Always Right Match Committee Round Two v Carlton at Marvel

[angelopetraglia]

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Any word on Bont's ankle? Is he going to get up and play?

[angelopetraglia]

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Update: Jacko said this today, "Newly re-signed Bulldogs star Jack Macrae is confident Marcus Bontempelli will be right to face Carlton on Thursday night".

[Bornadog]

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Given Tim played all of his time on the ground as a ruck in rd.1 wI take it you see him playing up forward too? What would be the split?

Haven't thought that far ahead

[azabob]

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How about we just give up on Schache and never consider him ever again. It’s been five years, it’s not gonna happen.

Small steps mate.

Last week half this board thought Schache was the answer as our 2nd forward.

[Mantis]

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Last week half this board thought Schache was the answer as our 2nd forward.

The other half thought he was going to be our 3rd tall ‘intercepting’ defender which is where he spent the preseason training… come Rd.1 the first position he lines up is on the *!*!*!*!ing wing.

Didn’t see that coming!

[azabob]

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The other half thought he was going to be our 3rd tall ‘intercepting’ defender which is where he spent the preseason training… come Rd.1 the first position he lines up is on the *!*!*!*!ing wing.

Didn’t see that coming!

Tom Morris did, I mean Bevo. I mean, one poster on woof did.

[Mofra]

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The other half thought he was going to be our 3rd tall ‘intercepting’ defender which is where he spent the preseason training… come Rd.1 the first position he lines up is on the *!*!*!*!ing wing.

Didn’t see that coming!

If we accept the fact that Gardner sits on and hatches the ball whenever he gets it, he seems to have that negating 2nd KPD spot sewn up. Marginally ahead of Cordy.
Tim O'Brien will hopefully be that tall(ish) intercept player considering we made big noise about that being his role.

I do wonder how many of us will have full heads of hair by the end of the season with Gardner not being that great with ball in hand and TOB prone to the odd brain fade.

[Bornadog]

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If we accept the fact that Gardner sits on and hatches the ball whenever he gets it, he seems to have that negating 2nd KPD spot sewn up. Marginally ahead of Cordy.
Tim O'Brien will hopefully be that tall(ish) intercept player considering we made big noise about that being his role.

I do wonder how many of us will have full heads of hair by the end of the season with Gardner not being that great with ball in hand and TOB prone to the odd brain fade.

Who plays on Mackay? Not looking forward to that contest

[GVGjr]

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Given Tim played all of his time on the ground as a ruck in rd.1 wI take it you see him playing up forward too? What would be the split?

If Sweet was to play you would have to think he rucks for 70% of the game with English up forward as much as we can.

I prefer Tim as our number 1 ruckman

[Mofra]

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Who plays on Mackay? Not looking forward to that contest

Keath. He just takes the no 1 forward every week.
Perhaps they'll try and drag Keath away from the square to expose Gardner/TOB one out but Chief normally gets the balance pretty right between sticking to his man and letting them chase kicks up field while covering the next one.

[Mantis]

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If Sweet was to play you would have to think he rucks for 70% of the game with English up forward as much as we can.

I prefer Tim as our number 1 ruckman

Yep... As much as we probably need Tim in the forward line, for his own development it's time he stepped up as our no.1 ruckman. He showed in rd.1 he can be very effective in that role so we need to back him in and look at other options up forward.

[Grantysghost]

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Yep... As much as we probably need Tim in the forward line, for his own development it's time he stepped up as our no.1 ruckman. He showed in rd.1 he can be very effective in that role so we need to back him in and look at other options up forward.

Totally agree Mantis. It's now or never, and I think it's his preferred role so a happy Tim is a longer term Bulldog Tim. Plus he's doing really well so far.

We are just going to have to make do with bit part players until Bruce is fit again and/or Marra steps up.

Cordy, Martin, Schache, Sweet....maybe even O'Brien will probably rotate through there in part for the majority of the season.

[EasternWest]

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Yep... As much as we probably need Tim in the forward line, for his own development it's time he stepped up as our no.1 ruckman. He showed in rd.1 he can be very effective in that role so we need to back him in and look at other options up forward.

I was surprised at how quickly Tim came along after looking so far off it the last few years.

He's taken in the best ruck combo in the league and acquitted himself well. This has to be the way forward now.

[Bornadog]

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Yep... As much as we probably need Tim in the forward line, for his own development it's time he stepped up as our no.1 ruckman. He showed in rd.1 he can be very effective in that role so we need to back him in and look at other options up forward.

Agree, however, we also need a second ruck, and that is why I suggested Sweet instead of Cordy. Surely he can't be as bad as Cordy in the Forward/ruck role.

Cordy last week:

3 Disposals, 1 hitout and 1 goal assist

[Mantis]

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Agree, however, we also need a second ruck, and that is why I suggested Sweet instead of Cordy. Surely he can't be as bad as Cordy in the Forward/ruck role.

Cordy last week:

3 Disposals, 1 hitout and 1 goal assist

I'm not sure I need reminding how bad Cordy was... he is totally unsuitable to the role he was selected for and the MC got it completely wrong.

Sweet is no doubt a better ruckman than Cordy, but given he may only spend 6-8min a qtr in this role he needs to be a threat in the forward line... and I'm not sure he can be.