THERE’S more to stopping Allansford than just curtailing its two spearheads, Merrivale coach Karl Dwyer believes.
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Justin Nowell and Brenton Webster combined for more than half of the Cats’ goals in their first semi-final win against Old Collegians last weekend.
But its the men at their feet – Matt Lenehan and Jeremy Parkinson among them – who the Tigers also need to keep quiet.
“On the weekend they had Nowell and Webster kick nine of their 16 goals, they had some real marking power up there,” Dwyer said.
“But Parkinson was there as well and Lenehan, they’ll be up and about.”
Allansford coach Josh Parkinson had faith in the Cats’ spread of forward options, despite that not being on show last weekend.
“We’re not that predictable going forward at the moment, that can be pretty dangerous,” he said.
“If we can get a spread of targets to kick to, we can make every one of those defenders accountable.”
