Always Right Match Committee Thread Round 4, Vs Collingwood

[westdog54]

Can they afford to swing Moore forward? Can they cover Naughton and Schache without him?

[1eyedog]

It might be if they swing Moore forward. We are taking a shot that we can out run them which might be a good option

They'll need him back on Schache or Naughts. They'll be exposed if they play him forward. He's been in great form down back so I don't see it happening. Miacheck (sp) is a decent player who is playing that roaming tall role well for them.

[GVGjr]

Can they afford to swing Moore forward? Can they cover Naughton and Schache without him?

Schache will ruck from time to time and Howe can play tall if needed.

[comrade]

Lloyd, Richards and a few others very lucky.

[Eastdog]

Great to have JJ back! Could thrive tomorrow night at the G.

[ratsmac]

I think Grundy is going to be quite a problem. English got schooled last week by a lesser (but decent) ruckman in Witts and I think he'll be taught another lesson tomorrow night. English has to just keep facing up and stay competitive.

Cox also worries me, especially when we dropped a tall player Young for the small JJ. Cox is no super star but we seem to be giving him every chance to take advantage of his height. He's actually a pretty straight kick so we need to defend well against him.

We are clearly trying to get a leg up by going in with the smaller more mobile team. We actually match up pretty well with the pies so this should be a good game. If we can stop them from getting any scoring runs ons that can't maintain, we will go close to beating them. We certainly need our forwards to click and take their chances.

[Mantis]

I don’t like that change, actually I hate it... good to have JJ back, but as outlined in this thread ‘the mix’ isn’t right.

Anyway, hope we see a good performance, but a lot will have to go right.

[AshMac]

Tall out for a small isn’t the move I’d have made, though Young looked a little lost last week.

Such a cliche, but the game will be won in the midfield. We both have great midfields - pies in slightly better form across them all - so we’ll need to choke them in defence and outrun them in attack.

I’m really keen to see the clearances, we’ve been really good in volume but not as great with efficiency which will get better over time.

[Jeanette54]

Sorry to see Lewis dropped from the team, he certainly wasn't the poorest performer in our loss to the GCS. With Collingwood's tall forwards set for a field day, we are putting enormous pressure on our midfield to restrict the quality of Collingwood's delivery into their forwards. I think that the 6-6-6 rule has made this much more difficult to achieve. With this team our winning of centre clearances become so much more critical. Tim English will need to step up, and we will need Libba to have a massive night.

[Axe Man]

Collingwood have 1 tall forward in Cox, Mihocek is only 192. I think we gain more from an extra mid sized runner than we would from playing Young. I'm much more worried about De Goey, Stephenson, Elliot and Thomas kicking goals than I am about their talls.

Nothing against Roughy but I hope Naughton/Schache torch him tonight.

[Happy Days]

I don’t like that change, actually I hate it... good to have JJ back, but as outlined in this thread ‘the mix’ isn’t right.

Anyway, hope we see a good performance, but a lot will have to go right.

I like the mix but not the personnel; would've realistically looked at JJ in Sweet Ed's spot and replaced Young with Williams.

[hujsh]

Collingwood have 1 tall forward in Cox, Mihocek is only 192. I think we gain more from an extra mid sized runner than we would from playing Young. I'm much more worried about De Goey, Stephenson, Elliot and Thomas kicking goals than I am about their talls.

Nothing against Roughy but I hope Naughton/Schache torch him tonight.

Let them run onto the ball/ hit them on the lead and I'm sure they're more than capable.