Always Right Match Committee - Round 11 Vs Brisbane 2020

[DOG GOD]

I will be interested to see how we use Gardner.

Hopefully not on Hipwood.

[jeemak]

Maybe the selection criteria is train/scratch well, come in and demonstrably do what you're told (which may not mean kick goals or get possessions) and stay, or don't and go back to training and scratch matches to prove yourself. Maybe it's horses for courses or a mix.

I doubt it is come in and get a minimum of two games.

[Mitcha]

Here we go again, Lewis Young must have had both arms amputated that we weren't made aware of, Gardner really.
Just on Fergus, I have been told that the MC (Bevo) like his offensive stuff but have told him that he won't play unless he improves his defensive work rate, obviously the same didn't apply when Gowers has been gifted games earlier this season. Certainly has his favourites does the coach and seems that some papers have already been stamped. Also unsure why Sweet has been named as an emergency 87 times when there is obviously no intention of playing him.

[ratsmac]

Don't worry about Gardener, Naughton is back!

Hopefully Naughton can continue the form he looked like he was getting back before he done his ankle. Do we play Naughts closer to goal or Bruce?

On Gardener though, we just have to play well enough that our defenders aren't under constant unrelenting pressure where an inexperienced Gardener is overwhelmed enough to make silly errors. For some reason Gardener seems to have a lot of pressure on him to perform well for a bloke who has only played 4 games. Personally I'd rather Lewis Young get a crack at it but it is what it is. Good luck to him.

Hopefully the rest will freshen Bailey Dale up. He hasn't played a good game all year. Brisbane have Zac Bailey so that's 4 Baileys playing!!

[GVGjr]

An injury free Bailey Dale could be good for us, we know Naughton will be a big positive and Gardner will have a role to play.
For what it's worth I think we have done well with the selections

We were impressive on Monday and we should be even better tomorrow

[hujsh]

Don't worry about Gardener, Naughton is back!

Hopefully Naughton can continue the form he looked like he was getting back before he done his ankle. Do we play Naughts closer to goal or Bruce?

On Gardener though, we just have to play well enough that our defenders aren't under constant unrelenting pressure where an inexperienced Gardener is overwhelmed enough to make silly errors. For some reason Gardener seems to have a lot of pressure on him to perform well for a bloke who has only played 4 games. Personally I'd rather Lewis Young get a crack at it but it is what it is. Good luck to him.

Hopefully the rest will freshen Bailey Dale up. He hasn't played a good game all year. Brisbane have Zac Bailey so that's 4 Baileys playing!!

The optimism is nice but I think it will be very surprising if he can do that this week. Maybe second or third game back he'll have some touch back

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

The optimism is nice but I think it will be very surprising if he can do that this week. Maybe second or third game back he'll have some touch back

If he can free up Bruce as a target it will be a worthwhile selection

[hujsh]

If he can free up Bruce as a target it will be a worthwhile selection

I honestly think it's a good selection if it even sets him up for a better rest of the season. Everything else is bonus.

[bornadog]

They've said Gardener has been good intercepting right? Maybe he's a Crozier replacement and does better as a 3rd tall? Looking for anything here.

Spot on, a replacement for Crozier

[G-Mo77]

I just saw the teams. Gardner? This has got to be some sick joke? He has shown absolutely nothing at the highest level nothing at all!

[bornadog]

Roarke isn't an AFL quality footballer, so I'm not overly concerned that he was dropped but it does further highlight how confusing the selection criteria seems to be. Some blokes get extra chances, some don't. You'd want to be in the 'get chances' crew, that's for sure. I thought Roarke was, but who knows.

Isn't it horses for courses and the players picked are for a particular role. We know Rengove was brought in after Richmond brought in another ruck and English was given a bit of a spell. This week there are no match ups for Trengove.

Roarke, I am surprised he has been dropped.

[bornadog]

Roarke’s first game was in 2015. He’s more than had his fair shake and there should be no consternation about his use as a plug and play guy.

He has been unlucky as well with two or is it three knee recos

[The Bulldogs Bite]

There seems to be no method with the MC but that's been true for a long time, save for 6-7 weeks late last year.

JT and Roarke dropped after one game is harsh when Gowers got 2 (or 3?). West has vanished, Young and Hayes banished, Greene and Lynch forgotten. I hope Gardener plays well but it's just odd - he's yet to show a single AFL quality trait. What are the reasons for selecting him over some of the others mentioned? Namely Young - again, surely Lewis requests a trade at the end of the year.

Each year we seem to enjoy trialling a couple of players regardless of form, then forget about them the following year.

[chef]

Picking Gardner isnt going to be the difference between us winning and losing. Hope he has a good game but im not that fussed by his inclusion

[GVGjr]

Picking Gardner isnt going to be the difference between us winning and losing. Hope he has a good game but im not that fussed by his inclusion

Yep, if we have identified a role for him lets see how he performs. I think we have a stronger 22 against Brisbane than we did against Port and we were very good against Port. We've got a good chance tomorrow night to knock off a good team