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Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 20 Vs Adelaide 2021
Originally Posted by
bulldogtragic
Lipinski or Young for my sub.
I reckon it will be Crozier.
Nobody's looking for a puppeteer in today's wintry economic climate.
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Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 20 Vs Adelaide 2021
Originally Posted by
bulldogtragic
Lipinski or Young for my sub.
Originally Posted by
jeemak
I reckon it will be Crozier.
Now we just need Granty getting behind his boy McNeil for sub.
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Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 20 Vs Adelaide 2021
Originally Posted by
Axe Man
Now we just need Granty getting behind his boy McNeil for sub.
If it's not young Lachlan then I'll microwave my membership, deliver chicken hearts to whitten oval and get a Melbourne jumper put on the EJ statue!
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Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 20 Vs Adelaide 2021
Originally Posted by
jeemak
I reckon it will be Crozier.
I will spew. He’s woefully out of form and needs be dominating at Casey on Saturday. I don’t think him subbing helps the team or him.
Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023
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Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 20 Vs Adelaide 2021
Originally Posted by
bulldogtragic
I will spew. He’s woefully out of form and needs be dominating at Casey on Saturday. I don’t think him subbing helps the team or him.
You don't seem very strong in your convictions on this.
Nobody's looking for a puppeteer in today's wintry economic climate.
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Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 20 Vs Adelaide 2021
Originally Posted by
jeemak
You don't seem very strong in your convictions on this.
I just want him to knock the door down. He didn’t deserve the last promotion and then they dropped him again. Repeating this cycle just doesn’t make much sense to me. He’s got a bit to work on under match conditions so I want him in the vfl from Saturday working things out and getting full confidence. Yo-yo’ing him and not giving him time to get his confidence back would be our fault again. So it would make me spew. It’d be short sighted and I think there’s other better options before Croz for this game. Just my two cents.
Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023
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Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 20 Vs Adelaide 2021
Originally Posted by
bulldogtragic
I just want him to knock the door down. He didn’t deserve the last promotion and then they dropped him again. Repeating this cycle just doesn’t make much sense to me. He’s got a bit to work on under match conditions so I want him in the vfl from Saturday working things out and getting full confidence. Yo-yo’ing him and not giving him time to get his confidence back would be our fault again. So it would make me spew. It’d be short sighted and I think there’s other better options before Croz for this game. Just my two cents.
I understand, but on the flipside there's also a bit of a different approach that can work with more senior players who may be a bit out of form that gets them back without requiring them to knock the door down.
Qualified by not being able to watch the scratch match last week, there could have been a few things that happened that turned things around for Croz during that game and if we think he's on the way back up then picking him probably shouldn't be enough to induce vomit. And with a specific role if he does come on after being the sub then it might turn out OK.
Mitch Hannan was in terrible form, but was given a specific role to come in and play last week based on his career demonstrated attributes and he did it really well. Perhaps with Wood playing tall an injury might cause a reshuffle with Crozier going back and being given an opportunity to play in a spot he plays best. Perhaps he plays forward and stinks it up, who knows (it's easy to do as a sub).
With putting Young into the sub role we lose versatility given how stacked we already are for height forward. Conversely a bit of tall support on the bench for the defence isn't the worst thing we could see, but given the likely conditions I think we'll go with someone more adept at helping out on the ground rather than in the air.
Nobody's looking for a puppeteer in today's wintry economic climate.
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Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 20 Vs Adelaide 2021
Originally Posted by
jeemak
I understand, but on the flipside there's also a bit of a different approach that can work with more senior players who may be a bit out of form that gets them back without requiring them to knock the door down.
Qualified by not being able to watch the scratch match last week, there could have been a few things that happened that turned things around for Croz during that game and if we think he's on the way back up then picking him probably shouldn't be enough to induce vomit. And with a specific role if he does come on after being the sub then it might turn out OK.
Mitch Hannan was in terrible form, but was given a specific role to come in and play last week based on his career demonstrated attributes and he did it really well. Perhaps with Wood playing tall an injury might cause a reshuffle with Crozier going back and being given an opportunity to play in a spot he plays best. Perhaps he plays forward and stinks it up, who knows (it's easy to do as a sub).
With putting Young into the sub role we lose versatility given how stacked we already are for height forward. Conversely a bit of tall support on the bench for the defence isn't the worst thing we could see, but given the likely conditions I think we'll go with someone more adept at helping out on the ground rather than in the air.
In saying that I'm not sure how Crozier could fit as that player given he hasn't been clean this year when the ball is on the ground.
Our midfield and forward line are stacked with talent so if we get the ball going our way we're going to be really tough to beat, but our defence takes on a completely new look as we've lost our 2 best ''defenders'' who not only consistently beat their opponents, but also assist others. Will watch on with interest how the defensive group adapts and who steps up when we need them to.