Always Right Match Committee Round 10 v Adelaide

[Scraggers]

Welcome to the Always Right Match Committee Thread. The Match Committee threads has been named after long time WOOF member Always Right who tragically passed away in March 2018.

If you were on the Western Bulldogs match committee, what changes would you make after our Round Nine match against Carlton for our Round Ten match against Adelaide at Mars on Saturday afternoon.

For those new to these threads, please give a brief explanation for your changes ... this would add a lot of value to the discussion

[GVGjr]

Bump

[JanLorMill]

Maybe we can try to replace Treloar this week?

[bornadog]

Maybe we can try to replace Treloar this week?

Hopefully he is back

[azabob]

Maybe we can try to replace Treloar this week?

With Treloar?

[azabob]

Does English need a rest?
He hasn’t been great the last few weeks and really stunk it up tonight bad except the last 7 minutes.

[jazzadogs]

Cody's groin looked sore late, I hope he's alright.

I thought Marra played alright considering he was also under a cloud.

It's hard to see JOD getting to back it up - if the purpose of his selection was to be the third tall and disrupt the interceptors, allowing Lobb to play loose across defence and protect against their talls...then that is less necessary against the Crows. Their dangerous forwards are smaller, and their interceptors are not of the height and quality of Weitering/Mcgovern.

[bornadog]

Does English need a rest?
He hasn’t been great the last few weeks and really stunk it up tonight bad except the last 7 minutes.

No way

[jeemak]

It's a massive game for us next week. A win gives us a buffer in the eight, most likely, whilst Melbourne vs. Port, Freo vs. Geelong, Carlton vs. Collingwood and GWS vs. St Kilda all have an impact on our positioning.

Providing we're all good from an injury point of view I'd like to see us go back to our conventional set up and that would see JOD out. Not sure who comes in yet, but I think we want a bit more run in the side against Adelaide.

[Vred]

If we're looking to replace JOD who played up forward tonight, it would be Buku.
If Treloar is ready, that's a simple swap.

Weightman was pretty terrible up until the 4th, not sure what's going on with him but he looks like his lost confidence.

[jeemak]

If we're looking to replace JOD who played up forward tonight, it would be Buku.
If Treloar is ready, that's a simple swap.

Weightman was pretty terrible up until the 4th, not sure what's going on with him but he looks like his lost confidence.

With Weightman I'd say it's paying the price for a limited preseason. In his position he just needs to run and run, and after the first week or two I reckon he's fatigued. But, he's getting miles in the tank and should get better.

[GVGjr]

With Weightman I'd say it's paying the price for a limited preseason. In his position he just needs to run and run, and after the first week or two I reckon he's fatigued. But, he's getting miles in the tank and should get better.

He only missed a couple of sessions and trained in the rehab for all the others. They still work the players pretty hard.
Missing some training or being in the rehab group might be a slight factor in his poor form but the fact that he was able to push into the midfield in the 4th quarter and make an impact indicates to me that perhaps he hasn't yet adjusted to the new dynamic's of the forward line more than a fitness or a fatigue issue.

[jazzadogs]

Weightman was pretty terrible up until the 4th, not sure what's going on with him but he looks like his lost confidence.

On the telecast they showed him getting his adductors/groin worked on, and then he was seen running very 'proppy'. I think he is learning to work through soreness, which is a real skill.

I loved that he was able to have an impact on the game in the final quarter.

[Dogs 24/7]

Hard to know if we should stick with ODonnell but there must be more deserving players on our list.

[Mofra]

I have JOD out - as for ins, we'll find out today. Ideally a running player in - McNeill if no VFL players put their hands up