You got your wish. Now all we have to hope is that McGlinn still has some pace because the bloke he is replacing is fast. If he has lost it he will be a liability. He didn't look too bad in the Twos but he is still not the best disposer in any team. He averages, since he went to the mids, just over 50% disposal efficiency. What kind of contest is this Ernie? GWS when they beat us, twice, have done it with outside run. they have used their pace and running game to dismantle us because on both those days we didn't have runners capable of shutting them down. Is Benny going to be able to shut their runners down? Hope so but... He certainly is not going to provide a contest in the air, which Towers can do, and Papley is now our designated small forward. Benny is good in and under but we have so many of his type who are much better players (they can actually kick a footy) it seems we are going back down the sameness road. I hope it doesn't backfire.
Rotation policies don't work.When you are hot you're hot and you stay that way by playing.Having a rest can lead to loss of form.How many games did the Swans win after bye when it was in operation?McVeigh for Jones IMO as Jones is like a bull in a china shop and a turnover specialist
I think towers was the first out based on the first 2 rounds. Just not sure anyone in that side deserved to be dropped.
The type of contest I described in my post??.....High intensity, high pressure, and very physical....
The way to shut down their outside run, is to win the contested ball, and apply full on pressure when they have it....easier said than done I know.
The reason GWS beat us so convincingly in the NAB cup was because they were harder at it, won the contested footy, and they applied more pressure...
The outside run stems from that.
As I said in a later post, Benny has done some excellent shut down roles in the past, I suspect the Swans have a particular match up for him..We'll see.
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I think Towers is dreadfully unlucky but it's a long season and he'll get plenty of senior opportunities, I see it as a positive for our squad depth at this point that someone who actually played quite well last week gets dropped. To be honest I think it also has a lot to do with how we want to man up against GWS and it's an indicator how we want to take the game to them
I was just thinking this week who is our tagger/stopper, this teams Crouch or Kirk? Do we not need one? I think there is still a place for this type of footballer. Is Benny our tagger? Mitchell was playing a role similar to this when he first got into the seniors but seems to have gone past that role. I think BJ has been given a chance to play this role but hadn't worked out.
Is Benny our stopper? I'd that why he is in the team?
BTW McGlynn is actually a pretty competitive mark. I am regularly surprised by the marks he takes, when playing.
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You're right we don't really play with a tagger any more but if we need someone to shut down an opposing player that job still often goes to Tom Mitchell. In the future it might be Robinson who played a run with role for the majority of last year in the NEAFL and was quite effective.
GWS look less potent on the ball without Treloar. If there are any tags, there should be one on Shaw, as so much of their transition from defence goes through him. I would also give Lloyd a role of putting a soft tag on Scully, who has been their most dangerous runner so far.
In the Melbourne game, Max Gawn was happy to take on Mummy and nullified his influence. But the Geelong ruckmen weren't willing to compete with him, and that was the big difference in that game. One of the reasons I was against chasing Zac Smith is his lack of competitiveness at times. He was intimidated by Mummy. That won't happen with Tippo. Hopefully Sinclair will give him a challenge as well.
Rory Lobb has been a useful target up forward and on the wing for GWS. He's pretty hard to stop because of his height, but I think you can run him hard and tire him out. Patton doesn't look to have much chase in him either. We should be able to move the ball out of defence fairly easily, especially late in quarters.
Although they beat us handily in the NAB Challenge, I haven't been all that impressed with their 1st couple of games this year. But they are a talented side and we will have to be on our toes. If we continue to play like the past 2 weeks, we should win comfortably.
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