones who start in the centre square on Friday night.
It will be:
English, Bont, Macrae, Dunk
English, Bont, Macrae, Liber
English, Bont, Macrae, Treloar
English, Bont, Macrae, Smith
English, Dunks, Liber, Smith
Martin, Bont, Macrae, Dunk
Martin, Liber, Smith, Macre
Martin, Bont, Treloar, Liber
Martin, Treloar, Liber, Smith
Dunks, Bont, Liber, Macrae
Some other combo I have nominated in the comments!
So.
4x players will get to set the tone for our season - the ones who start in the centre square on Friday night.
It will be:
What should I tell her? She's going to ask.
In the Melbourne game we barely went outside the same 4 players for the 3 midfield spots. It will surely be Martin and 3 of the big 4:
Centre Bounce Attendances v Melbourne:
Jack Macrae 26
Marcus Bontempelli 22
Tom Liberatore 22
Josh Dunkley 18
(nobody else attended more than 1)
My guess is Macrae, Bont and Libba. Treloar the wildcard.
It's nice to have options!
The only player I wasn't sure on was Treloar.. he will be itching to get involved quickly so I think we use him where his skill set is best suited.
Ditto. Settle Treloar quickly, Bont moves forward (swap with Dunks) fairly quickly, and Libba is our best in and under player and the first bounce can get messy.
Hunter and Macrae take first the wing rotation, Smith starts on the ground (high forward) and pushes up to the contest hard.
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A four man CBA rotation isn’t enough, and I think that the low centre bounce numbers for everyone but the four guys is an indication that the other players who didn’t feature won’t feature in the season proper, and were maybe held out to acclimatise to their roles, rather than there being no room for anyone else.
I would be shocked if Treloar didn’t attend more than one, and that his share will come from a dilution of all four of Macrae/Bont/Dunkley/Libba.
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I went for English, Bont, Macrae and Liber but clicked the wrong one
I would prefer Martin over English, but just think that is what Bevo will do.
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Martin, Bont, Macrae, Libba.
But then again, I'm an Internet poster and Bevo is a premiership coach so draw your own conclusions.
For the first bounce I'm happy with English, Bont, Macrae and Libba. Keen to back Tim in. There will be plenty of chances for Stefan to impose himself in the ruck duties.