Always Right Match Committee - Round 8 Vs Carlton 2021

[1eyedog]

Could we play Easton as that 2nd tall defender & Buku in his natural position? And Cordy back at Footscray!

Easton on McKay? Sounds good to me.

[Happy Days]

Nah we can’t do that at all. We need Young to play, this week and from now on. Buku should be replacing Crozier or Wood.

[DOG GOD]

Nah we can’t do that at all. We need Young to play, this week and from now on. Buku should be replacing Crozier or Wood.

Agree..it should be young and Khamis in, Cordy and crozier out

[comrade]

Agree..it should be young and Khamis in, Cordy and crozier out

I would like that, no chance it happens though.

(I should note that I liked all the changes last week and all of them stunk it up to an extent so what do I know...)

[The Underdog]

Could we play Easton as that 2nd tall defender & Buku in his natural position? And Cordy back at Footscray!

There’s no way the MC would ever play an undersized backline....

[Bulldog4life]

I would like that, no chance it happens though.

(I should note that I liked all the changes last week and all of them stunk it up to an extent so what do I know...)

Nothing?

[Bulldog Joe]

Comrade makes a good point.

We have agonised over MC decisions for years and the time they actually do what we want, it is spectacularly unsuccessful.

[bulldogsthru&thru]

Comrade makes a good point.

We have agonised over MC decisions for years and the time they actually do what we want, it is spectacularly unsuccessful.

Trengove last year also rings a bell.

But recruiting a second ruck has worked wonders. Maybe we should all just stick to list management and let the MC work their magic

[anfo27]

I like the idea of Wood being the 2nd tall defender. Yeah he is undersized but he can play taller with his leap & mobility. We don't have to worry about his lack of intensity in the contest like Young & far better than Cordy in the contest & with ball in hand. If Buku is ready & can blossom I would like to see this. Maybe it works & maybe it doesn't. I know Young & Cordy doesn't work & Gardiner i'm not sold on.

[jeemak]

I like the idea of Wood being the 2nd tall defender. Yeah he is undersized but he can play taller with his leap & mobility. We don't have to worry about his lack of intensity in the contest like Young & far better than Cordy in the contest & with ball in hand. If Buku is ready & can blossom I would like to see this. Maybe it works & maybe it doesn't. I know Young & Cordy doesn't work & Gardiner i'm not sold on.

I think it comes down to reach as well, and this is where Wood suffers. He's only 186-187cm, it's just too much to give away against the bigger forwards of today.

With the way umpires pay free kicks to forwards nowadays Wood would be a liability.

[bulldogsthru&thru]

Yeah having Wood as the 2nd tall basically just comes back down to relying on our mids to limit supply. It's not sustainable IMO.

[comrade]

Yeah having Wood as the 2nd tall basically just comes back down to relying on our mids to limit supply. It's not sustainable IMO.

The defence in general isn't sustainable for a flag tilt as it currently stands because it relies so much on ruck/mid dominance - we're dependant on a 34 year in the ruck and our mids haven't proven capable of handling intense pressure from good opposition, will be our achilles heel come finals. We're just not the finished product yet.

[Grantysghost]

The defence in general isn't sustainable for finals tilt as it currently stands because it relies so much on ruck/mid dominance - we're dependant on a 34 year in the ruck and our mids haven't proven capable of handling intense pressure from good opposition, will be our achilles heel come finals. We're just not the finished product yet.

We laud our recruiting, why do we have such a blind spot in this regard?

[comrade]

We laud our recruiting, why do we have such a blind spot in this regard?

If the rumours are correct, we've asked questions of defenders every trade period but have only secured Keath (and thank god we got him). Dougal Howard and Aliir Aliir would have been perfect for us and cost peanuts.

We also drafted a gun defender in 2017...

[Grantysghost]

If the rumours are correct, we've asked questions of defenders every trade period but have only secured Keath (and thank god we got him). Dougal Howard and Aliir Aliir would have been perfect for us and cost peanuts.

We also drafted a gun defender in 2017...

Ed? He’s a little short right?