Riewoldt - The Danger man, Who matches up on him?

**Happy Days** · 20-07-2009, 12:26 PM

Re: Riewoldt - The Danger man, Who matches up on him?

Morris would have to take him surely; he has the past performances to back him up. Its too big an ask for Tommy Gun, and he would burn Brian on the lead.

If he does get beaten, then we can always chuck Tommy on to him.

Another option to consider is to double him. With Kossie all but out, Riewoldt is their sole focal point. Having Shags drop back in front of him and thus cutting off supply could lead to great frustration for them, and even better rebound out of the back 50 for us. Harbrow isn't beyond shutting out Milne, so I feel we could use Shaggy in a Harley/Maxwell role this game without fear of getting burned.

**LostDoggy** · 20-07-2009, 12:29 PM

Re: Riewoldt - The Danger man, Who matches up on him?

Morris starts on him - the psychological factor is a big one and as he has beaten Riewoldt quite a few times he may have the mental wood on him regardless of how they are travelling at any time (ie. Hawthorn over Collingwood).

If Morris is getting beaten, Williams has all the tools to go with him (apart from footy smarts, but this matters less when you are playing a purely negating role).. not many genuine talls in the AFL with aerobic and athletic capacity of these two (probably Franklin and Pav are the only others in the same league).

Lake shouldn't take Riewoldt except as a last resort, as he will be dragged all over the ground and won't be able to play the rebounding role he does so well. Playing on a lesser tall will also allow Brian to be the third man up at all forward 50 marking contests involving Riewoldt.

**Mantis** · 20-07-2009, 12:46 PM

Re: Riewoldt - The Danger man, Who matches up on him?

Morris is best suited, but will need help up the ground which didn't happen in our earlier clash this season.

Lake's role will be interesting. Last time around he matched up on a lesser opponent in Gwilt, but was all at sea in terms of when to zone off, etc.. Now that his confidence is high I hope he has a big influence on proceedings.

**1eyedog** · 20-07-2009, 12:50 PM

Re: Riewoldt - The Danger man, Who matches up on him?

IMO if Kosi plays then Lake will go to him but if Morris goes to Riewoldt I do not see a match up for Tommy down there. I'd rather Tom on Saint Nick and Hargrave on Milne perhaps and Morris on Schneider or Goddard if he goes forward.

**Sockeye Salmon** · 20-07-2009, 01:46 PM

Re: Riewoldt - The Danger man, Who matches up on him?

Williams.

**jazzadogs** · 20-07-2009, 03:28 PM

Re: Riewoldt - The Danger man, Who matches up on him?

I'd say Williams. This is the kind of test he needs to be given...he showed that he's got the ability to shut down key forwards in the Hawthorn game last year. What's his tank like though? That might be the only problem.

If Kosi is out, they might bring in someone like Maguire who has been playing forward for their VFL side? Lake could play on them, with Morris on Schneider/Goddard/floating forward. Harbrow on Milne is best I think, there's no better defensive match up for Jarrod.

Will be interesting to see how Eade deals with it though...will show just how much faith he has in Williams.

**The Pie Man** · 20-07-2009, 04:15 PM

Re: Riewoldt - The Danger man, Who matches up on him?

It has to be Williams - I challenge the view Morris has a good record on Riewoldt.... he's tried damn hard but has lost out more than he's won on him. We have to see how Tom can perform on someone with the aerobic capacity such as Riewoldt, and has the physical attributes (i.e height) to match it with him.