I think you forgot about Sickbottom !
Hewitt out
Rowbottom in
Warner has taken Stephens spot, so the only other option is to drop Florent or McInerney for Stephens (which I cant see).
Wicks to tag Dusty
Blakey will come good. He needs to learn his role is now as the link between halfback and the forwards, and I think he actually had a better game than some people think. Its just tough to stand out when the side is travelling so well.
It seems like everyone else, Richmond have evolved over the last 2 years. Their brand is the turnover game with high pressure acts and 2 way running. However, over 2020 and this year they have become more reliant on the clearance game to get their goals. I wonder if it has to do with Shai thriving in the clearance work. He just puts a lot of speed in the middle. If we can negate some of this by slowing the ball down at stoppages and then try and get some overlap run going, it would go a long way. Reckon Mills will play on Dusty in the middle or maybe Warner but not sure who will man Shai, he has serious speed and evasiveness - maybe Papley goes in there when Shai is on ball, or Stephens comes in for that. The wingers will have to work overtime to run to create a defence around this run from the centre that they can generate.
Also Reckon Hickey will have to be involved in second and third acts and do a lot of clearance work himself rather than pass it on to anyone else.
Fortunately for the fans and the club, your analysis of RB is both one-eyed and not particularly informative. If you want to really dig into the data, then you get a very different result (and one I strongly suspect is what the coaches see): AFL news 2021: Sydney Swans finals odds, predictions, tips, Champion Data, Champion Index
"According to Champion Data’s ‘relative ratings’ system – a measurement that compares one’s AFL Player Ratings to the typical output for a player of the same age and position... James Rowbottom (20, midfielder): +33%"
Champion Data shows he is a beauty, and everything I have seen confirms it for me too.
Rowbottom ruled out. AFL website.
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