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Time waits for no one and he was embarrassing tonight was Wood. He doesn't even look like taking a mark or killing it in the contest which he was so good at. 2016 we were happy to see him one on one or coming over the top. He just seems to take forever to get rid of the ball and can't read it like he used to.
Leave me out of VDM at the moment. Why we looked to rush him in was a surprise to start with - off a praccy only - we rushed him straight back in like he is a gun.
Would drop Wood.
Must do something about the ruck. So disappointing to go into a game and lose because of what we already know. I actually don't have a problem with Young's level of effort tonight - which was better than usual - but as the game wears on, we just become a joke in the centre bounce, and Bevo's disregard for it is pretty hard to take. If Young was ONLY going to play as a ruckman tonight - and you don't pick Sweet instead, then you're not fair dinkum.
If we were playing Young to give us the flexibility to have him go forward or back - then, while I don't agree with it, I can at least understand the theory.
From Jon Ralph on twitter
Might give enough conditioning for Stef to come in?Quote:
Stef Martin will play about 90 minutes tomorrow. Scratch match v Sydney. Schache/Gardner/Ugle-Hagan:Lipinksi/Wallis involved.
Yeah I know. But he won't be dropped so am trying to find a position where might be able to play instinctively and provide something positive. Failing that, he could accidentally knee someone really important in the head in a marking contest every week for the next month.
I can’t see how Essendon can beat us.
They only won last time because they had a player who could kick 50m goals and we had 4 players who could kick 20m behinds. The odds of that happening again are vanishingly small.
And we must have learned something about how to select a balanced team.
I expect a 5 goal win, and that will cheer me up for the next week.
OUT:
JJ
Wood
VDM
Cordy
Hannan
Roake
IN:
Martin / Sweet, one or the other
Gardner
JUH
Scott
McNeil
Richards
Maintain 3 talls up forward
Maintain 3 talls down back (Young to play KPD / Ruck)
Plenty of zip with Cody, Scott, McNeil
Richards rebounding off half back, where he should be.
Looks good Vred… I think Hannan can stay in for Scott though. Sure he’s frustrating, but at least he has some forward instincts.
edit - I’d keep Roarke in too.
I’d also keep Roarke in. Thought he was one of our best and at least went hard at each contest.
Problem is, if the MC were legit, Baz would’ve been dropped 5-6 weeks ago to get a wake up call.
Wallis, Lippa, West, Schache etc must really shake their heads when the teams get announced most weeks.
For instance, Lippa and West would’ve done no worse than Dunkley and Treloar last night. At least they would’ve been match fit.