Always Right Match Committee - Round 4 Vs Sydney 2020

[FrediKanoute]

I like the in's. Lippa, was unlucky to be dropped against the Saints and is more a Dunks/Jong than he was a Suckers, so there is balance there. West, strikes me as a player who needs games. He wont be flashy, but he is an upgrade in that he does most things well, not one thing brilliant.

Butler is the unknown for me, but if the match committee think he has earned his spot well lets roll with it. He is the replacement for Suckers and given Suckers' age, injury history and form slump it is time to start looking at replacements.

[Doc26]

We only have Dickson and Trengove available as the experienced players. I would love to have seen Dickson in for Dale/Lloyd

Sydney are fairly young as well this year with an average of 81 games (same as us last week, we drop to 71)

Lloyd needs to impact the scoreboard.

13 kicks / 22 disposals, 0 goals, 2 behinds, for his 3 games this season is not good enough.

He’s very fortunate to hold his position.

[Rocket Science]

Lloyd needs to impact the scoreboard.

13 kicks / 22 disposals, 0 goals, 2 behinds, for his 3 games this season is not good enough.

He’s very fortunate to hold his position.

A function of having so little competition for small forward spots.

We must outgrow our reliance on Lloyd and Dickson by season's end.

Dale, Weightman ... over to you.

[kruder]

I wonder if Jongy was rested, it would be his 3rd game in 12 days after a long lay off.

Love the idea of winning this with a young group with the potential to add Hunter, Wood and Jong against Norrrfff.

[jazzadogs]

What are we expecting from Butler? Who does he play like within our squad/the AFL?

I hope that Rhylee has a good game, and I am confident that Lippa will slot straight back in to his standard role of possession gathering. Also really happy to see that Laith has been given another game - he has performed well for a new player in a challenging time mentally.

I agree that I would like to see McLean get more of a midfield role, but also wouldn't be surprised to see him play as a defensive forward - Bevo mentioned that he had started with a role on Whitfield. Perhaps Jake Lloyd will be in the gun?

[ratsmac]

A function of having so little competition for small forward spots.

We must outgrow our reliance on Lloyd and Dickson by season's end.

Dale, Weightman ... over to you.

Dale Weightman was good on his day but I think the game has gone past him by a fair bit

[bornadog]

What are we expecting from Butler? Who does he play like within our squad/the AFL

He has played mostly in defence, so I guess he comes in for Suckling and plays his role. I wonder what his kicking is like.

[jazzadogs]

He has played mostly in defence, so I guess he comes in for Suckling and plays his role. I wonder what his kicking is like.

Thanks. I agree, looking at the team we essentially have:
Butler as defensive rotation
West as forward rotation
Lipinski as midfield ('centre-bounce') rotation, plus Wallis/Mclean/Macrae as on-field rotations
Vandermeer as wing rotation

Very inexperienced bench, but hopefully they bring good energy.

Also worth noting that Cal Porter was an emergency - I imagine his chance won't be far away.

[Testekill]

Just unbelievable. Poor kid.

It's gotta be so frustrating for him, he's had a decent couple of weeks and suddenly the momentum is ruined with another injury. We really under-appreciate his bravery out there and his willingness to put his body on the line.

[Bulldog Revolution]

By choice we are going into this game with a very young list.

Very happy to see Lippa, West and Butler in though

Do you get the feeling he’s pushing to make the team quicker and better by foot?

[jeemak]

They're putting West/ Libba in the Dunkley coal face role and Lippa in the Jong role surely...…?

Butters plays between half back and half forward depending on where our rotations are at the time, pretty much like Suckling does. Hopefully there's not too much of that and he can settle into a role behind the ball to take some pressure off.

[azabob]

I am really looking forward to seeing West play.

He was extremely unlucky not to play more games last year.

I hope barring injury we persist with him for 5+ weeks of senior footy.

[The Underdog]

I am really looking forward to seeing West play.

He was extremely unlucky not to play more games last year.

I hope barring injury we persist with him for 5+ weeks of senior footy.

Same here, he's super clean and footy smart. Makes the right decisions and seems to have full confidence in himself. Really excited to see him get a decent run at it.

[josie]

Loved watching his Dad play - was my fave player when he played, and got a suspicion Riley will soon be my next fave along with Daniel (since Picken retired).

[bornadog]

Do you get the feeling he’s pushing to make the team quicker and better by foot?

We do have some speedsters in the team - more than we ever have.