Given the swans will be missing both McCartin brothers as well as both Buddy and Reid, wouldn’t be against lining up smaller for Friday night.
In the fwd line, Jack as FF and Dusty/Cumbo as the CHF. Ryan can rotate through there when given a spell from ruck duties.
In the back line just roll with the same guys in Balta, Young and Grimes.
Would probably include Miller as a utility to just help out on whatever line is needed - ruck, def, fwd.
We lose just Lynchy and look at where it leaves us. What an opportunity this week at least to get games into our younger talls in Ryan ruck, Miller fwd/ruck and say young Bauer high fwd against a team lacking tall defenders.
We complain about a dearth of tall forwards and the lack of games they have yet a genuine opportunity comes to give em a go and no lets play small. Fair dinkum are we that short sighted.It seems there will never be a right time to play some players and stick to our structure while we are at it.
At some stage we just have to play as many kids as we can with enough good players around them they may just surprise people.
Bauer has kicked goals is a reasonable size 192cm a strong mark, quick on the lead athletic there is nothing to lose by playing him.
Most likely he play against a sydney second stringer who would not normally get a game.
Seems logical to me if they are now lacking size and height in their defensive half exploit it. Most of all at least try and stick to our preffered structure of two tall fwds and a fwd/ruck.
