Really surprised by calls to drop Smith. When he is out of forward pressure drops significantly
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Really surprised by calls to drop Smith. When he is out of forward pressure drops significantly
Well he got another 2 goals last night to go with his 7 tackles
Out Suckling & Cloke In English & Roughead. Possibly Maclean in too however not sure who is omitted. Maybe Smith.
I thought Cloke was pretty good when he went into the ruck in the third quarter. He really changed the game in our favour.
I doubt he will be dropped.
Biggs for Suckling. Suckers is 1D and he isn't really giving us more from his kicking. Biggsy can hopefully return to adding to our team defence.
McLean for Webb. Really liked Toby's game in the VFL and wasn't too bad before being dropped. Webb is out of the game for too long at AFL level and we really can't afford that. Really like him long term but we gotta start winning.
Third one is hard. Libba for Clay. It depends a bit on what we dropped Libba. If it is more about the cardio work and being able to run enough to get 5-10 more uncontested disposals at AFL level, then yesterday's performance wasn't enough. However he did what he we know he can do and I have no doubt he is still in our best 22 via his contested possessions, clearances and tackles.
Suckling is all cherry no cake. Agree he should be looked at.
Thought Dale and Williams showed enough to get a good run at it. We need to keep rewarding improvement in our youth so that we continue to have depth. For all we know we could loose JJ, Murphy and Boyd at the end of the season.
Interesting watching Footscray yesterday to see which players pit up their hand for promotion to the seniors. Whilst disappointed in the performance of several, I wonder how difficult it is to play at the Whitten Oval.
Invariably the conditions are poor with a howling wind blowing more often than not. It always seems incredibly difficult to judge marks and run onto the ball due to the unpredictable flight. I always notice what a poor standard of game it often is at our home ground and how this must make it difficult for players to show their best.
In Roughead Stringer M Boyd Biggs
Out Cloke Smith Webb Suckling
Is Stringer ready to go? I don't expect to see him till after the bye.