Rockliff Your Blacklisted!!!!

[nrich102]

whats wrong with the back line? They have Maguire, Drummond, merret etc

[Colliwobblers]

drummond is 28 and a little injury prone - 7 games in 2011 , 7 games in 2010, 20 in 2009, 13 in 2008, 11 in 2007.

As we all know the back 6 struggles when players are in and out of the team even the best backlines do.

Goose Macguire is the same 27 , injury prone and while he could become elite certainly not yet,

Merrett also 27, probably an elite defender no doubt about that, back injury in 2012 kept him out for 10 seems to be over that.


They are the key defenders, probably need one more and goose to lift a little more and become durable.

Then there is the run off halfback and the tackling pressure applied which i think both area is a little weak. Think Rich back would be lethal playing the role birchall, dempsey, malceski ect play setting up out of defense.

And they need a couple of hard fast nuts that can rack up 10 tackles a game down there.

Anyway, they may have the names on paper to look like they have a good back line, but it hasn't translated on the field...

[strikes91]

absolutely nothing wrong with lions team. Staker, Luenberger, Ash McGrath to come back next year the high possibilty of kurt tippett. docherty and golby to rip it up of half back. and with a midfield of rich, rockliff, redden, beams and zorko it will be a matter of time till its finals again

[DT Gun]

Drummond is probably the most injury prone player in the league.. haha

Goose is good
Merret is good
Patful is becomeing quite the defender
Hanley sometimes plays half back
Adcock is a gun back on the hbf or bp
Drummond is very solid when he is up and going tho
Docherty is also an up and coming star

They have quite a decent backline in my opinion