The Round 12 Tiger team
B: Chaplin, Batchelor, Rance
HB: Houli, Dea, Morris
C: Lennon, Cotchin, Petterd
HF: Martin, Griffiths, Deledio
F: S. Edwards, Riewoldt, Vickery
R: Maric, Ellis, Thomas
IC: McDonough, Foley, Vlastuin, Miles
Emergencies: Hampson, Helbig, O’Hanlon
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I'm glad Hampson is out. With Maric back as No.1, there's no place for Hampson as he can't hold a mark to play forward (he can't play full stop
). Having said that, bringing in another tall forward/ruck makes no sense either as the combo of Jack, TV and Griffs hasn't worked all season. We end up too top heavy up forward as our small forwards are non-existent to apply defensive forward line pressure. Especially on the fast track at Etihad, you can get heavily burned on the opposition defensive rebound. To give it even a chance of working, we would need Griffs as the 2nd ruck option and when he's not in the ruck he needs to play up the ground between wing and HF (the Richo 2008 role) as a tall marking target for our defenders to rebound kick to and then Griffs quickly bombs a 60m kick deep to Jack or TV which smalls front and square at their feet. The idea of quick transition from defence to attack to a more balanced traditional forward line structure. I won't be holding my breath for that to happen though
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