Always Right Match Committee Round 22 VS Adelaide

[Bornadog]

Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 22 VS Adelaide

That is difficult to understand.

Hard to contemplate giving Caleb a full game ahead of the 22 from last week, but impossible to contemplate making him sub again.

Sub hasn't been named

[Bulldog Joe]

Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 22 VS Adelaide

Sub hasn't been named

Fully aware the sub hasn't been named.
My post was about not understanding how Caleb could be retained when he probably needs a full game but hasn't actually earned one over last week's 22 starters

[Bornadog]

Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 22 VS Adelaide

Fully aware the sub hasn't been named.
My post was about not understanding how Caleb could be retained when he probably needs a full game but hasn't actually earned one over last week's 22 starters

He might play this week and another sub is chosen? Maybe McNeil

[Bulldog Joe]

Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 22 VS Adelaide

He might play this week and another sub is chosen? Maybe McNeil

You are missing my point.

Caleb needs a full game. McNeill et al deserve their place in the 22.

[Bornadog]

Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 22 VS Adelaide

You are missing my point.

Caleb needs a full game. McNeill et al deserve their place in the 22.

Not missing your point at all BJ. What I am saying is maybe he has retained his spot in the 23 because he will play a full game. If he ends up sub again - yeah that is ridiculous.

[hujsh]

Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 22 VS Adelaide

Not missing your point at all BJ. What I am saying is maybe he has retained his spot in the 23 because he will play a full game. If he ends up sub again - yeah that is ridiculous.

BJ's point is everyone in the 22 last week deserves their spot/has a role they're playing that wouldn't suit Daniel.

Is Daniel going to bring McNeils or Vanders pressure in the small forward role? Can he provide the long kicking, relative pace and ability to hold his width like Poulter does on the wing?

Personally the only real change I can kind of see is Coffield out since he's kind of an awkward fit with the 2 key defenders and Khamis down back but Coffield would also be a very strange sub choice.

[ledge]

Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 22 VS Adelaide

BJ's point is everyone in the 22 last week deserves their spot/has a role they're playing that wouldn't suit Daniel.

Is Daniel going to bring McNeils or Vanders pressure in the small forward role? Can he provide the long kicking, relative pace and ability to hold his width like Poulter does on the wing?

Personally the only real change I can kind of see is Coffield out since he's kind of an awkward fit with the 2 key defenders and Khamis down back but Coffield would also be a very strange sub choice.

I think it depends on your opponent .
If Daniel has played against Adelaide and Bevo knows he has a certain player beaten every game and that player is playing you play Daniel on him.
We must not forget each game also has a horses for courses rule.

[lemmon]

Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 22 VS Adelaide

Adelaide has gone fairly tall, so I don't think it's the worst week to have retained Coffield.

My initial thoughts would be:
Lobb > Thilthorpe
Jones > Tex
Coffield > Fogarty

Buku as the floating tall, maybe matched up on Curtin if he plays forward (which I'm doubtful of).

I think they send Keays to Dale and try to do a job on him.

They do have a talented forward half. Rankine is electric and Rachele can do damage. Reckon it'll be Duryea and Bramble who primarily look after those two, though I think Rankine will spend a fair bit of time through the midfield.

It'll be won and lost in the middle. Bont, Libba and Treloar need to get first hands-on because I think O'Brien probably dominates the hit-out contest.

Do we look at stoping one of their half backs? I think Mitch Hinge is a terrific player so would think about West starting on him and making his life tough.

[Critter]

Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 22 VS Adelaide

Geelong beating Freo is not good for the Doggies. Sets Cats up to finish top 4, as their win has put them in the 4. They play Eagles and Saints in the final 2 rounds. Win both and we can?t displace them.

Port Adelaide will also finish top 4 if they win their remaining 3 games, which is likely. They play Melbourne, Adelaide & Freo. You'd reckon they win all 3.

Looks likely that we finish seventh. Unless Freo beat PA in last round. A chance, but unlikely you?d think.

Hard to win from outside the top 4 but we have form for doing just this. Woof.

[jeemak]

Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 22 VS Adelaide

Macrae was my favourite player for a long time but you have this back to front. The reason we are playing strong football is that we are focused on the right player for the role. We are not trying to plug slow midfielders into positions that require defensive positioning and speed.

Most of the guys you mentioned are playing very specific roles that Macrae couldn?t fill within our current set up. Sanders is one that he is directly competing with and probably Garcia but Garcia has assets we need and can play multiple roles. Going to be touch and go with Jack for the role Garcia is playing I think.

There's been a few instances this year where Libba has wildly let go of the ball with a handball in a contest and it's run the other way and sometimes for a goal. Outside of his health it's little things like this and his lack of production around the ground that makes me think time is closing in on him.

So it's an unpopular opinion but I'd be winding down Libba after this year and putting Jacko into the main inside contested ball role for the next couple of years until Sanders can develop into it.

It won't happen, but I think it's better than seeing Libba limp to the line and Jacko being wedged into a role that doesn't suit him.