Match Committee - Round 2, 2018 vs West Coast Eagles

[Go_Dogs]

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I nearly posted something similar today ratsmac.

We appear to be doing a silent "refresh". No idea what it means, other than a small amount of short term pain, but definitely appears as though we aren't selecting our best 22. We can't come out and say we're doing a rebuild, reboot or refresh, so I get it, but it's hard to argue that it's not what we're doing.

[ratsmac]

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He struggled and looked as though lacking confidence

That's quite concerning. This is obviously why he's not selected. He seems to be deprived of all confidence atm. Hopefully he can have some good games and get back on track asap.

[Bornadog]

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Unbelievable that Biggs got dropped before Williams.

Biggs was shocking last week. Williams still making mistakes but also does lots of good things.

[lemmon]

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Biggs was shocking last week. Williams still making mistakes but also does lots of good things.

I might be one of the few but I don't see why Williams seems to have bedded down a spot.

He has a nice kick but I think his decision making is only okay, he's slow by foot and doesn't defend particularly well.

I'm just not sure where he fits off half back - he doesn't provide much drive, nor is he a lock down player.

I'd like to see him spend some time in the middle. He racked up big numbers there as a junior and you can hide that lack of pace.

[MrMahatma]

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I might be one of the few but I don't see why Williams seems to have bedded down a spot.

He has a nice kick but I think his decision making is only okay, he's slow by foot and doesn't defend particularly well.

I'm just not sure where he fits off half back - he doesn't provide much drive, nor is he a lock down player.

I'd like to see him spend some time in the middle. He racked up big numbers there as a junior and you can hide that lack of pace.

You aren't alone.

Williams plays at a level that would render Tom Boyd a 9 year old.. but he's held to different standards.

[The bulldog tragician]

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That's quite concerning. This is obviously why he's not selected. He seems to be deprived of all confidence atm. Hopefully he can have some good games and get back on track asap.

And yet I feel he’s not the sort of guy to ‘regain confidence’ trundling around in a VFL practice match. I don’t know what the answer is, but his absence is like a barometer of where we are at - the breakthrough premiership and his breakout game. We thought we would immediately go from strength to strength but there is hardly one player of the 22 who has improved (except Joel Hamling). !!

[GVGjr]

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I might be one of the few but I don't see why Williams seems to have bedded down a spot.

He has a nice kick but I think his decision making is only okay, he's slow by foot and doesn't defend particularly well.

I'm just not sure where he fits off half back - he doesn't provide much drive, nor is he a lock down player.

I'd like to see him spend some time in the middle. He racked up big numbers there as a junior and you can hide that lack of pace.

He is probably better suited on a wing at the moment but regarding him racking up big numbers as a junior I think that was really more around one standout game. I'm not sure he was a ball magnet.

[GVGjr]

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There is some speculation that there might be a late change for us.

[Happy Days]

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There is some speculation that there might be a late change for us.

Dickson? Was taken off early in the scratch matches.

Really hope it's for Gowers.

[GVGjr]

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Dickson? Was taken off early in the scratch matches.

Really hope it's for Gowers.

Try a bigger name, much bigger. I'm not 100% sure but maybe Bont

[The Underdog]

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Try a bigger name, much bigger. I'm not 100% sure but maybe Bont

I really hope you’re wrong.

[Rocco Jones]

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Apparently Campbell Brown said Bont has food poisoning but it might be an April Fool's Day joke....

[Greystache]

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That's quite concerning. This is obviously why he's not selected. He seems to be deprived of all confidence atm. Hopefully he can have some good games and get back on track asap.

I'm not sure leaving him out of all the preseason games, especially to play Shache instead, then giving him limited game time in the VFL last week would have helped. We seem pretty determined to push him onto the scrap heap.

It's probably not a bad thing he's not in the team this week, playing him as a lock down defender switching with bursts as an inside mid wouldn't exactly have helped. Maybe when some sanity returns to selection and match ups so will Boyd.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

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I'm not sure leaving him out of all the preseason games, especially to play Shache instead, then giving him limited game time in the VFL last week would have helped. We seem pretty determined to push him onto the scrap heap.

It's probably not a bad thing he's not in the team this week, playing him as a lock down defender switching with bursts as an inside mid wouldn't exactly have helped. Maybe when some sanity returns to selection and match ups so will Boyd.

Sarcasm aside it’s about where I’m at with the faith in our side/club right now.

Boyd will never dominate VFL and it’s laughable that we are paying him a million bucks a year to play 2s, particularly given he is clearly a confidence player who performs better with responsibility (PF and GF). He strikes me as a player who if you show you don’t have faith in him then he won’t have faith in himself.

Hope the kid is OK and can turn it around very soon.

[Rocket Science]

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I'm really hoping there's an 'I told you so' moment when it comes to the way we've handled Boyd and he emerges out the other end better for it, and us.

But becoming increasingly less inclined to hold my breath.