Agree re the structure, the three talls just seems too immobile but surely you can't have a ruckman rucking all day?
I was bitterly disappointed with tonight but if you add the following outs we'd be much better - Heeney, Aliir, Papley, Rohan and a fit McVeigh.
Problem is you always have injuries and many of those guys won't be back for a few weeks.
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* Foote is well below AFL standard, he got caught too many times though did take a few good marks. Definitely not ready and has to be dropped
* Towers exceptionally poor and Cunningham very poor, both should get a NEAFL spell
* Hanners had his worst game for ages, Parker was average at best. We won't have the luxury of playing Jack as a forward on tonight's display. Fear Hewett could get found out this season
* Florent was OK, someone saying Foote was better just staggered me.....
* Reid and Buddy played well
Where to is the problem. Aliir will make a big difference to our structure for sure but as far as I know he is the only in next week. I really am not sure what changes we can ring except that Foote and Towers simply cannot be in that team next week and I'd be temprted to throw Cunningham to the NEAFL too but he may well survivie. Either Edwards or Hayward might have to be thrown in, possibly both for those two.
I have no answers so I will be intrigued to see how Horse responds to one of the truly poor performances of his tenure
McVeigh being so old/injury prone/over the hill is a real issue too. I even wonder if he'll play again to be honest. In past seasons he would have come back in the stabilise the half back flank, maybe releasing Mills to the midfield but I don't think he is up to it anymore.
Worrying times
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