I'm hearing on DockerLand and virtually everywhere else that Freo's forward line is a concern.
Why? Last night we had a better i50 to goal conversion than Collingwood did. So, if Freo's forward line is so bad, Collingwood must have huge problems given 3 of Freos best defenders weren't on the field.
I thought it was pretty obvious that the problem last night was our slippery ball fumbling in the midfield ... again. We won the hit outs, won the clearances, but still only had 43 i50s. Your forwards are not going to kick 15+ goals with 43 inside 50s, with a slippery ball, against a good team putting pressure on you. 12 goals for 43 i50s is good.
Freo's previous game's goal to i50s conversion (in the wet) was terrible (6 goals from 53 i50s), so this week it seemed Roly wanted them to get the ball inside 50, front of goals, make the opposition defenders nervous, and give the small forwards a chance. 11 of Freo's 12 goals came from this sort of play.
But if it's easier for you to think we just need another key forward, then you can dream of what could have been last night if we had Cloke.