What strikes me and has been a complaint for years has been the fact in most games we have played with just two tall fwds. When Vickery or Griffiths has had a rest or gone into the ruck it has left Riewoldt one out against three.
Long time 10 minutes to have just the one tall fwd by himself, structure goes out the window.
Surely Hardwick and co are aware of this and plan accordingly. yet Vickery can sit there for ten minutes and structure can go out the window.
Gunna say i am not sure who played on Vickery i thought it was Kaiden Brand but if Gibson at 189cm played on him all night then Vickery should have been clunking marks all night long.
I recon the reason we cannot go in with 3 talls and a ruckman, is because Griff and Vic are both 200cm tall, both soft as butter and are completely useless when the ball hits the ground.
We need more mobile KPF that can also help hold the footy in. Those 2 are crap. Teams just walk the footy out. We could play Jack, Vickery and say a Gunston/Darling type but I don't have one.
The other thing that the good teams have is manic small forwards. We need another speedy small forward that can tackle. Lloyd and Lambert aren't it. They both offer something different but not manic pressure.
So many holes....