Match Committee - Round 6 vs St. Kilda

[Mantis]

I'd bring Wallis back in through the two's and give a go to one of the deserving guys from Footscray like, Hunter, Biggs, etc. I think this also earns Clay Smith a reprieve and a chance to step up.

With Footscray having a bye this week if Wallis is deemed fit he has to play.

[Greystache]

With Footscray having a bye this week if Wallis is deemed fit he has to play.

Yep agree with that. He's not quite the same type of player as Jong, but he should be fresh, and he'll go some way to ensure we get our hands on the ball in the middle which if we're flat could be vital.

[LostDoggy]

Every weeks a danger game. We're either on song or we aren't. I feel we only need to be half on song to beat this rabble.

Yes they rolled Freo last year minus Sandilands and Ballantyne, and this will happen every blue moon.

Only because Lyon still has a soft spot for them and it was Lenny love childs farewell game.
St.KIlda ara crap and will fold quicker then a row of tents on the top of Mt.Panorama under our extreme pressure.

[LostDoggy]

B: .......... M.Boyd.......Roughhead.......Wood
HB: ........ Talia.............Murphy........Roberts
C: .......... Dickson........ Stevens........Webb
HF : ....... Stringer.........Smith.........Crameri
F: .......... Dahlhaus......T.Boyd......Honeychurch
Foll : ...... Minson.........Picken.......Bontempelli
Bench: ... Hunter...Johannisen...Biggs
Sub : .... Hrovat
In : Biggs ..Hunter..Minson
Out : Jong ( Broken Hand ) Macrae ( Rested ) Cordy

Footscray VFL Stats
http://www.foxsportspulse.com/round_...365370&a=MATCH

[Remi Moses]

Don't think Macrae will be rested. Our midfield is missing a few already

[ratsmac]

Macrae has to work through his lull in form by playing and not being rested IMO. Not that he is playing terrible, but for his standards he is a little off. Macrae will get 40+ possies this week if the Saints give us the space they allowed the bombers last week. It was a free flowing affair from the bits I saw.

[1eyedog]

I'm amused that Aints fans think they're a red hot show to knock us off on Saturday. They feel their forward line will trouble us and expect Roo and Montagna to come in. They mostly have Dempster on Crameri and Fisher on Stringer. If their forward line is going to trouble us why hasn't it troubled others this year, namely Carlton who pretty much don't have a back line.

[LostDoggy]

I'm amused that Aints fans think they're a red hot show to knock us off on Saturday

I,m expecting them to have a red hot go from the start but the amount of pressure we bring forces mistakes , I don't expect them to stay committed to their game plan for long once we put the squeeze on them , they will start taking too long to make decisions and then they will be either tackled , forced to handpass under pressure or kick backwards

[The Bulldogs Bite]

If we're on, we'll smash them.

It's that simple.

[jeemak]

If we're on, we'll smash them.

It's that simple.

But more and more the game is played on the margins, particularly among teams that feature in the lower 10-12 places on the ladder.

If we're off by 5-10 per cent, and the Saints are on we'll be pushed extremely hard.

[Ghost Dog]

Forget about Sydney Swans and remember a certain preliminary with a diving Nick Reiwoldt - let that image sink in for a while.

[jeemak]

Forget about Sydney Swans and remember a certain preliminary with a diving Nick Reiwoldt - let that image sink in for a while.

You mean the preliminary final that we should have won if it wasn't for us not taking our opportunities irrespective of the differential in top end talent? Thanks mate, I feel a lot better now.......

[Ghost Dog]

You mean the preliminary final that we should have won if it wasn't for us not taking our opportunities irrespective of the differential in top end talent? Thanks mate, I feel a lot better now.......

Exactly! We still owe them numerous good hidings for that one.

[The Pie Man]

Exactly! We still owe them numerous good hidings for that one.

As a fan, I probably share your sentiment, but all the future wins will never get back that opportunity.

Was very nervous early in the week about this one, but as it's progressed I'm more convinced that this group won't suffer a lull like past Bulldog groups have - not that we won't suffer physically through the year with such a young group, more the mental application. Guess we'll find out Saturday, but gee a win would set up a top of the table clash with Freo beautifully...and who thought that was a prospect pre season?

Anyways

In: Wallis, Hunter (based on Stevo's tweet earlier this week - he'd know)
Out: Jong, Smith

[F'scary]

I don't think Macrae is in a form lull, I know he can have 40 possession games but he is motoring on quite nicely. We are less dependent on him than last year, too.