Match Committee - Round 16, 2017 vs Adelaide

[merantau]

Re: Match Committee - Round 16, 2017 vs Adelaide

Win 14 we are in. Win 13 we miss out on %. Massive game. Let's get our hands on the ball first, play a close checking, physical football by getting numbers around every contest and let's nail our chances for once. We can do this. Let's put them under the microscope.

[Mantis]

Re: Match Committee - Round 16, 2017 vs Adelaide

For mine Clay Smith is the most exciting inclusion of the four. If you're going to have a team struggling with its footskills you may as well have a relentless competitive animal amongst them. For all Clay's faults he rarely loses a contest and is a very smart footballer.

The issue this year is that Clay hasn't been able to get to enough contests and thus can't influence them.

[Doc26]

Re: Match Committee - Round 16, 2017 vs Adelaide

I'm curious, why is your opinion above criticism?

It's not a different opinion that is at all troubling, it's your abuse that goes with it.

I appreciated YHF's different opinion a few back posts back from yours because it wasn't snide.

And for the record I haven't suggested some wide switch to youth per se, 1 maybe 2 changes in this direction to possibly help inject some renewed vigour to replace a player terribly out of form and possibly focus.

This approach has often had success over all the years I've been watching football for team's down on form and confidence but I do take YHF's point that it may well be a week short.

[Bornadog]

Re: Match Committee - Round 16, 2017 vs Adelaide

It's not a different opinion that is at all troubling, it's your abuse that goes with it.

I appreciated YHF's different opinion a few back posts back from yours because it wasn't snide.

And for the record I haven't suggested some wide switch to youth per se, 1 maybe 2 changes in this direction to possibly help inject some renewed vigour to replace a player terribly out of form and possibly focus.

This approach has often had success over all the years I've been watching football for team's down on form and confidence but I do take YHF's point that it may well be a week short.

Lose this week and any players down on form need to be dropped, and bring in some young talent. I am keen to see Lipinski given a go as well as Young. I am not sure on Hamilton, but would love him to continue getting the ball in the VFL and maybe he gets a go before year end.

[jeemak]

Re: Match Committee - Round 16, 2017 vs Adelaide

I hear what you are saying. Let me re-phrase it. Does he put his interpretation of ethics ahead of tactics if they conflict?

Quite possibly. If you look at his previous career the role of values oriented or ethics based action would be front of mind day in day out.

[Nuggety Back Pocket]

Re: Match Committee - Round 16, 2017 vs Adelaide

The inclusion of 4 Premiership players is a major plus. The downside unfortunately is to improve our under performing forward line with Stringer out of form. A better option would have been to recall Bailey Williams to defence with Suckling to half forward. Honeychurch is still to prove he is good enough at this level. Continuing with Redpath as a second string ruckman is also a concern where he was out of his depth last week.

[Ozza]

Re: Match Committee - Round 16, 2017 vs Adelaide

Hoping to see Stringer get up the ground more tonight.

NOT as a midfielder - but just to play higher up - get on the move giving us an option up to the wings, and leaving space behind him for Redpath, whose style is that more traditional type of leading deep forward.

We have seemed to have had a bit of an all or nothing approach with Jake. He is either deep forward, or if he isn't getting a kick - its straight to inside-mid or a wing. Would really like a sustained run of him playing high forward.

[soupman]

Re: Match Committee - Round 16, 2017 vs Adelaide

When Redpath goes in and we kick long to Honey and Wallis I'd suggest it will be a bad thing no matter the conditions. It will also mean Bont will play too much forward which impacts our clearance situation and Stinger gets stuck deep which hasn't really worked much over the last year. Roughead needs to play 80% ruck at least for us to have any chance of kicking a winning score

Who are the alternatives you're proposing?

English is the only other ruckman available, and he has demonstrated in his games (one of which was a tough night game in wet conditions) that he is not ready to make an impact. NMM pinch hits in the ruck in the VFL, but considering he looks and is built like Shaggy and his VFL form isn't amazing I think it's fair enough we aren't playing a second ruck.

As for forwards, well Cloke is slowly returning, again NMM is too slight to fill the long bomb target role and Young is being developed as a defender. The only other alternative is Roberts, who while never having shown an impact to play up forward at AFL level before could play in that role.

I get your concerns, but not sure what the solution is this week.

[BornInDroopSt'54]

Re: Match Committee - Round 16, 2017 vs Adelaide

They can make whatever changes they like as it's simply moving the deck chairs. I've simply lost interest. Going to be a long remainder of the season.

Is that you Bernard?

[Throughandthrough]

Re: Match Committee - Round 16, 2017 vs Adelaide

Absolutely hosing down in Adelaide right now (and freezing cold)

[Bornadog]

Re: Match Committee - Round 16, 2017 vs Adelaide

Absolutely hosing down in Adelaide right now (and freezing cold)

I presume you will be there T&T