Always Right Match Committee R16 vs Sydney 2025

[GVGjr]

Welcome to the Always Right Match Committee Thread. The Match Committee threads has been named after long time WOOF member Always Right who tragically passed away in March 2018.

If you were on the Western Bulldogs match committee, what changes would you make after our Round 15 match against Richmond for our Round 16 match against Sydney at the SCG on Friday.

For those new to these threads, please give a brief explanation for your changes ... this would add a lot of value to the discussion.

[GVGjr]

Bump

[Hotdog60]

It's going to be interesting with Treloar out and you would think Garcia in, but I think he's not quite there and tends to do too much.

[Bornadog]

Treloar, JOD and McNeil could miss through injury

[The Adelaide Connection]

The AFL app lists O’Donnell injured alongside McNeil on the stats sheet. Did I miss something re: O’Donnell? Or was it an ‘ended off for treatment but not a concern stuff’?

[Bumper Bulldogs]

JOD and McNeil will be fine.
Trelore will be replaced with JJ

[lemmon]

It's going to be interesting with Treloar out and you would think Garcia in, but I think he's not quite there and tends to do too much.

Reckon Sanders comes back into that role if he's right to go

[GVGjr]

Hard to drop anyone
Treloar out, perhaps Khamis.
Sanders is JJ and Garcia all chances to come in.

[HOSE B ROMERO]

Without knowing severity of injuries and 5 day turnaround:
Sanders, JJ, Buss and Garcia in the mix.

[Bornadog]

The AFL app lists O’Donnell injured alongside McNeil on the stats sheet. Did I miss something re: O’Donnell? Or was it an ‘ended off for treatment but not a concern stuff’?

JOD didn't come on in the last

[Willow18]

Outs: Treloar, Khamis
ins: Sanders, JJ

Buss in for JOD if he misses.

Dolan, Hynes could easily make way while Harmes didn’t have a great game.
but not sure if turning one of those into Garcia does much.

[JackCJohnston2000]

Outs: Treloar, Harmes, Dolan
Ins: Sanders, Garcia, JJ

Buss comes in for JOD if he doesn't get up but Bevo seemed confident he'll be alright, even more confident about McNeil.

Sanders takes the Treloar role (like father, like son) but I also think that Garcia just has to get rewarded off the back of his last two weeks in the VFL and I think that Harmes' underwhelming return might be his doorway back into the 23. Dolan could stay but I also want to see JJ back in the side in case they clamp down on Bailey Dale... and Dolan had a great highlight of tenacity and physicality but that was about it for the whole game.

If JJ comes in, it also means more time for Fridge to play on ball or forward of the ball. Otherwise, we should structurally be lining up without much change from what has worked for us recently but with a better selection of 23 players.

[Hotdog60]

I don't know if I'm sold on Garcia ATM gets a lot of it but it's what he does with it.

[Bulldogs201616]

Sanders in for Treloar. No point changing things up to drastically after today's win.

[DOG GOD]

Sanders for Treloar
JJ for Hynes