Our best asset is our pressure, our toughness and our attack at the ball and the opposition.
When you have McIntosh and Townsend out and you lose Graham and Broad, you don’t replace them with CEllis, Moore, Houli or Bolton!
Especially when you already have Bellis and Grigg in the side.
Just too many soft, outside players to play our style of footy. You can, and we have, carry a couple of the Houli/Bellis types, but we cannot carry them all.
Our stars have been superhuman in the last 18 months but not even they can carry 6 softies.
Townsend and McIntosh don’t get heaps of the footy but they do contribute with our style of footy which then let’s our stars do the rest.
Outs- Bolton, Moore, CEllis, and for a statement Grigg
Ins- McIntosh, Townsend, Stengle, Bolta/CCJ (whoever is more ready and can help out in the ruck)