I don't think it's a massive gamble at all. In fact, I'll almost guarantee it will be their tactic from bounce to final siren. Flood back, turn the one-on-ones into two-on-ones, spoil hard, get the ball on the deck, run rings around Goodes and Tippett, rebound end to end.
The way to counteract that would be to leave Goodes on the bench and get a small forward up front to apply some defensive/crumbing pressure. Again, I don't think it will happen but that's what I would do.
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