Re: Foxsports: Healy's Bulldogs preview
Originally Posted by
The Doctor
Watching the Kangas praccy game it was predictable once the ball hit the deck in the forward line it would come out too easily. There was no one to swoop at the feet of the big guys, no one who could chase down a rebounding defender.
I think this is our biggest weakness.
Even at his prime Johnno could barely touch his toes, let alone pick up a ground ball. Last year he gave us nothing when the ball hit the turf, same as Aker. Losing those two will have no negative impact on our loose ball gets in the forward half. Harsh as it may sound, them not being there will actually have a positive impact.
For mine, Djerkurra and Addison need to spend some significant minutes up forward this year. We should have more midfield depth than we did during our finals campaign with Cooney and Ward ready to go, along with some contribution from Higgins. DJ and Dylan should be directed to tackle, harass and keep that damn ball inside our 50m zone at all costs.
Our 1954 premiership players are our heroes, and it has to be said that Charlie was their hero.