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Re: Always Right Match Committee - Round 1 of the finals vs Eagles or Saints
Saints want to play the first final in Adelaide.
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Re: Always Right Match Committee - Round 1 of the finals vs Eagles or Saints
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bornadog
Saints want to play the first final in Adelaide.
They want to avoid the slippery conditions I assume ? They did nail us a Marvel with their speed.
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Re: Always Right Match Committee - Round 1 of the finals vs Eagles or Saints
Originally Posted by
bornadog
Saints want to play the first final in Adelaide.
Adelaide should suit us just fine, if we play them.
It certainly won't be a reason for us not to win.
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Re: Always Right Match Committee - Round 1 of the finals vs Eagles or Saints
Originally Posted by
bornadog
Saints want to play the first final in Adelaide.
post a picture
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Re: Always Right Match Committee - Round 1 of the finals vs Eagles or Saints
Richards stays. He hasn't been playing any worse than the rest of the season, and his spot in the side has never really felt in question despite that.
I should leave it alone but you're not right
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Re: Always Right Match Committee - Round 1 of the finals vs Eagles or Saints
Western Bulldogs spearhead Josh Bruce is desperately hoping Port Adelaide defeats Collingwood on Monday night so he can avoid an agonising decision on whether to play in the first final of his nine-year AFL career.
Bruce’s pregnant wife, Pip, is due to give birth in the first week of October.
If Collingwood beats Port then the Bulldogs will drop to eighth and be sent to Perth for a seven-day quarantine in Joondalup before an elimination final against West Coast.
That scenario would leave Bruce at risk of missing the birth of his second child because he will be away from the club’s Gold Coast hub for more than a week.
But if the Power win, then the Bulldogs will remain in Queensland and face St Kilda in a cut-throat clash.
Easton Wood’s wife, Tiffany, is also pregnant, however their baby isn’t as close.
But it would still be a difficult decision for Wood to fly to Perth to quarantine without his young family.
Both the Woods and Bruces are staying with the Bulldogs on the Gold Coast at RACV Royal Pines Resort.
The Bruce dilemma is compounded by the fact that Aaron Naughton is under an injury cloud with a fractured cheekbone.
Back-up key forward Josh Schache pulled out of Monday’s scratch match against Geelong with Achilles soreness.
The Bulldogs have spent the season developing forward chemistry between Bruce and Naughton.
Coach Luke Beveridge said the club’s thoughts immediately turned to Tiffany Wood and Pip Bruce after Sunday night’s win against Fremantle.
“I straight away think of Joshy Bruce and Easton Wood, and Pip Bruce and Tiffany Wood,” Beveridge said.
“Because they’re heavily pregnant, the girls.
“So it’s not ideal for those lads that we might need to take them across the country in these circumstances.
“That’s probably at the forefront of our worries.”
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Re: Always Right Match Committee - Round 1 of the finals vs Eagles or Saints
So no Bruce, no Naughton, no Schache, Dale and Billy Dangerfield totally undesirable selections?
...free Ferg?
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Re: Always Right Match Committee - Round 1 of the finals vs Eagles or Saints
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Happy Days
So no Bruce, no Naughton, no Schache, Dale and Billy Dangerfield totally undesirable selections?
...free Ferg?
nah - Port wins, Bruce plays his first final, naughton wears a helmet and Bobs your uncle.
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Re: Always Right Match Committee - Round 1 of the finals vs Eagles or Saints
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Happy Days
So no Bruce, no Naughton, no Schache, Dale and Billy Dangerfield totally undesirable selections?
...free Ferg?
Jacko and Lewy Young to the rescue.
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Re: Always Right Match Committee - Round 1 of the finals vs Eagles or Saints
Originally Posted by
bornadog
Saints want to play the first final in Adelaide.
Yes please.
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Re: Always Right Match Committee - Round 1 of the finals vs Eagles or Saints
Herald sun running with minor cheekbone fracture for Naughton and he will be right. Weightman in a moon boot injured.
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Western Bulldogs star Aaron Naughton has been cleared of a fractured eye socket and this week’s bye is set to see the young spearhead recover in time for the elimination final.
In a massive boost to the Dogs’ premiership hopes, News Corp understands that Naughton’s scans have revealed only a minor fracture to his cheekbone.
The 20-year-old will undergo his fourth operation in 12 months on Tuesday, but something would have to go drastically wrong for Naughton to miss the club’s fourth elimination final in six years.
“He was very sore (on Sunday night),” teammate Josh Dunkley said on Monday.
“He said he’s never had an injury quite like it, and he’s had a lot of injuries too.
“He’s a good healer, though. He’s come back from a lot of injuries so we’re really optimistic.”
Naughton underwent surgery on his left knee last September, surgery on his right knee in February and then surgery on his left ankle in June.
But since the contested-marking beast returned from that setback he has transformed the Bulldogs’ forward line into the AFL’s No.1 attack.
From Rounds 12-18 they have averaged 75.2 points, bettering premiership favourites Geelong (72.7) and Richmond (67.3).
Mitch Wallis (shoulder) cut a forlorn figure late in Sunday night’s win against Fremantle and was consoled by Alex Keath on the bench.
Naughton (24 goals) and Wallis (14) have booted 23.8 per cent of the club’s goals this year.
But Wallis – who missed the 2016 premiership with a broken leg, as well as last year’s elimination final – only suffered a stinger and will be fit next week.
Naughton’s swagger has earned comparisons to Wayne Carey and he shapes as one of the most watchable players in the finals.
The Bulldogs have deliberately groomed an oversized backline to prepare for their cut-throat clash, conscious they will have to contend with either West Coast giants Josh Kennedy, Jack Darling and Oscar Allen or St Kilda targets Max King, Rohan Marshall and Paddy Ryder.
Key defenders Zaine Cordy, Ryan Gardner and Keath have played the past three games together and they were joined by Easton Wood on Sunday.
But Beveridge threw Keath and Cordy forward for a quarter each after Naughton went down in Cairns.
If Naughton (cheek) or Josh Bruce misses the elimination final the Dogs must decide whether to stick with that plan, bring in a replacement key forward or operate a smaller attack.
Bruce’s pregnant wife, Pip, is due to give birth in early October and if the Bulldogs have to leave Queensland for their final he faces a tough decision ahead of what would be the first final of his AFL career.
When Naughton missed six games in the middle of the season Josh Schache filled the void for the first two but was then dropped because he lacked physicality.
Schache (Achilles soreness) did not play in Monday’s scratch match against Geelong.
The Dogs then tried Bailey Dale and Cody Weightman around main man Bruce and it is likely they would revert to that structure if one of their big blokes is unavailable.
Weightman finished Monday’s scratch match wearing a moon boot after suffering an ankle injury and Dale looms as the most likely inclusion if either Naughton or Bruce miss.
Matthew Suckling (hamstring tightness) did not play against Fremantle, but sweated through a rehabilitation session with Schache on Monday and looked ready to play.
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Re: Always Right Match Committee - Round 1 of the finals vs Eagles or Saints
"Footscray people are incredible people; so humble. I'm just so happy - ecstatic"
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But then again, I'm an Internet poster and Bevo is a premiership coach so draw your own conclusions.