Round 1 2016 team

[comrade]

Re: Round 1 2016 team

I think we'll go in with Rough, Redpath & Boyd.

And I think we'll win.

[dukedog]

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I hope we go in with Redpath and Boyd and either of Roughie or Campbell. I think Freo is a little weak in the backline. Add Stringer into that mix. One of those boys could have a field day up forward. Hope its Boyd. Ive watched his grabs in the Collinwood game so many times my refresh button needs replacing

[Rocco Jones]

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Attempt #56 (post Beveridge presser)

B- Wood, Adams, M.Boyd
HB- Murphy, Morris, JJ
C- Hunter, Wallis, Macrae
HF- Dahl, Readapt, Stevens
F- Dickson, T.Boyd, Stringer
R- Roughead, Bonts, Libba
I/C: Daniel, Suckling, Biggs, Picken
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- unless he is physically fit + in good form, I can't see us playing Hamilton (or any tall defender just because they are tall).
- same with Campbell. Roughy to play. Gives us freedom to play him as a tall defender with Boyd/Redpath taking more ruck time i we are struggling for height there.

[Mofra]

Re: Round 1 2016 team

Attempt #56 (post Beveridge presser)

B- Wood, Adams, M.Boyd
HB- Murphy, Morris, JJ
C- Hunter, Wallis, Macrae
HF- Dahl, Readapt, Stevens
F- Dickson, T.Boyd, Stringer
R- Roughead, Bonts, Libba
I/C: Daniel, Suckling, Biggs, Picken
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- unless he is physically fit + in good form, I can't see us playing Hamilton (or any tall defender just because they are tall).
- same with Campbell. Roughy to play. Gives us freedom to play him as a tall defender with Boyd/Redpath taking more ruck time i we are struggling for height there.

Probably closest to the pin at this point, I'm expecting the Hamling call to be the hardest but who do we drop for him if he's fit?
Daniel is such a good HF distributer of the ball and Biggs was rested from NAB2 so they seem like locks yet on paper they are the 21st & 22nd guys picked.

[Rocco Jones]

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Probably closest to the pin at this point, I'm expecting the Hamling call to be the hardest but who do we drop for him if he's fit?
Daniel is such a good HF distributer of the ball and Biggs was rested from NAB2 so they seem like locks yet on paper they are the 21st & 22nd guys picked.

IMO they are 21st and 22nd. Our massive depth in smalls/developing talls definitely lends itself to going smaller but how do we balance sum > parts?

I really like what Biggs brings to our defensive unit. Really suits team defence however we have a lot of HB types. Does JJ play further afield? Biggs too perhaps.

Love Daniel but think short term he would be the one to miss if we go taller. I say no Hamling.

[Axe Man]

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Just having a look at the round 1 teams being picked by Dockers supporters on Big Footy, they believe they will have a fairly tall forward line:

Clarke 203 & Griffin 201 swapping between the ruck and forward
Taberner 199
Pavlich 192
Mayne 188 (plays tallish).

Morris can handle Pav and Wood or Biggs can cover Mayne, but if we only go with 1 tall (Adams 193) we are going to struggle to cover their giants.

The match committee may well select a team of backline midgets as it often did last year and it may well work, but I will feel much more comfortable with Hamling in the side.

[Rocco Jones]

Re: Round 1 2016 team

Just having a look at the round 1 teams being picked by Dockers supporters on Big Footy, they believe they will have a fairly tall forward line:

Clarke 203 & Griffin 201 swapping between the ruck and forward
Taberner 199
Pavlich 192
Mayne 188 (plays tallish).

Morris can handle Pav and Wood or Biggs can cover Mayne, but if we only go with 1 tall (Adams 193) we are going to struggle to cover their giants.

The match committee may well select a team of backline midgets as it often did last year and it may well work, but I will feel much more comfortable with Hamling in the side.

Forwards who are tall don't worry me, good tall forwards do. You expose the guys who are just tall.

[Axe Man]

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Forwards who are tall don't worry me, good tall forwards do. You expose the guys who are just tall.

You're not wrong, just makes me very nervous. They also have Fyfe who will probably spend some time forward and is strong in the air.

[Rocco Jones]

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You're not wrong, just makes me very nervous. They also have Fyfe who will probably spend some time forward and is strong in the air.

Yep. Fyfe scares me a lot more as a key-forward than Taberner or their resting ruck but it also means he doesn't play in the middle.

[Rocco Jones]

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Morris vs Pavlich
Adams + Wood vs Taberner and 2nd ruck- frees up Wood for about a quarter as they have to ruck as well. M Boyd and Biggs to help out.

If talls are causing us an issue, we can use Roughy a bit more down back and have Redpath/T Boyd ruck for a bit more.

[always right]

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I think Bevo might be keen to play Adams on Pavlich and Morris on one of the smalls but this would leave us exposed to the resting ruckman. This means either Hamling plays or Morris takes Pavlich and Adams the next tall.

Mind you we are only looking at it from our perspective if Freo goes tall up forward. Imagine the conversation Freo are having about the same topic. I daresay they would be really concerned about going tall up forward at the risk of us bringing the ball to ground and sweeping it out of defence with our runners. If we've learned one thing it's that Bevo backs his gameplan and his players. I won't be surprised if we take a risk and go small in defence.

[Mofra]

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Morris can handle Pav and Wood or Biggs can cover Mayne, but if we only go with 1 tall (Adams 193) we are going to struggle to cover their giants.

Eade used to regularly put Gilbee on the opposition resting ruckman - how often does a no 3 forward/resting ruckman make a big impact on a game?

I'd be tempted to put Murphy or JJ on a tall so we can kill them with run off the HB line, although for the last half of last year one guy used to get the talls all the time - Biggsy. It's almost like versatility applies to 18-19 players, and a couple get set roles i.e. ruckman, FB/Anchor defender and designated "playing short on a tall to generate rebound" defender.

[Mofra]

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Forwards who are tall don't worry me, good tall forwards do. You expose the guys who are just tall.

True - tall forwards play best when they get separation on their tall teammates, a task made harder with 3 immobile talls rather than 2

[Bornadog]

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I hope Hamling plays, we can't rely on just Adams, a first gamer, to be our KPP.

[Maddog37]

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Wood would destroy a resting ruckman. Perfect scenario for us.