Always Right Match Committee - Round 11, 2018 vs Melbourne

[Eastdog]

If you were on the Western Bulldogs match committee what changes would you make for our round 11, 2018 match against Melbourne at Etihad Stadium?

As always a brief explanation for your changes would add a lot of value to the discussion.

Welcome to the Always Right Match Committee Thread. This has been named after a long time WOOF member who tragically passed away in March 2018.

Always Right

If you were on the Western Bulldogs match committee what changes would you make for our round 11, 2018 match against Melbourne at Etihad Stadium?

As always a brief explanation for your changes would add a lot of value to the discussion.

[GVGjr]

Bump

[The Bulldogs Bite]

Crozier - Never play again
Dale - Not up to the physicality of AFL
Wood - Captain? Please.
JJ - Bruise free.

[China Dog]

Absolute agree with JJ 'bruise free'. No effort to chase or tackle, looking for the cheap kicks.

[Greystache]

Out-
Dale- he'd need to do a lot right to get another chance for me. Lacks so much of what a player needs to make it at AFL level.

Crozier- He's never resembled an AFL footballer and now we're stuck with his contract. If the salary cap allows surely we delist him and take another pick in the draft?

Wood/JJ- Need to make a statement and these two have been terrible. I'd lean towards JJ given his obvious lack of courage on a number of occasions.

In-
Jong- He lacks polish but so does most of the team and he at least won't shirk the contest.

Biggs- We need him playing well in a team with so little creativity. Make our break for him.

Morris- Hopefully something resembling leadership

If Cordy doesn't come up bring in Adams.

[MrMahatma]

Out: Wood, Crozier

In:Adams, Biggs

[The Doctor]

Out:

Dale - pissweak footballer, not to return til he learns to tackle, learns to crack in, and not slip over when it's his turn to do something

Crozier - AGREE with everyone else

In:

Me - I can't be worse

Morris - hopefully

[bulldogtragic]

Out:

Crozier. Been poor at half back. Putrid at half forward. The softest player on our list (says a lot). Out now.
Bailey Dale. I’m hopeful things turn forward again for him, but he’s not working throw this form slump.
JJ. As above re statement. I said try him forward. I was wrong. Don’t ever do it. I’m not sure if his head or heart is in it right now.
INJURY - Cordy on concussion. Hopefully Adams, Naughton &/or Morris is fit.

In:

Jong. Need that hard inside body and burst pace.
Biggs. Covering JJ/Crozier at half back. At least you can’t label him as soft.
Best performed midfielder.


Too Hard Basket:

Dahl. 1.4 (8 misses) for the year. If we want to make a statement about minimum required skill sets. Too hard with contracts.

Hunter. There’s a fine line between having a laconic style and being lazy with disposal. He still looks highly unlikely to kick a simple set shot and tonight his field kicking was poor. We cannot drop him, he’s too good a player even at laconic/lazy level, but I want somehow for a coach to get into his head about fixing his skills up and in the process elevate him to the player he could become. These things should’ve been sorted by now.

[angelopetraglia]

Out:

Crozier - Cant see any redeeming features
Smith - Just don't see how he gets a game in front of others. What does he bring?

In:

Wallis - need another mid who cracks in
Jong - need another mid who cracks in

On notice:

JJ - two contests that I saw where he took short steps, just not good enough
Easton - Where has the 2015 Easton Wood gone? He was like a brick wall.

[westbulldog]

Out, for an extended period - Crozier Dale
In - Morris (as Captain would be nice at this point) /Adams/Biggs, Wallis

[SlimPickens]

Out: Crozier, Dale, Roughy

In: Campbell, Jong, Wallis

Jong to play forward with the instruction to pressure. TC to ruck 80%, Wally in because he should be.

[G-Mo77]

Out: Crozier, Dale, Roughy

In: Campbell, Jong, Wallis

Jong to play forward with the instruction to pressure. TC to ruck 80%, Wally in because he should be.

Why was Wally dropped in the first place? Idiotic omission.

[Bullies]

Out : Crozier, Smith, Gowers ( I don't see what everyone else does), Roughy

In : Wallis, Jong, Campbell, Biggs

Dahl and JJ can be considered lucky as we have no depth

[SlimPickens]

Why was Wally dropped in the first place? Idiotic omission.

Very odd. They must have something specific that he isn’t doing.

[Go_Dogs]

On Dale, I thought he had some much better defensive efforts last night (at times).

Changes...

Out: Crozier, Gowers
In: Biggs, Dunkley