Bedsy was so good at getting the fowards on the front foot. I don't understand the technique exactly but he would often get up and pass the ball on the move and provide the forwards some more momentum and room to get a roll on. I haven't seen anyone do it better. Cam Smith wasn't as good at getting the forwards going but excelled in every other aspect. His kicking and decision making is spot on 99% of the time and this gives the halves so much room to do their thing.
In contrast, our hookers are okay/decent first grade player quality but not real high quality specialist hookers. I am not complaining because a player like Bedsy or Cam Smith a once in a generation but it would be nice to have a specialist hooker instead of one smallish lock with decent service, one utility player who would rather play in the halves and one one trick pony who can't defend that well (I am being super harsh on all three of them to make a point as I personally believe all three of them are solid first grade players). At the moment I do prefer to see Watson get 20 minutes at hooker but I think we always need three really big forwards on the bench if our 17 has Slade, Watson and Lamb.
I am still worried about being so small in the forwards. We don't play a power game, a mobility game nor a technical game with our forwards. Our forwards are smaller, never offload and don't play make with the ball in hand. I'm not sure if this is deliberate but I hope we start to carry bigger blokes on the bench. I think the pack will improve over the course of the season and the Twins will start to dominate games week in week out. Lilyman provides a great opening platform, Ese'ese is a beast but we lose steam after they go off. Hopefully the Twins step up sooner rather than later.
