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08-05-2021, 09:06 AM
#226
Re: Always Right Match Committee - Round 8 Vs Carlton 2021
Originally Posted by
anfo27
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.
But then again, I'm an Internet poster and Bevo is a premiership coach so draw your own conclusions.
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08-05-2021, 10:40 AM
#227
Re: Always Right Match Committee - Round 8 Vs Carlton 2021
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.
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08-05-2021, 11:40 AM
#228
Re: Always Right Match Committee - Round 8 Vs Carlton 2021
Originally Posted by
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.
Agree..it should be young and Khamis in, Cordy and crozier out
I will never see #16 the same!!
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08-05-2021, 11:44 AM
#229
Re: Always Right Match Committee - Round 8 Vs Carlton 2021
Originally Posted by
DOG GOD
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...)
Our 1954 premiership players are our heroes, and it has to be said that Charlie was their hero.
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08-05-2021, 11:48 AM
#230
Re: Always Right Match Committee - Round 8 Vs Carlton 2021
Originally Posted by
anfo27
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....
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08-05-2021, 12:38 PM
#231
Re: Always Right Match Committee - Round 8 Vs Carlton 2021
Originally Posted by
comrade
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?
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08-05-2021, 01:28 PM
#232
Re: Always Right Match Committee - Round 8 Vs Carlton 2021
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.
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08-05-2021, 01:47 PM
#233
Re: Always Right Match Committee - Round 8 Vs Carlton 2021
Originally Posted by
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.
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
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08-05-2021, 01:59 PM
#234
Re: Always Right Match Committee - Round 8 Vs Carlton 2021
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.
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08-05-2021, 02:05 PM
#235
Re: Always Right Match Committee - Round 8 Vs Carlton 2021
Originally Posted by
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.
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.
Nobody's looking for a puppeteer in today's wintry economic climate.
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08-05-2021, 02:48 PM
#236
Re: Always Right Match Committee - Round 8 Vs Carlton 2021
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.
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08-05-2021, 03:00 PM
#237
Re: Always Right Match Committee - Round 8 Vs Carlton 2021
Originally Posted by
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.
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.
Our 1954 premiership players are our heroes, and it has to be said that Charlie was their hero.
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08-05-2021, 03:03 PM
#238
Re: Always Right Match Committee - Round 8 Vs Carlton 2021
Originally Posted by
comrade
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?
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08-05-2021, 03:08 PM
#239
Re: Always Right Match Committee - Round 8 Vs Carlton 2021
Originally Posted by
Grantysghost
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...
Our 1954 premiership players are our heroes, and it has to be said that Charlie was their hero.
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08-05-2021, 03:24 PM
#240
Re: Always Right Match Committee - Round 8 Vs Carlton 2021
Originally Posted by
comrade
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?