Welcome to the Western Bulldogs: Cody Weightman

[jeemak]

We really needed a crumbing forward and he just isn't what we need.

[Hotdog60]

Crozier replacement

[1eyedog]

Plays tall like for like Jones replacemt.

[azabob]

Doesn’t earn his goals, only gets them if he gets a free kick.

[bornadog]

Send him to full back

[Curly5]

Enjoy his six goals

Did you see John Schultz at the fence behind Cody when he kicked his 5th? Cody turned and gave him the thumbs up

[Dogs 24/7]

Hes had a number of very good games since he arrived at the club but his effort on Sunday might have been his best.
Hes more athletic than I gave him credit for.

[Axe Man]

Did you see John Schultz at the fence behind Cody when he kicked his 5th? Cody turned and gave him the thumbs up

It was a phone call celebration and doubt it had anything to do with John. Some soccer players do it after scoring. Not sure if there was any particular reason why Cody pulled it out.

[SonofScray]

It was a phone call celebration and doubt it had anything to do with John. Some soccer players do it after scoring. Not sure if there was any particular reason why Cody pulled it out.

Right in front of me. The rare phone call into the shaka.

Gentleman John gave it a hearty, respectfully vigorous clap.

Not so Gentlemanly SOS and friends were giving it to the North Melbourne defender with an array of two fingered salters, up yours fist pumps and crotch chops.

[AshMac]

Right in front of me. The rare phone call into the shaka.

Gentleman John gave it a hearty, respectfully vigorous clap.

Not so Gentlemanly SOS and friends were giving it to the North Melbourne defender with an array of two fingered salters, up yours fist pumps and crotch chops.

The old crotch chop - timeless language

[bulldogtragic]

So I had a thought:

What if we left defenders in defence (JJ, VDM etc), left mids to play mids, and forwards in the forwardline. Crazy I know. But we like to have a HF that can take some time on ball. Call it the role West had at the end of the season that no one else took this year.

What if we recruited two small forwards (say for example Lohmann & Ginnivan). With Clarke as the small forwards group and let Arty go back higher. Then use Weightman in the West role? Let him bring some burst energy on ball and up the ground, but still spend a lot of minutes forward.

It seems the gap between when Cody is firing and when he can?t get a sniff is pretty big sometimes. So could we trade in for some small forward pressure to have that covered, then free up Cody to have more ability to get involved. Clearly if he?s in a mood in front of goal, he stays there.

Then we are looking at:

Naughton, Marra, Lobb
Cody as above
Resting mid (Bonts, Adz are dangerous forward)
Two small pressure forwards (three on the list)


Would this work? Would this stop the MC shoehorning guys getting 25+ midfield touches and then playing on a flank, usually without effect (less West finish). Then give us another wing option with Arty and have guys like West & Garcia playing mid or not at all.

Or is Cody to important to the forward structure?

[bornadog]

So I had a thought:

What if we left defenders in defence (JJ, VDM etc), left mids to play mids, and forwards in the forwardline. Crazy I know. But we like to have a HF that can take some time on ball. Call it the role West had at the end of the season that no one else took this year.

What if we recruited two small forwards (say for example Lohmann & Ginnivan). With Clarke as the small forwards group and let Arty go back higher. Then use Weightman in the West role? Let him bring some burst energy on ball and up the ground, but still spend a lot of minutes forward.

It seems the gap between when Cody is firing and when he can?t get a sniff is pretty big sometimes. So could we trade in for some small forward pressure to have that covered, then free up Cody to have more ability to get involved. Clearly if he?s in a mood in front of goal, he stays there.

Then we are looking at:

Naughton, Marra, Lobb
Cody as above
Resting mid (Bonts, Adz are dangerous forward)
Two small pressure forwards (three on the list)


Would this work? Would this stop the MC shoehorning guys getting 25+ midfield touches and then playing on a flank, usually without effect (less West finish). Then give us another wing option with Arty and have guys like West & Garcia playing mid or not at all.

Or is Cody to important to the forward structure?

I like it BT and I think Cody would still kick his 30 odd goals.

[ledge]

Had a conversation with a blues supporter about Weightman and he was trying to say Weightman really dropped off this year and was over rated but admitted last year he was really good.
I enjoyed pointing out he had no idea eg AA under 22 team, then I bought out the stats on this year and last year they are basically the same and I also pointed out 30-40 goals a year is a good return for a small forward.
Only thing I conceded was he flies for marks he sometimes shouldn’t go for.
Cody does his job and will only get better.

[Hotdog60]

Cody interview.

https://www.afl.com.au/video/1073584...=1706036400001

[weltschmerz]

Flea’s our Tory Dickson of the 2020s. If we think pf him as a great medium forward rather than a failed crumbing forward we’ll get a lot more joy out of the great things he brings to the side.