Richards also needs a spell. He has talent but it’s been a bad year. He is not getting the ball (only 7 possessions today) and is not making progress.
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Tom Hawkins (4goals) was bigger and stronger than his opponent. Geelong also had resting ruckmen (4 goals) dropping back to take marks close to goal. Their 2 ruckmen also contributed 40 hitouts. Trengove made a great contribution but it always seemed like the Dogs were not big enough where size mattered.
Gowers has gone away from having great hands and lead up to wanting to continually engage in body contact
In:
Shache, Lipinski, English
Out:
Hayes, Wood, Gowers
Didn't see Dale play today, but his stats were pretty good with 21 disposals and 3 goals.
In: Dale, English, Lewis Young, Williams
Out: Gowers, Roberts, Hayes and Young
Agree with this but not shattered if Fletch gets another go if English isn't right.
Hayes and Gowers can't play. I feel like I'm going insane watching them play every week with objectively better, younger, more talented guys who are outperforming them in the wings.
What’s going on with Lynch? Why has he fallen away again after looking so promising at the end of last season?
Hard to say if he just hit a decent run of form when he got his chances last year.
He's no longer the skinny kid that arrived at the club and he has filled out nicely, he moves well and can kick the ball with either foot but he just doesn't get enough of the ball to command a spot.
Perhaps more games in the back line are in order but we do have a number of back flankers on the list already and he's often being asked to play as a forward which makes it harder for him to get a lot of the ball.
There's no way Suckling is at full fitness, he's come back too early. I'm also expecting English not to return, so I'd bring in Young who has been assisting with the ruck at VFL level to tag team with Trengove.
OUT: Suckling(inj), Hayes, Gowers, Roberts
IN: Williams, Dale, Schache, Young
Lachie Young, Easton Wood and Ed Richards all should not be playing next week, but we won't cut that deep.
Our list is a mess at the moment. We have some talent but so does every club. We lack on every line.
I just think we might stick with Roberts until English is fit enough to then allow Trengove to help out in back line. I don't say it with a lot of confidence though.
Suckling was okay against Brisbane but he didn't look great yesterday.
The thing that stands out for me is that for years we all said it was essential to have our own VFL side to develop players and play them in the same manner as the senior side and yet often we appear to have ignored the form of players at Footscray. Now that is more than okay when your senior side is performing strongly but ours has been inconsistent
Lipinski has been in the best players for multiple weeks but doesn't look likely and Williams has had a good few weeks as well.
Trengove was stuck there for few weeks too long
It's perplexing but we are just as likely to pick Sweet after one game back from a longish suspension than we are the players who have been in form
I dont even want to think what Ben Brown will do to Roberts next week. We need English back ASAP so Trengove can go back.
I hope the match committee doesn’t focus on the players as these comments do.
The game was lost in the first 5 minutes. Crazy overuse of handball gave Geelong 3 goals which were never made up.
I think the Dogs had 40 more for the match. Many led to turnovers and goals that kept Geelong in front.
The game was lost in the last 20 minutes. Geelong kicked 6 goals to 1. Why did the Dogs run out of gas?
Does the running handball game work with a young small team that is getting physically battered week after week?