Match Committee - Round 13 vs St. Kilda

[Bulldog4life]

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I reckon Hrovat has been alright despite what some have said. Will Tommy Campbell feature at some point this year?

Not sure Easty

[lemmon]

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Hrovat not even named as an emergency which is surprising as I thought he didn't do too bad last week

I watched him pretty closely in the first half and they had Paparone trailing him everywhere and he was pretty well beaten. No doubt he was quiet but I still thought he was working hard if not getting his hands on the pill. He was better when freed up in the second half and put through the midfield. I think he's restricted playing on a half forward flank despite how clean he his delivering into the forward line and wouldn't mind him being given an opportunity to play as a full time mid. I think he'd be quite a nice option linking up and receiving outside of the stoppages

[F'scary]

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Pretty sure Bonts played last time but was quiet.

Wallis and Boyd are massive ins.

You are correct, my mistake.

[comrade]

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I watched him pretty closely in the first half and they had Paparone trailing him everywhere and he was pretty well beaten. No doubt he was quiet but I still thought he was working hard if not getting his hands on the pill. He was better when freed up in the second half and put through the midfield. I think he's restricted playing on a half forward flank despite how clean he his delivering into the forward line and wouldn't mind him being given an opportunity to play as a full time mid. I think he'd be quite a nice option linking up and receiving outside of the stoppages

I agree.

He's a genuine mid, IMO.

Playing him as a high half forward isn't working. He's not winning enough possession or generating enough inside 50s. Let him chase kicks around in the middle and see how he goes.

[jeemak]

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Interesting.

We really want to play the young kids, that's for sure. I like Dale but I don't think he's ready yet, and would rather Hrovat take his place. Playing all of McLean (did well last week), Webb and Dale is a little risky week after week. Typically 2 of the 3 are quiet. I think Nathan is really stiff to be dropped and would love to know why.

Thought Morris was very average last week in the VFL. Hopefully he returns to form quickly.

Less fussed about Crameri playing VFL.

The main thing I can think of is (what seems) his weekly instance of propping and turning towards traffic rather than taking it outside when we're trying to break between half back and wing.

[G-Mo77]

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I've got mixed views about this selection. I love Dale (Morris) and all he's done for our club but judging on reports, he clearly showed that he'd been out for a long time and was rusty. I'd have preferred him to have another week.

Looked a little rusty but I've got no doubt Morris will be Dale Morris Saturday night. There is a matchup for him and the 2 talls down back. It'll work.

[Hotdog60]

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Anywhere between 1 and 100 pts would be satisfying enough for me.

I hope we do a little better than round 13 in 1978. Boyd Jr. can wear number 31 for the day.

[jeemak]

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Any surprises the Cordy wasn't named?

Didn't Beveridge suggest it would be the same ruck combination as last week?

With that in mind it's probably not unexpected that Ayce didn't get picked.

[Rocco Jones]

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I am happy with Morris being named. I think our team is 'too' young at the moment. It is great to play kids for development but kids being surrounded by kids is counter-productive IMO.

[jeemak]

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I am happy with Morris being named. I think our team is 'too' young at the moment. It is great to play kids for development but kids being surrounded by kids is counter-productive IMO.

Choosing when to stack the kids and when not to is a delicate thing.

Players like Morris don't stay rusty for two weeks. He'll be right to go.

[kruder]

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We have to get this win as dropping the game will be a big problem for us. I'm surprised we didn't bring in Jong or Honeychurch for either Webb or Daniel as it's imperative that we have as many players as we can that are capable of running out the 4 quarters.

Hrovat hasn't been able to establish himself as a senior player and now must have a lot of challenges in front of him. I find it intriguing that he can't hold his position in the side because physically he is ready to go so I suspect it has something to do with not being able to play the type of game the coach expects. At the start of the season I would have thought he was the type of player that the coach would have given the benefit of any 50/50 selection decisions because it was in our best interests long term to get him as close to 40 games senior games experience by the end of the season.
Hard to know what he will be requested to work on back at Footscray but I can't see him bouncing back after just one week.

Agree with your views on Hrovat time is now for him. He is actually my most disappointing player this year, I really thought he was a midfilder but the one thing that really stands out for mine is that he is not clean in the contest. He has been fumbling all year and really hasn't taken his chance. I still think he can make it, but love the consistent message from Luke that if you your in poor form you go back to Footscray to work on things.How things have changed in that area? For the greater good.

Our coach continues to play the long game playing the 3 kids again hence still light on in the midfield(was keen for JONG to come in) and it will result in a few extra losses of the season which I'm fine with as long as it doesn't kill our forward momentum.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

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Hrovat hasn't been able to establish himself as a senior player and now must have a lot of challenges in front of him. I find it intriguing that he can't hold his position in the side because physically he is ready to go so I suspect it has something to do with not being able to play the type of game the coach expects. At the start of the season I would have thought he was the type of player that the coach would have given the benefit of any 50/50 selection decisions because it was in our best interests long term to get him as close to 40 games senior games experience by the end of the season.
Hard to know what he will be requested to work on back at Footscray but I can't see him bouncing back after just one week.

Agree with all of this GVG.

It's a little concerning he finds himself on the outer again at this point. Whilst I thought he may have come on a little quicker, I don't think he's been bad - agree with others he isn't necessarily suited to playing as a half forward. He's a mid. Will be intriguing to see where he goes from here.

[LostDoggy]

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Choosing when to stack the kids and when not to is a delicate thing.

Players like Morris don't stay rusty for two weeks. He'll be right to go.

Hope he hasn't been picked because we are playing the 'Aints and just to play on Criewoldt as that would be a backward step in our development IMHO.

[G-Mo77]

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Hope he hasn't been picked because we are playing the 'Aints and just to play on Criewoldt as that would be a backward step in our development IMHO.

Why? Despite a big win last week our development players weren't that great. I think Hamling was on McStay and was beaten convincingly. I'm surprised to see so many doubt Moz.

[LostDoggy]

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L.Jong not named in both afl or vfl as far as I can see, is that right?