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Re: Why Josh Schache believes the Bulldogs can make it work with three talls
It can work some weeks. We will love it.
It won’t work other weeks. We will bemoan it.
I have no idea how we could play that tall (assuming Dale who is not a ground level player really plays as well...not to mention Dickson) and kick a winning score from week to week.
What should I tell her? She's going to ask.
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Re: Why Josh Schache believes the Bulldogs can make it work with three talls
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mjp
It can work some weeks. We will love it.
It won’t work other weeks. We will bemoan it.
I have no idea how we could play that tall (assuming Dale who is not a ground level player really plays as well...not to mention Dickson) and kick a winning score from week to week.
We've tried 2 KP forwards with 3 mid sized players along side of them. Playing 3 KP forwards poses some other challenges and might mean we need 2 smaller pressure forwards in the forward line and that puts a bit of pressure on the likes of Lloyd, Dickson and Dale
Lloyd and Dale in particular were often recipients of a midfield kicking to them and honoring their leads so I wonder if a 3rd key forward will command more of a focus from the midfield. The likes of Lloyd and Dale might need to refine their games just a bit from last season
Fitting Schache, Naughton and Bruce up forward is going to be an interesting challenge for Bevo
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Re: Why Josh Schache believes the Bulldogs can make it work with three talls
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Rocket Science
I'm not convinced by this top-heavy, 'too tall' narrative that's being advanced by lazy meeja types.
Schache might be the tallest of the trio but he's a mobile flanker in a key-position player's body. His height, athleticism and willingness to work make him a tricky matchup, particularly if he's getting the '3rd best' defender.
Furthermore Naughton & Bruce are hardly plodding dinosaurs. Naughts particularly has surprised more than a few rebounding defenders with his toe and tenacity once the ball hits the deck. Assume you've got the big bloke covered at your peril. The tackles he lays when he collars someone are a joy to watch.
I'm bullish the three-headed hydra can work, and work well but it's a novel set-up for everyone so it'll take some time to develop the right chemistry to get there ... assuming Bevo has that sort of patience before sending someone to CHB.
My concerns have nothing to do with whether they are mobile enough in an attacking sense. They are all ok in their own right and can cover ground well enough. As a unit with our defensive method I question how we can close space to defend quick enough.
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GVGjr
We've tried 2 KP forwards with 3 mid sized players along side of them. Playing 3 KP forwards poses some other challenges and might mean we need 2 smaller pressure forwards in the forward line and that puts a bit of pressure on the likes of Lloyd, Dickson and Dale
Lloyd and Dale in particular were often recipients of a midfield kicking to them and honoring their leads so I wonder if a 3rd key forward will command more of a focus from the midfield. The likes of Lloyd and Dale might need to refine their games just a bit from last season
Fitting Schache, Naughton and Bruce up forward is going to be an interesting challenge for Bevo
This is another issue. Dale is essentially a KPP. He may be more mobile and not quite that big but his method of getting the ball is lead and mark. Have had similar scenarios at a lower level before and your 4/5/6 forwards might be in your best 15 players but you can’t necessarily play them all.
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My concerns have nothing to do with whether they are mobile enough in an attacking sense. They are all ok in their own right and can cover ground well enough. As a unit with our defensive method I question how we can close space to defend quick enough.
My gut feel is we won't see all three on the ground at the same time throughout the whole game. We will use rotations through both the forward line and Ruck roles.
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bornadog
My gut feel is we won't see all three on the ground at the same time throughout the whole game. We will use rotations through both the forward line and Ruck roles.
Of course there will be times when we have one or or even two of them off the ground but essentially we have flagged our intentions to work with the 3 of them up forward as tall forward unit. Unless there are injuries I suspect we will have 3 tall forwards for 70% of the playing time. One of them will also provide a chop out for English
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GVGjr
Of course there will be times when we have one or or even two of them off the ground but essentially we have flagged our intentions to work with the 3 of them up forward as tall forward unit. Unless there are injuries I suspect we will have 3 tall forwards for 70% of the playing time. One of them will also provide a chop out for English
Time will tell
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bornadog
Time will tell
I guess the question is do you think we recruited a player who kicks 30 plus goals a year to spread the load of interchanges?
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Re: Why Josh Schache believes the Bulldogs can make it work with three talls
Schache has a huge tank and covers a ton of ground per game, we'll be able to make it work.
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Re: Why Josh Schache believes the Bulldogs can make it work with three talls
Adelaide made a GF playing 4 tall players, and we're concerned about playing three?
I say give it a chance to work. Schache is a lead and mark player, Naughton and Bruce are contested marking types.
The question for me isn't if we can play Schache with Naughton and Bruce, it's can we play Schache with Dale. Dale is more mobile and smarter, Schache a much harder worker.
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Mofra
Adelaide made a GF playing 4 tall players, and we're concerned about playing three?
I say give it a chance to work. Schache is a lead and mark player, Naughton and Bruce are contested marking types.
The question for me isn't if we can play Schache with Naughton and Bruce, it's can we play Schache with Dale. Dale is more mobile and smarter, Schache a much harder worker.
That Adelaide team played a completely different game style.
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Mofra
Adelaide made a GF playing 4 tall players, and we're concerned about playing three.
I am. And in that GF, Richmond played 1x tall forward and 2x tall defenders...and wiped Adelaide off the park with run and pressure. It is a good comparison as well because Schache isn’t a dissimilar type to Walker.
I Justin think it is going to be one of those things where in Naughts is catching them and drawing defenders, it’ll be great...otherwise...
Oh. And I don’t think Dale and Schache can both be in the side.
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Re: Why Josh Schache believes the Bulldogs can make it work with three talls
The TV commentators shit me to tears with Josh. The question his ‘work rate’ despite it being very good. They ignore him kicking 19.5 when coming in to the team late last year. They ignore he is 22 and 200cm.
Tonight they ignore the constant scragging without frees, although the umps fixed that in the second half. They ignore all his work up the ground and second rucking. Then when he kicks 2.0 and 7 score involvements, and gets 18 disposals at 89% (half contested), 4 marks and did a lot of smart things for team mates to score that the star sheet doesn’t show. On physicality he took some big hits and laid a great tackle at chb to stop the North repeat entries. He then passed it laterally to get to chf to be the target in the next pack. But work rate...
Then the commentators are silent. Of criticism or praise. I’m not sure why this non fact based narrative is back in 2020. Is this the best we can all hope for is, commentator silence when Josh continues to do his job? It’s getting close to the media narrative that ‘Tom Boyd should fail’.
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Re: Why Josh Schache believes the Bulldogs can make it work with three talls
I think we are about to see a more focused Josh Schache this year. He was more physical last night, blocking defenders to help Young up forward and his work around the ground and that brilliant tap to Bont I thought were all huge positives in his performance
Some can write off achievements like last night because it's not a home and away or finals game but seeing some of the things that Schache did last night is why I really enjoy going to training sessions, intraclub games and things like the Marsh series games because you get the chance to focus on a few players and see if they have improved on the previous year.
Schache is a strong chance to take a step forward this year.
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Re: Why Josh Schache believes the Bulldogs can make it work with three talls
So after 6 rounds Schache finds himself dropped after a shocking performance in conditions that didn't suit him.
So the question is...
What the hell do we do with him?
He'll never be the top banana in a forward line, and the way we set up just doesn't seem to take advantage of his strengths. With Naughton to come back and JUH on his way, is it time to completely flip the script and try him in a different position entirely?
I honestly think we should consider developing him as a defender and see where it takes him. He reminds me of Liam Jones in a lot of ways, and we know how his move to defence has worked out for the Blues.
At 200cm, he has the length to take the big blokes that Keath and Cordy will always struggle with.
Thoughts?
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