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20-03-2019, 12:00 PM
#241
Re: Round 1, 2019 Team
Originally Posted by
mjp
Hasn't he had an interesting career? Was his last AFL game the 2016 grand final?
Fletch has played 12 games since the Grand Final but only 2 in 2018
Im also not opposed to putting him in the team - it makes more sense than Trengrove to me
We just have to get Roberts confident to play his role. He has to believe he can contribute. When hes confident and plays his part he is effective - good hands, good kick, good decision maker etc
I suspect Dickson is on the outside of the R1 team
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20-03-2019, 12:06 PM
#242
Re: Round 1, 2019 Team
Originally Posted by
mjp
Would that leave us with a back seven of:
Wood, Crozier, Cordy, Duryea, Suckling, Daniel and ROBERTS?
If so, how does that look across the other lines? The forward seven would be:
Naughton, Schache, Lloyd, MacLean, Wallis and...
And the on-ball group (eight) would be:
English, Bont, Hunter, Macrae, Liber, Dunkley (holy hell, that is first class), Richards, Williams and Smith?
I'm still two short...I guess that ONE needs to be Trengove (though I think we just got very big and slow) and I would like to think Dickson is the other??
The other would have to be a runner, surely - Hayes? We would want someone who can cover ground as I assume Smith will be gassed towards the end of the game given he's played two halves of JLT only and an interrupted pre-season. Also means Wallis will spend more time in the mid rotation instead of specialist forward.
I like Dickson and am mystified why he didn't feature in either JLT game but with McLean and Wallis forward and Lloyd's inclusion I'm not certain he gets picked.
Western Bulldogs: 2016 Premiers
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20-03-2019, 12:06 PM
#243
Re: Round 1, 2019 Team
Originally Posted by
mjp
Hasn't he had an interesting career? Was his last AFL game the 2016 grand final?
It is interesting when you think about our structure that day. Hamling and Roberts effectively played 'twin post' roles down back with Wood and Morris also down there...so for all our concern about lack of run and carry from defence, look at the foundation of the group that won us the flag?
I understand the move of Cordy to the d50 - he is not a natural forward - but we have been very quick to throw away Roberts who was always a limited but quietly effective player...IF he does play this week, it would almost be as a replacement for Morris and would (to me at least) make some sense in terms of the structure of the side.
Would that leave us with a back seven of:
Wood, Crozier, Cordy, Duryea, Suckling, Daniel and ROBERTS?
If so, how does that look across the other lines? The forward seven would be:
Naughton, Schache, Lloyd, MacLean, Wallis and...
And the on-ball group (eight) would be:
English, Bont, Hunter, Macrae, Liber, Dunkley (holy hell, that is first class), Richards, Williams and Smith?
I'm still two short...I guess that ONE needs to be Trengove (though I think we just got very big and slow) and I would like to think Dickson is the other??
I personally don't mind Roberts as a distributor. Not as limited as Naughton or Morris with his long leg.
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20-03-2019, 12:12 PM
#244
Re: Round 1, 2019 Team
Originally Posted by
hujsh
I personally don't mind Roberts as a distributor. Not as limited as Naughton or Morris with his long leg.
He has shown to be an effective ball user for a long time now, has won games with long late goals in the VFL (Richmond) and just prior to being picked up by us as a PSD pick.
Western Bulldogs: 2016 Premiers
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20-03-2019, 12:18 PM
#245
Re: Round 1, 2019 Team
Originally Posted by
mjp
Would that leave us with a back seven of:
Wood, Crozier, Cordy, Duryea, Suckling, Daniel and ROBERTS?
If so, how does that look across the other lines? The forward seven would be:
Naughton, Schache, Lloyd, MacLean, Wallis and...
And the on-ball group (eight) would be:
English, Bont, Hunter, Macrae, Liber, Dunkley (holy hell, that is first class), Richards, Williams and Smith?
I'm still two short...I guess that ONE needs to be Trengove (though I think we just got very big and slow) and I would like to think Dickson is the other??
You've named 21 players with Roberts (there's 9 in the midfield 8), so you are only 1 short and therefore only 1 of Trengove or Dickson would make it in that scenario. Are you predicting Gowers to miss as well?
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20-03-2019, 01:01 PM
#246
Re: Round 1, 2019 Team
Would prefer Lewis Young to Roberts if we need to play a defender not exposed in the JLT - will always admire Fletcher for the 2016 prelim effort and serviceable GF with Tippett being largely ineffectual, but he gets exposed for pace and one on one strength in the back half on most forwards.
Solid mark and kick, but I doubt he could make it as a forward either given said deficiencies.
Float Along - Fill Your Lungs
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20-03-2019, 01:05 PM
#247
Re: Round 1, 2019 Team
Originally Posted by
Mofra
He has shown to be an effective ball user for a long time now, has won games with long late goals in the VFL (Richmond) and just prior to being picked up by us as a PSD pick.
Similar to Roughead and Campbell, Roberts has been under utilised since our 2016 Finals campaign. As shown in the VFL with Footscray has proven to have the versatility to go forward which we have lacked for a long time.
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20-03-2019, 03:53 PM
#248
Re: Round 1, 2019 Team
Fletcher Roberts, Lewis Young in mix to replace Dale Morris in Western Bulldogs side
Forgotten Western Bulldogs defender Fletcher Roberts is in the mix to be thrown an AFL lifeline in the wake of Dale Morris’ latest injury blow.
The out-of-favour Roberts has played just 12 AFL matches since the 2016 Premiership including two last year but shapes as a possible solution to the Bulldogs’ key-position dilemmas.
Morris went down at training last Friday and is unlikely to be available until at least the second half of the season after suffering a high-grade injury to the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.
With coach Luke Beveridge keen to continue playing fellow key defender Aaron Naughton in attack after a three-goal pre-season game against St Kilda, the Bulldogs’ backline looks set to be down missing two key defenders from where it finished last year.
Roberts placed second in Footscray’s best-and-fairest count in the VFL last season, averaging 12.7 disposals, 4.1 marks and 4.9 spoils.
Fellow Bulldogs defender Matt Suckling said he wouldn’t be surprised to see the 196cm big man given a chance to fill Morris’ sizeable shoes.
“He’s got to be in the conversation,” Suckling said.
“Every week, you know what you’re going to get from him. He’s a premiership player and the last year or so he hasn’t played as many games as he would have liked but his form and attitude in the VFL has been first-rate.”
Lewis Young, who has played just nine AFL games, is the other recognised key defender in the wings at the Bulldogs and also impressed at VFL level last year, averaging 16.9 disposals, 7.1 marks and 7.2 spoils.
The Bulldogs’ other option is to play small with only Jackson Trengove and Zaine Cordy as key defenders and Trengove also acting as a back-up ruckman to Tim English, as he did in both of the club’s pre-season matches.
“Tim English could take the No. 1 ruck rule and swing Jackson back,” Suckling said.
“He’s played a lot of footy down back and could fit in quite easily.”
Roberts and Young did not feature in the Bulldogs’ two JLT Community Series matches.
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21-03-2019, 07:30 PM
#249
Re: Round 1, 2019 Team
Trengove out I'm hearing. That would be interesting.
Edit - confirmed.
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21-03-2019, 07:31 PM
#250
Re: Round 1, 2019 Team
Originally Posted by
Grantysghost
Trengove out I'm hearing. That would be interesting.
He is.
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21-03-2019, 07:33 PM
#251
Re: Round 1, 2019 Team
Originally Posted by
G-Mo77
He is.
Strange considering he's in the leadership group and played both JLT. Dickson better be fit.
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21-03-2019, 07:34 PM
#252
Re: Round 1, 2019 Team
WESTERN BULLDOGS VS SYDNEY SWANS
B: Taylor Duryea, Zaine Cordy, Hayden Crozier
HB: Caleb Daniel, Easton Wood, Matthew Suckling
C: Lachie Hunter, Tom Liberatore, Jack Macrae
HF: Billy Gowers, Josh Schache, Josh Dunkley
F: Toby McLean, Aaron Naughton, Sam Lloyd
FOLL: Tim English, Marcus Bontempelli, Mitch Wallis
INT: Bailey Smith, Ed Richards, Tory Dickson, Bailey Williams
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B: Callum Mills, Dane Rampe, Lewis Melican
HB: Jarrad McVeigh, Heath Grundy, Jake Lloyd
C: Ryan Clarke, Josh Kennedy, Oliver Florent
HF: Luke Parker, Sam Reid, Tom Papley
F: Callum Sinclair. Lance Franklin, Nick Blakey
FOLL: Aliir Aliir, George Hewett, Zak Jones
INT: Will Hayward, Isaac Heeney, Harry Cunningham, Jordan Dawson
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21-03-2019, 07:36 PM
#253
Re: Round 1, 2019 Team
Midget backline to take on Buddy, Reid, Sinclair and Blakey.
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21-03-2019, 07:37 PM
#254
Re: Round 1, 2019 Team
Originally Posted by
Grantysghost
Strange considering he's in the leadership group and played both JLT. Dickson better be fit.
You mean English had better be fit...it’s not like Dickson and Trengove play the same role...we have gone in very young in the ruck. I am not surprised based on team balance but very surprised Trengove is out.
What should I tell her? She's going to ask.
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21-03-2019, 07:41 PM
#255
Re: Round 1, 2019 Team
Very odd we dropped Trengove but I’m up for those types of changes. I don’t have high hopes for this season, but I can’t wait to roar at the first bounce tomorrow night. Hope we light it up!
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