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Suckling ready for faster game in 2019
Defender Matt Suckling is expecting a faster-paced game in 2019, which he believes the Western Bulldogs can use to their advantage.
The 31-year-old, who has overcome the Achilles injury which hampered him last season, is anticipating the new kick-in rule will have a big impact.
“Especially with the kick-in rule, it’s going to be a lot quicker, so it’s going to be interesting to see how that goes,” he told media at VU Whitten Oval today.
“You definitely can get a lot more metres with the new kick-in rule, and the ball will be over halfway before you know it in many games, which is going to be exciting for the crowd as well.
“It’s a bit like basketball, once there’s a point scored at one end, the ball’s going to be up the other end pretty quickly.”
Suckling’s raking left-foot is already a lethal weapon for the Dogs, and with the ability to play-on immediately from the goal-square after a behind, it may have even more impact this season.
But he acknowledged there’s been plenty of competition for kick-in duties this pre-season.
“I know there’s a lot of guys that are going and grabbing the ball and trying to get a quick stat from there, so I’ve probably got to beat a few guys back there,” Suckling joked.
“But if you can get an advantage from there, we’ll try to exploit it.”
Another kick-in expert, Jason Johannisen, has been sidelined with an ankle injury in recent weeks.
“He’s still in good spirits, he’s still joking around – he’s happy to have a couple of weeks off training I think,” Suckling said.
“He’s the sort of player who won’t miss a beat when he gets back.”
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Re: Suckling ready for faster game in 2019
Thank you HD60. These articles should be posted in Dogs Day forum.
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Re: Suckling ready for faster game in 2019
Originally Posted by
bornadog
Thank you HD60. These articles should be posted in Dogs Day forum.
I'll remember that one for next time
Confusing when under the titles you have:
Western Bulldog discussions and News articles
Past and present news articles
Don't piss off old people
The older we get the less "LIFE IN PRISON" is a deterrent...
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Re: Suckling ready for faster game in 2019
Originally Posted by
Hotdog60
I'll remember that one for next time
Confusing when under the titles you have:
Western Bulldog discussions and News articles
Past and present news articles
Yep. Good point, I’ve always taken a punt on which forum to post news articles.
More of an In Bruges guy?