Match Committee - Round 2, 2018 vs West Coast Eagles

[FrediKanoute]

Re: Match Committee - Round 2, 2018 vs West Coast Eagles

Out: Libba, Crozier, Williams, Honeychurch, Gowers

In: Wallis, Daniel, Redders, Dickson, Jong

[Bornadog]

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Out: Libba, Crozier, Williams, Honeychurch, Gowers

In: Wallis, Daniel, Redders, Dickson, Jong

I like your ins, I need to think about who goes out

[MrMahatma]

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Out: Libba, Crozier, Williams, Honeychurch, Gowers

In: Wallis, Daniel, Redders, Dickson, Jong

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[1eyedog]

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Out: Libba, Crozier, Williams, Honeychurch, Gowers

In: Wallis, Daniel, Redders, Dickson, Jong

The only player I'd consider not dropping is Gowers, reckon he may deserve another crack at it.

[Bulldog4life]

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The only player I'd consider not dropping is Gowers, reckon he may deserve another crack at it.

He does.

[Bornadog]

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Bevo Press Conference:

*The mood is good, we’ve just been through first part of the review. Positive thing about dissecting the game is you see areas you can grow this week.

* I said on the weekend, especially in this period of significant change in terms of on field personnel, is support that change. The players are determined to get better this week

* There’s a lot of room for improvement, but GWS were pretty impressive.

* Easton covered as much ground as any, but was chasing orange jumpers for most of it. There’s a chance he might start back, but we will assess that in selection this week

* Tim looks ready to take on challenge of being an AFL ruckman. There was some encouraging things forward. Being tall, he will attract a crowd in the air.

* We will prepare him pretty well for a big test against Nic Naitanui

* Caleb had a bit of an interruption, that’s why he didn’t play in Moe. He had a good session yesterday so he’ll be in contention for Sunday

* Picko is still getting some headaches & training with footballs isn’t working out for him. How far away his return is, we’re still working through that. I think he will play footy again this year

* It’s unfortunate for Hayden, he’s had a good preparation. He’ll be back hopefully within 4-5 weeks.

[hujsh]

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That's some great spin

The upside of losing so badly is that we've identified so many things to work on. When you win like GWS it's really hard to find things you can do better so if you think about it we're actually better off than they are.

[Bornadog]

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That's some great spin

The upside of losing so badly is that we've identified so many things to work on. When you win like GWS it's really hard to find things you can do better so if you think about it we're actually better off than they are.

Hopefully we get some players back this week with Caleb looking a likely. English won't be dropped and Wood to the backline.

[Mofra]

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Hopefully we get some players back this week with Caleb looking a likely. English won't be dropped and Wood to the backline.

Like.
A good ball user and playing Wood back will help, and I think English deserves his spot.

[hujsh]

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Hopefully we get some players back this week with Caleb looking a likely. English won't be dropped and Wood to the backline.

Caleb would be a big help but we need the guys at the coalface doing the work for him to be effective. That probably means we need Wallis in the center proving himself in Libba's absence. Wood back would be good and maybe Trengove if there's a matchup for him (no idea who our matchup is for Kennedy but I expect Roberts to be as effective as a wet piece of tissue paper). English was good last week but do we need 3 ruckmen? One of them goes for probably Redpath who is probably the better forward. Or Trengove back and Roberts out for Redpath.

[Bornadog]

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Caleb would be a big help but we need the guys at the coalface doing the work for him to be effective. That probably means we need Wallis in the center proving himself in Libba's absence. Wood back would be good and maybe Trengove if there's a matchup for him (no idea who our matchup is for Kennedy but I expect Roberts to be as effective as a wet piece of tissue paper). English was good last week but do we need 3 ruckmen? One of them goes for probably Redpath who is probably the better forward. Or Trengove back and Roberts out for Redpath.

You will be happy to know Kennedy won't be back for a few rounds, still out with injury.

[hujsh]

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You will be happy to know Kennedy won't be back for a few rounds, still out with injury.

I AM happy to hear that. Forgot about that little detail.

That said I've not forgotten last time they were here and he was out.

[Bornadog]

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Link

Luke Beveridge addressed the media on Tuesday afternoon at Victoria University Whitten Oval, and westernbulldogs.com.au lists the

five key takeaways.

1. Review is done. Mood is good

The Bulldogs completed their review of Sunday’s loss to the Giants and the mood across the group is good according to Beveridge, with a clear understanding of where improvements are needed.
“The mood is good. We’ve just been through the first part of our review.

“The positive thing about dissecting the game is that you see all of the opportunities for improvement. We’ve come out of that meeting feeling pretty good about how we can grow this week and make a pretty good account of ourselves this Sunday.”

2. He’s comfortable being measured against 2016

Asked if the Club was being marked against the premiership year, Beveridge said he welcomed the pressure on his team to again become a side that is difficult to play against.
“I suppose in a way, we welcome that. We’ve created that expectation now that we can be a formidable side, if we don’t win the day we’ll be hard to beat. We weren’t hard to beat on Sunday.

“No matter where we are in the time frame and how we’re evolving, I think it is a good thing because we want to put ourselves under that sort of pressure where we are difficult to play against.
“I think the commentary around us, I haven’t been privy to all of it, I think it’s welcomed and we’re determined to be that side again.”

3. Caleb in contention

There’s at least two spots available this weekend with Caleb Daniel a possibility to fill one of them according to the coach. Strong VFL form from a handful of other players could also see them force their way into the side.
‘’Caleb will be in the mix. He had a bit of an interruption, that’s why he didn’t play in Moe unfortunately. He had a pretty solid training session yesterday and will be in calculations.”

“A handful of the boys played pretty well on the weekend against Geelong in a VFL trial game. We’ve obviously got two spots up for grabs and whether or not there’s any more, time will tell.”

4. English ready to step up

Beveridge said that English’s form was one of the bright spots of the weekend, and a looming battle with Eagles ruckman won’t phase the second year man..
“He looks like he’s ready to take on the challenge of being an AFL ruckman at the tender age of 20.
“We liked the way he contested the ball at ground level, and he uses the ball pretty well for a big fella, so there’s some really encouraging things.
“We’ll prepare him pretty well and he won’t go it alone (against Naitanui). It’ll be a big test, he’s a great athlete, Nick.

“He’s pretty level-headed. Even when he was on the lighter side last year, he played against some pretty big boys in the VFL, and he found a way to play to his strengths, (which was) his agility and his scope to cover ground, so he’ll play to those and we’ll try and work to those as well.”

5. The timeline of Liam Picken’s return is unclear

Beveridge is confident that Picken will return to the side at some point this season, but due to the nature of concussions, it’s difficult to provide an exact timeline.
“We’ve got him down as indefinite and that hasn’t changed. He’s still getting some headaches and training with the balls isn’t working out for him at the moment, so there’s some concerns there and how far away his return is, I just can’t tell you.

“(As I’ve said before) I just can’t see a time when Liam comes to us and says, and we’ll work to that point with him, and says ‘I’m ready’, so I think he’ll play footy before the year is out, I just don’t know when that will be.

“He’s seeing some specialist outside the Club to help him and give our staff some advice so we’re really hitting it head on in looking after his well-being and we’ll be really well advised by the time he comes to us and says ‘I want to play’, as to whether or not that’s a good idea.”

[Ozza]

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So I’ve watched Bevo’s press conference now.

I obviously need to reset my expectations for 2018 - as we obviously have different expectations internally to what I thought.

And that’s fine. There is a fairly clear message there about how we are changing the side personnel wise, and we are not sure when we will be playing good footy.

[josie]

Re: Match Committee - Round 2, 2018 vs West Coast Eagles

So I’ve watched Bevo’s press conference now.

I obviously need to reset my expectations for 2018 - as we obviously have different expectations internally to what I thought.

And that’s fine. There is a fairly clear message there about how we are changing the side personnel wise, and we are not sure when we will be playing good footy.

Yeah-tempering my expectations too. Found it interesting he thought Cordy did ok when I thought he along with a lot of our players had howlers. Got a feeling wood and Trengove will be back in defence a fair bit. My guess is Bevo is reviewing his flexible position mantra a tad and that he puts himself under microscope as much as players.

Out:Libba, Crozier, Williams, Roberts (tried hard but if wood/Trengove go back...)
In: Jong, Wally (if not ready then Dickson), Daniel, Redpath