Re: How many talls do we need in the forward line?
Originally Posted by
bornadog
Presuming Barry is a done deal, do we need a true CHF, someone around 196 cm, mobile, and that can take a contested mark, or is Barry enough and the rest of the forward line can be built around him?
Hahn will still be around and Murphy should be better for us fully fit. Hall should make his man more accountable, and perhaps even take a second defender at times which could help our other guys show their wares. Remembering we were the highest scoring team in 09, a simple like for like with Welsh/Hall should only improve and not damage our scoring
Having said that, Hall is not a monty to be on the park and another tall forward would not go astray, keeping in mind we are already slow up there. I will be an interested follower in the trade period to see what we are doing in offloading Skipper and potentially Everitt, why would we load up on early picks and what will we do in the ruck? Are we chasing a Jarryd Roughead/Kurt Tippett mobile tall forward and backup ruck type?
Originally Posted by
Mantis
As shown last Friday we have no problems getting the ball inside 50 we just need to find a way to turn those 'inside 50's' into goals against the very good teams.
Hopefully Hall will be able to help to create a contest when we are forced to kick long, but I think we need to add some pace to our forwardline to help create more forward pressure such that our forward 50 isn't a trampoline for the opposing teams rebounders.
Agree. It is a weakness that has not yet been fully exposed. As we have not had a KPF to create enough contests to bring the ball to ground, all the rebounding has been attributed to a KPF deficiency rather than a lack of quick crumbing forwards that can pile on the defensive pressure. This is probably fair up until this point, but to make the most of our new KPF we need to add someone to live under his feet
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