Always Right Match Committee - Round 16 Vs Eagles 2020

[azabob]

Re: Always Right Match Committee - Round 16 Vs Eagles 2020

I think this one may have been a Baines call, not a Bevo call.

Gut feel or more?

[The Bulldogs Bite]

Re: Always Right Match Committee - Round 16 Vs Eagles 2020

But he’s ok playing Gardner, Butler and Weightman who are all in the same boat?

Different rules, for different fools!

This highlights our bizarre methodology at match committee doesn't it?

The fact we've allowed ourselves to go into a season with a young ruck who isn't ready for a full year and has his own struggles (English), supported by a rookie (Sweet) so that we have to play one of our best mids as a ruck - which cooked Dunkley last night - is some of the worst list management I have EVER seen.

Poor Dunkley was absolutely spent while English rested forward and Bruce continued to do SFA.

[GVGjr]

Re: Always Right Match Committee - Round 16 Vs Eagles 2020

In's - Suckling, Cordy, Schache, Duryea
Out's - Dickson, Wood, Bruce, Vandermeer

[comrade]

Re: Always Right Match Committee - Round 16 Vs Eagles 2020

In's - Suckling, Cordy, Schache, Duryea
Out's - Dickson, Wood, Bruce, Vandermeer

Looks about right but doesn’t address the ruck issue.

[G-Mo77]

Re: Always Right Match Committee - Round 16 Vs Eagles 2020

Looks about right but doesn’t address the ruck issue.

Is Ling Jong healthy? I kid........

I'd just drop Engligh and play Bruce there most of the game.

[angelopetraglia]

Re: Always Right Match Committee - Round 16 Vs Eagles 2020

This highlights our bizarre methodology at match committee doesn't it?

The fact we've allowed ourselves to go into a season with a young ruck who isn't ready for a full year and has his own struggles (English), supported by a rookie (Sweet) so that we have to play one of our best mids as a ruck - which cooked Dunkley last night - is some of the worst list management I have EVER seen.

Poor Dunkley was absolutely spent while English rested forward and Bruce continued to do SFA.

We recruit Trengove who is 197cm. He has played that backup Ruck role before. Kane Cornes was mentioning that he has seen him do it many times and is more than capable. We don't play him either.

[comrade]

Re: Always Right Match Committee - Round 16 Vs Eagles 2020

Is Ling Jong healthy? I kid........

I'd just drop Engligh and play Bruce there most of the game.

I am all for giving Timmy a spell, but I don't want to see Bruce for the rest of 2020. Done his dash.

[angelopetraglia]

Re: Always Right Match Committee - Round 16 Vs Eagles 2020

I can't agree on this point. He has been a great player for us and was ready to play after building up at training. His performance tonight that is different.

He is playing mickey mouse games of football. That's no real guide. Why not bring him back against lesser opposition? It was too much to expect him to step straight into the cauldron against an outfit like Geelong. Also, last night highlighted that in tight games, especially at night in QLD with the dew you need genuine crumbing forwards. Cav is that type of player ... he was better suited than Dicko in my opinion. The match committee got it wrong.

[Mitcha]

Re: Always Right Match Committee - Round 16 Vs Eagles 2020

The coach has said Sweet isn't ready for AFL footy just yet a couple of times. Whether it's right or wrong I don't know, but that's the view.

If this is true then why the hell name him as an emergency about a dozen times, doesn't make any sense whatsoever.

[Mitcha]

Re: Always Right Match Committee - Round 16 Vs Eagles 2020

Is Ling Jong healthy? I kid........

I'd just drop Engligh and play Bruce there most of the game.

What is with the thinking of dropping English but playing Bruce?, just interested.

[G-Mo77]

Re: Always Right Match Committee - Round 16 Vs Eagles 2020

If this is true then why the hell name him as an emergency about a dozen times, doesn't make any sense whatsoever.

Nothing does when it comes to selecting the team.

A few weeks ago Lewis Young was injured and was not available however named as an emergency.

[G-Mo77]

Re: Always Right Match Committee - Round 16 Vs Eagles 2020

What is with the thinking of dropping English but playing Bruce?, just interested.

English I think is injured and why they're not playing him ruck. Why play him at all then? Just drop him, play Bruce there or why not Trengove. We'll still get killed in the ruck but at least they won't get first use every single dam time like they did last night. That killed us!

[comrade]

Re: Always Right Match Committee - Round 16 Vs Eagles 2020

I can't agree on this point. He has been a great player for us and was ready to play after building up at training. His performance tonight that is different.

Yeah, you're right. It was a great decision to bring him in.

[The bulldog tragician]

Re: Always Right Match Committee - Round 16 Vs Eagles 2020

If Trengove is fit, he must play in the ruck. If he loses hit outs so be it. We are already being smashed, as well as burning out a midfielder who looked absolutely cooked when he had to be parked in the forward line in the last quarter. The sight of him attempting to wrestle against Hawkins in the Geelong forward line made me feel ill. If English can’t ruck over the ground get someone who can. Can you imagine what Naitanui will do to us next week. I feel even more ill.

[Grantysghost]

Re: Always Right Match Committee - Round 16 Vs Eagles 2020

If Trengove is fit, he must play in the ruck. If he loses hit outs so be it. We are already being smashed, as well as burning out a midfielder who looked absolutely cooked when he had to be parked in the forward line in the last quarter. The sight of him attempting to wrestle against Hawkins in the Geelong forward line made me feel ill. If English can’t ruck over the ground get someone who can. Can you imagine what Naitanui will do to us next week. I feel even more ill.

He's fit. I agree if Sweet isn't ready, Jackson will bleed for the team.