Bulldogs Ballarat Practice Match.... Your thoughts.

[bornadog]

Great action shot - Jones looking good and has slotted in beautifully

[Bullies]

Yeah I get it I'm just not sure Dale has the nous to balance the defence / offence part of it. Dale has been such a strong rebounder for us do you think he has the discipline to lock onto Fritsch when needed? Do you trust our mids enough to break down their play?
It might work but he might equally tear Dale to shreds. There is too much risk for me.

I just think Dale value adds elsewhere and that the Fritsch-type match up suits Richards better. Can your strategy be pasted onto the Richards role? Ed can create a lot of run out of D50 and appears to be a better one v one defender than Dale.

Another problem is Fritsch plays deep alot which would force Dale deep as well and I do like Dale defending higher.

We certainly miss Easton Wood. He would play these defensive type of roles as well as have the ability to attack when needed.

[Mofra]

Yeah I get it I'm just not sure Dale has the nous to balance the defence / offence part of it. Dale has been such a strong rebounder for us do you think he has the discipline to lock onto Fritsch when needed? Do you trust our mids enough to break down their play?
It might work but he might equally tear Dale to shreds. There is too much risk for me.

I just think Dale value adds elsewhere and that the Fritsch-type match up suits Richards better. Can your strategy be pasted onto the Richards role? Ed can create a lot of run out of D50 and appears to be a better one v one defender than Dale.

Another problem is Fritsch plays deep alot which would force Dale deep as well and I do like Dale defending higher.

I guess the idea of using Dale rather than Richards is that Dale uses pure footskills to cut teams up and if a forward is playing a bit loose, that gives Dale less pressure to spot up kicks. Richards runs the ball a little more and probably gets a shorter forward as well.

[Grantysghost]

Great action shot - Jones looking good and has slotted in beautifully

I'm saving my praise for now, early signs are good though.

[1eyedog]

We certainly miss Easton Wood. He would play these defensive type of roles as well as have the ability to attack when needed.

Dale Morris would destroy Fritsch every day of the week

[Mofra]

Dale Morris would destroy Fritsch every day of the week

Shaggy's bastardry would do him in as well.
It does go back to our 'too nice' argument that bobs up every few months on here. I think that's why a few posters here were happy to see us take Charlie Clarke in the draft.

[GVGjr]

Shaggy's bastardry would do him in as well.
It does go back to our 'too nice' argument that bobs up every few months on here. I think that's why a few posters here were happy to see us take Charlie Clarke in the draft.

I know we didn't draft him but Josh Weddle would have been a great match up against Fritsch.
Is it Duryea against Pickett and if so who gets Petracca?

[1eyedog]

Shaggy's bastardry would do him in as well.
It does go back to our 'too nice' argument that bobs up every few months on here. I think that's why a few posters here were happy to see us take Charlie Clarke in the draft.

Shaggy would be perfect. The one redeeming feature of Zaine was his aggression. We definitely miss this sort of player.

[1eyedog]

I'm saving my praise for now, early signs are good though.

I'm not, the Jones boy will be a star. Mark my words.

[azabob]

Great action shot - Jones looking good and has slotted in beautifully

Great mark from our CHF, shame our CHB couldn't quite get to the contest.

Oh wait... my mistake

[Grantysghost]

Do we still all hate the collar? I don't hate it, not sure why it's so big though.

I actually like the away top, think it's quite neat.

[derb]

Interesting year coming up for Khamis.

If he can't nail down a spot in defence I can't see a long term position for him in the side.

He's shown the most promise at senior level as a forward but he'd be competing with JUH for a spot and I don't think he'd win that one.

Other teams would be sniffing around imo.

I don't want to lose him!

What are other's thoughts?

[derb]

This is the year we start moving West and Garcia through the midfield imo.

I don't know how it will work with Bevo throwing CD through there now.

[hujsh]

Interesting year coming up for Khamis.

If he can't nail down a spot in defence I can't see a long term position for him in the side.

He's shown the most promise at senior level as a forward but he'd be competing with JUH for a spot and I don't think he'd win that one.

Other teams would be sniffing around imo.

I don't want to lose him!

What are other's thoughts?

I think his ability to make it as a forward depends entirely on what he can bring at ground level both offensively an defensively. We're set to have 3 tall forwards most of the time with another competent lead/mark forward in Weightman. This is Khamis' strength so he needs to at least be dangerous and capable of crumbing or pushing up the ground Ryan O'Keefe style and not be a defensive liability with his pressure and chasing/tacking.

If he can manage some combination of the above then he can can help even further stretch oppositions defences who should have their hands full with Naughton, Lobb and JUH.

[GVGjr]

This is the year we start moving West and Garcia through the midfield imo.

I don't know how it will work with Bevo throwing CD through there now.

Garcia is being groomed to be Liberatore replacement in the midfield so I do see him getting games this season.
His form has tapered away just a bit in the last month or so which probably rules him out for round one.

West must be close to getting a spot.