Always Right Match Committee Round 13 v Port Adelaide

[Mantis]

I thought he played very well against Adelaide as well.

Adelaide only had 41 Inside 50's and were without their 2 most recognized tall forwards in Thilthorpe & Walker so it was a good day to be a tall defender.

[Grantysghost]

Adelaide only had 41 Inside 50's and were without their 2 most recognized tall forwards in Thilthorpe & Walker so it was a good day to be a tall defender.

They were bottom 6 that day. Really played terribly.

[G-Mo77]

Well, neither could Boyd until he was in defence, and even at his Norm Smith best JJ often couldn't either. We'll have to see if the position change helps with that aspect of his game.

FWIW. I'd rather him in Defence than on a HF line which is how we've played him in the past. What both those players lacked in certain areas they made up for them in others. I've seen nothing from Vandemeer that is even close to the toolkit of a Boyd or JJ, he can run fast, I don't see much else really. He's one of our last options to fill the void so we've got to go with it, we've also got to justify putting 2 more years onto his contract.

[G-Mo77]

Latest VFL report:

Laith Vandermeer
18 disposals, three marks, two inside 50s

?Laith was good off half-back - he gave us plenty of drive. It was one of those ones where with more exposure to that half-back role, he seems to be transferring that knowledge from Jamie (Maddocks) onto the field. It looks pretty dangerous with him coming off half-back.?

OK, I'll take my quote as an L. I could have sworn I saw him line up on the HFF. He certainly didn't stand out from what I saw of it.