Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 17 V Sydney At The SCG On Friday Night
I reckon we'll see Toby Mac back this week (providing he pulls up fine) given he's played two at the lower level. I'd have him in for McComb, he just has more class.
Someone has to make way for English. I think it should be Sweet, giving Schache a reprieve after a game where he fluffed his lines pretty badly. I get it was two kicks, but if you're not a player who gets a lot of it you need to make the most of your opportunities - especially if doing so is your point of difference.
I'm not dropping Weightman after he's kicked one and had four tackles playing low-high throughout the day. After a quiet week last week possession wise he had eight and snagged a goal so is likely on the improve after injuring his elbow.
While I don't think Crozier is great, I don't think he's horrendous. It really sucks having Doc (albeit he's been patchy this year), Daniel and Richards out. Crozier stays for mine - unless Richards comes good which I hope he does.
In - English, McLean, Richards
Out - Sweet, McComb, Crozier
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jeemak
I reckon we'll see Toby Mac back this week (providing he pulls up fine) given he's played two at the lower level. I'd have him in for McComb, he just has more class.
Someone has to make way for English. I think it should be Sweet, giving Schache a reprieve after a game where he fluffed his lines pretty badly. I get it was two kicks, but if you're not a player who gets a lot of it you need to make the most of your opportunities - especially if doing so is your point of difference.
I'm not dropping Weightman after he's kicked one and had four tackles playing low-high throughout the day. After a quiet week last week possession wise he had eight and snagged a goal so is likely on the improve after injuring his elbow.
While I don't think Crozier is great, I don't think he's horrendous. It really sucks having Doc (albeit he's been patchy this year), Daniel and Richards out. Crozier stays for mine - unless Richards comes good which I hope he does.
In - English, McLean, Richards
Out - Sweet, McComb, Crozier
Well thought out INS and OUTS. Each one makes us stronger across the ground.
Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 17 V Sydney At The SCG On Friday Night
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jeemak
I reckon we'll see Toby Mac back this week (providing he pulls up fine) given he's played two at the lower level. I'd have him in for McComb, he just has more class.
Someone has to make way for English. I think it should be Sweet, giving Schache a reprieve after a game where he fluffed his lines pretty badly. I get it was two kicks, but if you're not a player who gets a lot of it you need to make the most of your opportunities - especially if doing so is your point of difference.
I'm not dropping Weightman after he's kicked one and had four tackles playing low-high throughout the day. After a quiet week last week possession wise he had eight and snagged a goal so is likely on the improve after injuring his elbow.
While I don't think Crozier is great, I don't think he's horrendous. It really sucks having Doc (albeit he's been patchy this year), Daniel and Richards out. Crozier stays for mine - unless Richards comes good which I hope he does.
In - English, McLean, Richards
Out - Sweet, McComb, Crozier
I'll go with this too, hard to fault the logic
Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 17 V Sydney At The SCG On Friday Night
I doubt Crozier will be dropped
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bornadog
I doubt Crozier will be dropped
He's been dropped a number of times this year already and is clearly the weakest link in our mid sized defender ranks... if Richards is good to go, Crozier has to be the one he replaces.
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Mantis
He's been dropped a number of times this year already and is clearly the weakest link in our mid sized defender ranks... if Richards is good to go, Crozier has to be the one he replaces.
Agree. We may push Williams/Scott back up to the wings which would open up a spot for Richards without dropping Crozier but I'm hoping we prioritise the development of Bedendo in that role.
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soupman
Agree. We may push Williams/Scott back up to the wings which would open up a spot for Richards without dropping Crozier but I'm hoping we prioritise the development of Bedendo in that role.
Bedendo in wing role, or back?
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bornadog
Bedendo in wing role, or back?
Wing
Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 17 V Sydney At The SCG On Friday Night
I wouldn't say that Williams is all that safe either he hasn't had the best of years.
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Hotdog60
I wouldn't say that Williams is all that safe either he hasn't had the best of years.
Has been very poor the last few weeks.
Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 17 V Sydney At The SCG On Friday Night
Adam Treloar, Tim English and Ed Richards all expected to be available for the Bulldogs on Friday night, Luke Beveridge says
Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 17 V Sydney At The SCG On Friday Night
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bornadog
Adam Treloar, Tim English and Ed Richards all expected to be available for the Bulldogs on Friday night, Luke Beveridge says
We desperately need them. Lose this and it might be season over.
Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 17 V Sydney At The SCG On Friday Night
Good press conference today. Worth watching here
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bornadog
Good press conference today. Worth watching
here
It really was BAD. Some nice insights into how looking at one or two data points in isolation isn't necessarily the best way to try and evaluate how good or bad we're going.
His point in response to a journo raising the number of uncontested marks the Lions took a case in point. As he said, the fact that we play a territory game, an opposition having more uncontested marks, can actually be a reflection of how good we're playing and how well we're defending up the ground, when you look at that with other variables. He said that we forced 11 forward half turnovers last week in the first quarter alone, and yet our output from that was 1 measly point... And that's quite telling about our connectivity and execution in the forward half.
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Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
It really was BAD. Some nice insights into how looking at one or two data points in isolation isn't necessarily the best way to try and evaluate how good or bad we're going.
His point in response to a journo raising the number of uncontested marks the Lions took a case in point. As he said, the fact that we play a territory game, an opposition having more uncontested marks, can actually be a reflection of how good we're playing and how well we're defending up the ground, when you look at that with other variables. He said that we forced 11 forward half turnovers last week in the first quarter alone, and yet our output from that was 1 measly point... And that's quite telling about our connectivity and execution in the forward half.
I thought that stat was really telling as we had them in that first quarter but didn't make them pay. Imagine if we had a 5 goal lead from those turnovers. It would have been a different game.