Always Right Match Committee Round 11 v West Coast at Optus Stadium on Saturday Night

[Bulldog4life]

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i thought McNeil played his best game. Should have nailed 4 goals instead of 2.2

Yep impressed with his tackling too.

[azabob]

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i thought McNeil played his best game. Should have nailed 4 goals instead of 2.2

My beef with McNeil is he misses relative easy goals. It is a real problem and stopping him cementing his place in the 22. Hopefully he can get over this; maybe seek out someone at the club to help with his mindset, routine whatever.

[GVGjr]

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My beef with McNeil is he misses relative easy goals. It is a real problem and stopping him cementing his place in the 22. Hopefully he can get over this; maybe seek out someone at the club to help with his mindset, routine whatever.

He's not on his Robinson Crusoe though but I agree it's going to be the difference between being a regular and more of a spare parts player for him.

[Scraggers]

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Nic Nat 8 weeks, LIam Ryan 3 weeks. The only maybes are Oscar Allen and Gaff

I heard Oscar Allen is out for the year.

[Scraggers]

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I heard Oscar Allen is out for the year.

http://https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.perthnow.com.au/sport/west-coast-eagles/young-eagles-star-oscar-allen-ruled-out-for-season-as-west-coast-add-two-to-inactive-list-c-6871067.amp

Confirmed

[GVGjr]

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I heard Oscar Allen is out for the year.

They are going to start sending players off for the operations and add a couple more in the mid season draft.

[jeemak]

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He's not on his Robinson Crusoe though but I agree it's going to be the difference between being a regular and more of a spare parts player for him.

And he's definitely not playing the role of Pat Malone either!

[Bornadog]

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My beef with McNeil is he misses relative easy goals. It is a real problem and stopping him cementing his place in the 22. Hopefully he can get over this; maybe seek out someone at the club to help with his mindset, routine whatever.

The point is at least he is getting the ball and having shots. Just because he missed the goals, you don't drop him.

Hopefully he finds some composure with ball in hand. As B4L said he also had 7 tackles

[Rocco Jones]

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McNeill is 15th in the league for inside 50 tackles despite missing the first 3 games.

[GVGjr]

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McNeill is 15th in the league for inside 50 tackles despite missing the first 3 games.

That's one of his best attributes. If he can improve his goal kicking accuracy he will be a very handy player for us.

[Rocco Jones]

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That's one of his best attributes. If he can improve his goal kicking accuracy he will be a very handy player for us.

I normally cringe a bit about making too much of a micro stat but he is elite at it. Argument against is it's easier when you're not doing much else.

[MrMahatma]

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So McNeil stays in and West out?

Given where some of the players are coming back into the team, some guys are gonna miss who have prob been playing ok. We’re still carrying a few.

I prob have McNeil blinkers on. I see the misses and get annoyed. His goal from the boundary was a ripper then he misses a couple sitters, and I think even one OOBOTF?

I get “at least he’s getting shots” but also, you need to kick goals.

[Rocco Jones]

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Selection wise.

Eagles are struggling obviously and particularly weak in the ruck. Whether we go Zaine or Sweet shouldn't hurt us too much. Zaine is a safer bet to not being a total disaster but I would like us to go with Sweet. Not taking the opposition for granted but it's so close anyway, I would like us to take the opportunity to see Sweet again.

Doc and Cody seem like ins judging by Bevo.

In: English, Doc, Cody
Out: Zaine, Cleary, McComb (thought he was actually alright)

[jeemak]

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If McNeil kicks two goals you can't drop him for missing a couple, especially when he lays seven tackles as a pressure player.

Unfortunately I think it'll be West who makes way for Cody, and that's a real shame because he has been having a crack and putting some good football together. They could look at Scott and McComb, but the latter kicked a couple and the former is a bit more versatile.

What I would do however, is give Libba a bit of a rest by having him miss this week and play against the Cats, have the bye, and come back well and truly rested for the back end of the season. This would enable West to keep his spot which I think he deserves to do.

[Grantysghost]

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If McNeil kicks two goals you can't drop him for missing a couple, especially when he lays seven tackles as a pressure player.

Unfortunately I think it'll be West who makes way for Cody, and that's a real shame because he has been having a crack and putting some good football together. They could look at Scott and McComb, but the latter kicked a couple and the former is a bit more versatile.

What I would do however, is give Libba a bit of a rest by having him miss this week and play against the Cats, have the bye, and come back well and truly rested for the back end of the season. This would enable West to keep his spot which I think he deserves to do.

We can't drop West. McComb for me. West has vision like his Dad which is a rare trait.
That 20 metre handball was sublime the other day, not many can do it.
West long term > McComb.