Always Right Match Committee Round 5 vs Essendon

[Sedat]

Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 5 vs Essendon

last night the dogs had the majority of the better players. But they had to work twice as hard to get a goal. And nearly won.

Geelong had a more even spread of contributors on the night - they were comfortably better than us across 23 v 23 players.

They also have a superior match-day and tactical coach to us (and probably 17 other clubs). He might be a smug prick but is he almost without peer in the coaching ranks.

[Bornadog]

Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 5 vs Essendon

Is this a problem with Naughton or for Naughton?

Game after game we see it. Either get him out of there or get two of the others (ours) out.

We lost by 4 points and Naughton was goalless. It is not working.

Naughton didn't play deep, so he was out of there

[GVGjr]

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I want to get a look at this weeks training before making some decisions but we have some quality players at Footscray who are performing well and should be rewarded in we are struggling in some areas.

Lobb, O'Donnell and Garcia should be in the mix. Perhaps Harmes as well.
I have some doubts that Marra is fit enough (injury related) but it's encouraging to see him work his way back into games in the 2nd half. Macrae, Daniel and Dale need to have a good week on the training track.
I'll be interested to see how Weightman performs as well.

[angelopetraglia]

Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 5 vs Essendon

I want to get a look at this weeks training before making some decisions but we have some quality players at Footscray who are performing well and should be rewarded in we are struggling in some areas.

Lobb, O'Donnell and Garcia should be in the mix. Perhaps Harmes as well.
I have some doubts that Marra is fit enough (injury related) but it's encouraging to see him work his way back into games in the 2nd half. Macrae, Daniel and Dale need to have a good week on the training track.
I'll be interested to see how Weightman performs as well.

A healthy list is creating some competition for spots which is a good probelm to have.

What explains the drop off in Bailey Dale? The drop off in his raw output in numbers doesn't look too bad, but to the eye he looks low on confidence, second guessing himself, fumbling, missing targets and not backing his run and carry.

[GVGjr]

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A healthy list is creating some competition for spots which is a good probelm to have.

What explains the drop off in Bailey Dale? The drop off in his raw output in numbers doesn't look too bad, but to the eye he looks low on confidence, second guessing himself, fumbling, missing targets and not backing his run and carry.

Dale had a couple of weeks in rehab which might mean he's lost some touch or confidence but what seems to have dropped off is his decision making.
Let's hope Dale can get back to his best soon.

[azabob]

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Dale had a couple of weeks in rehab which might mean he's lost some touch or confidence but what seems to have dropped off is his decision making.
Let's hope Dale can get back to his best soon.

This is a recent issue for Dale though. Last year he wasn’t at his best either.

Maybe Dale is one of these players who are comfortable after signing his most recent contract.

[jeemak]

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Hearing Bevo talk about how we can't keep doing the same things, I'm going back on what I said.

I think Daniel or Macrae as sub and Garcia into the side. If Macrae plays VFL, I'd like to see him playing somewhere other than inside mid for a decent chunk of the game.

Maybe Jacko's lot in life as a Western Bulldog from here is being on hand for an injury or a drop in form from those in the side. Cramming him in and hoping it works out might not be fair to him.

[1eyedog]

Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 5 vs Essendon

Garcia is a deck chair how many opportunities does he need? 23 years old and 20 odd games it's just going to be more of the same.

[jeemak]

Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 5 vs Essendon

Garcia is a deck chair how many opportunities does he need? 23 years old and 20 odd games it's just going to be more of the same.

He's not played for ages so has only gotten better at football in lieu of that.

[soupman]

Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 5 vs Essendon

Despite the loss I was really happy with the performance. We look to be moving the ball with more purpose and care, our defensive setup is more rigid, better aerially and capable of providing sufficient drive. Midfield mix has been good for the most part and we haven't been playing redundant mids who don't contribute much elsewhere, our small forwards are the most involved in genuinely years, all of them have been contributing both with and without the ball, our key forwards and our disposal to them has been much better and they have been getting in eachothers space a lot less.

This is the most we have gotten out of our bottom 6-7 guys in years, Gallagher, Baker, Bramble, yes Vandermeer, Darcy have all been more than handy.

I think it is a good chance that in 5 rounds time we settle into this change, we figure out how best to select a side (do we need another tall defender), and role players being given continuity where they are involved really start to excel.

I'd be looking to make minimal changes, the only guys who aren't performing what we need atm are Macrae and Daniel. One of them needs to be dropped for Garcia to be sub. I think it will be Daniel. I'm not really sure what we do with Macrae, I don't think we really have a plan for how he makes us better atm, but think he'll be given another week to figure that out. Dale is struggling a bit but he is still such a valuable line breaker coming out of defence and I'm not willing to hand that duty solely to JJ and Bramble.

[jeemak]

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Good post Soup.

[kruder]

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I want to get a look at this weeks training before making some decisions but we have some quality players at Footscray who are performing well and should be rewarded in we are struggling in some areas.

Lobb, O'Donnell and Garcia should be in the mix. Perhaps Harmes as well.
I have some doubts that Marra is fit enough (injury related) but it's encouraging to see him work his way back into games in the 2nd half. Macrae, Daniel and Dale need to have a good week on the training track.
I'll be interested to see how Weightman performs as well.

Marra pulled up sore look to be his knee in the first quarter if I remember correctly.

[Mantis]

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Garcia is a deck chair how many opportunities does he need? 23 years old and 20 odd games it's just going to be more of the same.

Has Garcia ever had a centre bounce attendance in any of his previous AFL games?

He?s been played solely as a small forward when it?s clear his best footy is as a midfielder, and that?s where he needs to play.

The over reliance on Libba, Bont and Treloar to be out midfield needs to end and using ?like? players to fill the void is detrimental to our performance.

[Go_Dogs]

Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 5 vs Essendon

B: Richards, Jones, Williams
HB: JJ, JOD, Khamis
C: Baker, Treloar, Gags
HF: Sanders, Naughton, Weightman
F: Darcy, Marra, West
R: English, Bont, Libba
IC: Dale, Garcia, Duryea, Bramble
Sub: VDM

In: JOD, Garcia
Out: Daniel, Macrae

Dale to play as a marking forward / wing rather than a defender.

[Mantis]

Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 5 vs Essendon

B: Richards, Jones, Williams
HB: JJ, JOD, Khamis
C: Baker, Treloar, Gags
HF: Sanders, Naughton, Weightman
F: Darcy, Marra, West
R: English, Bont, Libba
IC: Dale, Garcia, Duryea, Bramble
Sub: VDM

In: JOD, Garcia
Out: Daniel, Macrae

Dale to play as a marking forward / wing rather than a defender.

I like the team, but feel it contains one too many small/ medium sized defenders.

Maybe swap Bramble for VDM?