Always Right Match Committee Round 18 v Sydney

[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 Eighteen match against Collingwood for our Round Nineteen match against Sydney at SCG on Thursday night.

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

[bulldogtragic]

In: JJ, Darcy, Khamis, Cleary

Out: VDM, Lobb, McNeil, Duryea

[JanLorMill]

What about Busslinger for Jod?

[G-Mo77]

Gardner with a bad ankle may not get up next week, that being said they chose to leave him out there on one leg rather than keep JOD in the game. It wouldn't surprise me if Bus debuted next week.

[macca]

WE need to be playing some of the younger players: Buku, Clearly, Busslinger, to see where they are out .

[westbulldog]

Duryea had 5 kicked on him by my reckoning = out
O"Donnell out
Cleary, Khamis and Busslinger (if Gardner out) in

[Bumper Bulldogs]

JJ straight back for VDM, Doc keeps his spot. He is the General and if Gards misses next week we will need his leadership.

JOD out and replaced by Darcy we may need a swing man to replace Gards

Lobb out (He can’t be 100%) replaced by Khamas. He was solid when he play forward last year.

[JanLorMill]

Lobb should go for Darcy but I doubt the club will admit defeat on Lobb

[EasternWest]

We just gave Vandermeer two more years right?

[bulldogtragic]

We just gave Vandermeer two more years right?

Enjoy them.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

It's a funny one - most of the outs probably come from the defenders, yet it was our midfield (and English) who actually let us down

VDM, JOD, Gardner, Duryea are candidates but it doesn't solve the issue of the mids.

[G-Mo77]

Lobb out (He can’t be 100%) replaced by Khamas. He was solid when he play forward last year.

Is he injured? I was pleased getting him here, in hindsight what a waste. Overpaid at the trade table and on the hook for another 2 years at 1/2 of a million per. That hurts and sadly we'll feel that for a long period of time.

[Bumper Bulldogs]

Is he injured? I was pleased getting him here, in hindsight what a waste. Overpaid at the trade table and on the hook for another 2 years at 1/2 of a million per. That hurts and sadly we'll feel that for a long period of time.

I don’t know but the way he is moving, to me it looks like he is. He doesn’t seem to have explosive power like the others. It’s like he is just labouring along. To me anyway.

If injuries rest him he will be needed in the finals

[anfo27]

Is he injured? I was pleased getting him here, in hindsight what a waste. Overpaid at the trade table and on the hook for another 2 years at 1/2 of a million per. That hurts and sadly we'll feel that for a long period of time.

Just don't think we know how best to use him. A lot of the time you'd be forgiven for thinking he wasn't even playing.