Always Right Match Committee Round 18 v Sydney

[GVGjr]

Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 18 v Sydney

Lobb had to be dropped.

Gardner in is a surprise, hopefully he is over his injury

Ironically it wasn't his worse game but overdue to be omitted.
Why do you think we are sticking with JOD? Is it a lack of suitable tall defenders?

[Dry Rot]

Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 18 v Sydney

Swans have dropped Hickey.

Swans must really rate our ruck division.

[GVGjr]

Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 18 v Sydney

Right from the outset the club has picked him to stick; clear message.
We must expect him to develop quickly with gametime, ready for finals..
Darcy for Lobb is exciting.

In terms of Lobb being dropped and Darcy coming in it's worked our way that the Swans have also dropped Hickey.
On paper Lobb and English could have had a field day with McLean and Amartey but English and Darcy will be fine.

[azabob]

Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 18 v Sydney

Swans must really rate our ruck division.

You going DR?

[kruder]

Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 18 v Sydney

Not knocking the player but we are very committed to the JOD experiment.

It says a lot about Josh Bruce's form unfortunately.

[Critter]

Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 18 v Sydney

JOD will stay, not sure why you'd drop him.

Just knows how to play.

Counting his possessions is a little lame.

I suppose possessions are used as a metric in performance appraisal as they provide a level of objectivity. Otherwise it becomes very subjective... opinion. Like "Just knows how to play." You could add tackles to the assessment, but given his tackle count was zero, that doesn't help much. "Know's how to play" isn't particularly useful either. The end result of his efforts was to have minimal impact upon the game, as was evidenced by him being subbed off at three quarter time. He looked struggling for pace when the game was reduced to sheer fundamentals for our backs in the furnace of the third quarter. I suspect experience mattered here.

I too think he has potential, but fail to see evidence of the benefit of continually playing him in the AFL rather than allowing him to develop in the VFL.

[Bornadog]

Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 18 v Sydney

Ironically it wasn't his worse game but overdue to be omitted.
Why do you think we are sticking with JOD? Is it a lack of suitable tall defenders?

I think we are trying to fast track him, otherwise I don't get why he keeps getting a game.

[GVGjr]

Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 18 v Sydney

It says a lot about Josh Bruce's form unfortunately.

It might also be that TOB is injured.

[Bornadog]

Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 18 v Sydney

It might also be that TOB is injured.

Bruce's form in the VFL hasn't been great, so I understand why he isn't in.

[whythelongface]

Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 18 v Sydney

Swans must really rate our ruck division.

Hickey has been ordinary this year. Like Lobb needs a spell

[GVGjr]

Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 18 v Sydney

I think we are trying to fast track him, otherwise I don't get why he keeps getting a game.

Perhaps but we really can't afford slip ups given our ladder position and percentage.
Given his lack of experience the VFL should be good enough to develop him.

[Bornadog]

Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 18 v Sydney

No Buddy this week again

[GVGjr]

Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 18 v Sydney

No Buddy this week again

Franklin?

[Nuggety Back Pocket]

Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 18 v Sydney

We could do a lot worse that alternate Darcy at CHB and English. Since the loss of Liam Jones we have struggled with quality key
defenders. Darcy played a lot of his junior football as a key defender and might just be the answer for the future.
The loss of Bailey Smith might see West played more in the midfield.

[azabob]

Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 18 v Sydney

No Buddy this week again

He played last week BAD. He is playing