The famous no.6, anyone deserve to wear it from 2011?

[Ozza]

Re: The famous no.6, anyone deserve to wear it from 2011?

But winning the contested posessions and hard ball gets , is that not physical?

The one area our tackling has been an issue is the forward line which brings our whole tackle count down. Guys like Johnno, Hahn, Gia, Higgins have let us down in the forward line, all for one reason or another. Next year we will have Jones, Grant, Hooper who are all fast and must tackle tackle tackle.

Our set up once we go forward has to be better also. Not from inside the 50 - but setting up outside of it so we don't let the ball out of our half so easily. You watch Collingwood and St.Kilda - and many of their tackles occur when their opposition are trying to come out of defence. If we set up better - its probably worth 3 extra tackles a quarter very easily.

[LostDoggy]

Re: The famous no.6, anyone deserve to wear it from 2011?

I agree - certain numbers have an allure to them for interesting reasons.
42 Seems to be the rookie made good number (Boyd, then Picken)
8 Tends to be the tough number (Kennedy, Toohey, Hahn, Southern, was Dent in 8 as well?)
19 Appears to be cursed
Morris has made 38 into something the way Fruitcake Ford made 45 an interesting number.

Maybe Higgins should go back to it, played the better football then.