Recon the game against Adelaide is huge for the boys. A win to keep the finals light burning is a must.
We need to pick a side purely for winning
this game. But its more than picking the right side for the game, its about having a plan to beat them. Not just going in with the same old plan and hoping it works on the day.
My INS- Grimes (almost the most important player in the side for structure in the backline)
Morris (has been awesome this year with his desperation and run out of the backline)
Foley (under rated player for us, does a lot of the grunt work that doesn't always get the accolades but can get good footy also)
OUTS- Miller (just don't think he is the right bloke against the Crows, to slow and we need all forwards putting on huge forwardline pressure to stop their run out off the halfback)
Ellis (IMO along with a few others on here think he is playing scared at the moment, needs a few weeks back at Coburg playing on the ball to get some hard in and under touches. Needs to run and carry and use that great kick we first heard about and that endurance he showed through the pre season)
Batchelor (also needs some time at Coburg- went back earlier in the year, and when he got the call up again, played well. Just needs some confidence again. Also think with Grimes back and Rance and Griff in the back half, along with Dea, who i think is doing a great job back there, and Newman and Bach he may need to find another position. Could be a great lead up half forward flanker with those good hand and booming kicks)
So they are my ins and outs but the important thing for this game is to have a plan. One thing i would do is play Jack at CHF because Rutten will go to him if he plays FF and will stop him having much of an influence. I would play Dusty out of FF for most of the night, hopefully getting a mismatch and making Rutten useless.
Also would play Nahas on the wing, he seems to be able to find space there and become very creative going into the forward line.
So with Dusty at FF and Jack at CHF floating deep when he can, Kingy, Edwards would be the small forwards and i would play O'Hanlon and Conners as the lead up forwards and with O'Hanlon being a bit of the unknown could prove really valuable if he can snag a couple.
Really need to find other ways to kick goals, and stretch sides with pace or height or smarts or whatever we can. IMO we have been a way to predictable over the last few weeks.
Really looking forward to seeing how we come back after the bye and against a good side.