Agree. We need 3 tall forwards. The game has changed and our forward pressure game is virtually non existent. The ball just waltzes out of our forward line; not sure where the pressure that’s supposed to be supplied by George and Rioli has been all year. We may as well have 3 tall blokes who can take a mark down there. And he can give Nank and fair dinkum chop out in the ruck.As long as we bother to play him in the ruck when it’s his turn, he’s the ideal key forward & ruck we needed. Suspect he could be more important than Lynch or Riewoldt by this time next year.
AgreeMust stay in even when Lynch returns. Has great hands and unlike Lynch, he's a one grabber.
Plus it stops the opposition double teaming the one key forward. I’m as equally perplexed by what role our small forward are playing. They get little of the ball (especially in losses) & seem caught out of position far too often. Doesn’t help Castagna is also a ball butcher.Agree. We need 3 tall forwards. The game has changed and our forward pressure game is virtually non existent. The ball just waltzes out of our forward line; not sure where the pressure that’s supposed to be supplied by George and Rioli has been all year. We may as well have 3 tall blokes who can take a mark down there. And he can give Nank and fair dinkum chop out in the ruck.
He must remain in the team. He’s done his apprenticeship.
Played more good minutes. Must find a way to keep playing him when Lynch comes back.
Think CCJ is better than Lynch when the ball is on the deck. Plus he’s a one grabber - that’s gold. Lynch played a decent 2019 season but last two years have been poor. Worried that the PCL knee injury that he came to us with was worse than realised. He’s nothing like the mobile and athletic tall that played for Gold Coast.Definitely a ruckman long term.
Hopefully stays on. Still not 100% him and Lynch will work given both are pretty cumbersome once ball hits ground.
Young guys at his height with his mitts are worth gold though.
Totally agree. Dimma hinted this in press conference. That extra tall releases the extra player Jack plays on.This.
Makes for a potent forward line. Look how many goals WCE got from marks and set shots, we need 3 tall forwards. Plus, it's not as if our smalls are kicking bags.
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