Quote Originally Posted by FrediKanoute View Post
Who Melbourne should really tag though is Daniel. If you were going to have a guy in our backline to sit on it would be Daniel, because he more often than not is the one who gets us out of the tight space and into the hands of Dale/Williams or the mids.
I think the view with Daniel is that if you limit his options thirty metres away and shut down players around him who can penetrate more with longer kicking then you can slow us down. With that in mind I kind of understand why you might let him get the ball.

Where he's at his best is if our team defence is working effectively and we make teams scramble forward and shallow. If Daniel isn't manned up properly and our team defence is working properly then it's in our favour.