Always Right Match Committee Round 23 VS North Melbourne

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  • Grantysghost
    Bouncing Strong
    • Apr 2010
    • 18959

    #91
    Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 23 VS North Melbourne

    English ruled out.

    The Bulldogs will be without Tim English for their Round 23 clash against the Kangaroos.
    BT COME BACK!​

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    • lemmon
      Bulldog Team of the Century
      • Nov 2008
      • 6520

      #92
      Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 23 VS North Melbourne

      Genuine question that might be one for track watchers, can we gauge who tends to be the best tap ruck of Smith, Lobb and Darcy? Darcy seems more effective than Lobb when he's gone in there at AFL level, but I wonder how Smith stacks up purely in the ruck duels (no doubt the other two are well ahead of him in other facets of the game).

      Smith is averaging 27 hit-outs per game in the twos, which seems pretty solid for a youngster.

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      • G-Mo77
        Bulldog Team of the Century
        • Apr 2007
        • 9876

        #93
        Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 23 VS North Melbourne

        So Lobb ruck, Darcy backup. Do we bring a guy like Keath back to help down back?

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        • azabob
          Hall of Fame
          • Sep 2008
          • 15302

          #94
          Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 23 VS North Melbourne

          Originally posted by G-Mo77
          So Lobb ruck, Darcy backup. Do we bring a guy like Keath back to help down back?
          No. Lobb CHB. Gardner ruck, Darcy back up.
          More of an In Bruges guy?

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          • Bornadog
            WOOF Clubhouse Leader
            • Jan 2007
            • 66688

            #95
            Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 23 VS North Melbourne

            Originally posted by lemmon
            Genuine question that might be one for track watchers, can we gauge who tends to be the best tap ruck of Smith, Lobb and Darcy? Darcy seems more effective than Lobb when he's gone in there at AFL level, but I wonder how Smith stacks up purely in the ruck duels (no doubt the other two are well ahead of him in other facets of the game).

            Smith is averaging 27 hit-outs per game in the twos, which seems pretty solid for a youngster.
            Be interesting if we bring in an 18 year old ruckman against Xerri
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            • Happy Days
              Hall of Fame
              • May 2008
              • 10139

              #96
              Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 23 VS North Melbourne

              We played Gardner as a forward last week in the VFL. Possible that he comes in and backs up Darcy as the lead ruck?

              I don’t wanna move Lobb either even though I think he’s plainly the best ruck of those available.
              - I'm a visionary - Only here to confirm my biases -

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              • Grantysghost
                Bouncing Strong
                • Apr 2010
                • 18959

                #97
                Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 23 VS North Melbourne

                Originally posted by azabob
                No. Lobb CHB. Gardner ruck, Darcy back up.
                + 1 this is what i'd do.

                I dont want Lobb stuffed around.
                BT COME BACK!​

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                • GVGjr
                  Moderator
                  • Nov 2006
                  • 44622

                  #98
                  Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 23 VS North Melbourne

                  We will know early tomorrow what we are planning to do without Tim this weekend. If we see Gardner or Lobb working with the midfielders it will likely flag our intention. I'll keep the training report updated tomorrow
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                  • The Adelaide Connection
                    Coaching Staff
                    • Jan 2009
                    • 2780

                    #99
                    Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 23 VS North Melbourne

                    Originally posted by GVGjr
                    We will know early tomorrow what we are planning to do without Tim this weekend. If we see Gardner or Lobb working with the midfielders it will likely flag our intention. I'll keep the training report updated tomorrow
                    What is Dunkley up to this weekend?

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                    • Go_Dogs
                      Hall of Fame
                      • Jan 2007
                      • 10152

                      Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 23 VS North Melbourne

                      I don?t have the misfortune of watching the game and won?t be replaying.

                      I would?ve brought in Sanders and JF last week. This week we should.

                      Buku will redeem himself and I?d keep him in, because his best intercept ability is game changing and he can also chop in the ruck if Tim is injured.

                      Harmes must be close too.
                      Have you heard Butters wants to come to the Dogs?

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                      • Hotdog60
                        Bulldog Team of the Century
                        • Aug 2009
                        • 5904

                        Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 23 VS North Melbourne

                        Who rucks when Xerri not rucking?
                        If we bring in Smith he could take the second ruck with Darcy being the main man. This bloods Smith to an AFL game and less disruptions to other positions. Smith can also sit in the forward half instead of clogging the bench.
                        Not ideal or I'd would use Buku instead of Smith above.
                        Busslinger also had a good game against the Dolphins and must be due and I wasn't impressed with Coffield.
                        If we do pick Buss I don't think we can use Smith two debutants would be too much.
                        Don't piss off old people
                        The older we get the less "LIFE IN PRISON" is a deterrent...

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                        • Bornadog
                          WOOF Clubhouse Leader
                          • Jan 2007
                          • 66688

                          Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 23 VS North Melbourne

                          Originally posted by Hotdog60
                          Who rucks when Xerri not rucking?
                          If we bring in Smith he could take the second ruck with Darcy being the main man. This bloods Smith to an AFL game and less disruptions to other positions. Smith can also sit in the forward half instead of clogging the bench.
                          Not ideal or I'd would use Buku instead of Smith above.
                          Busslinger also had a good game against the Dolphins and must be due and I wasn't impressed with Coffield.
                          If we do pick Buss I don't think we can use Smith two debutants would be too much.
                          I am warming to this. I don't think Gardner should be thrown into the ruck
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                          • GVGjr
                            Moderator
                            • Nov 2006
                            • 44622

                            Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 23 VS North Melbourne

                            Originally posted by bornadog
                            I am warming to this. I don't think Gardner should be thrown into the ruck
                            I can only recall Gards doing one or two ruck work attempts on his return game against Frankston either. I get the suggestion but I don't think Smith is ready and he would certainly be a bit of a liability when he wasn't rucking.
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                            • Happy Days
                              Hall of Fame
                              • May 2008
                              • 10139

                              Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 23 VS North Melbourne

                              After spending most of my day thinking about it, I’ve settled on Keath in, Darcy into the ruck, Buku forward and chopping out Darcy, and no one even tells Lobb that Tim isn’t playing.
                              - I'm a visionary - Only here to confirm my biases -

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                              • jeemak
                                Bulldog Legend
                                • Oct 2010
                                • 21817

                                Re: Always Right Match Committee Round 23 VS North Melbourne

                                Lobb to the ruck, Keath to CHB.

                                If we don't even try to give decent service to our midfielders or at least curtail the service on offer from Xerri this week we are going to be proper ****ed by Norf's mids and lose.

                                It's genuinely the one single area on the ground I'm worried about. We've shown at different times this season we can make a Keath and Jones combo work really well. Not sure why we'd ignore that and dick around with a non-competitive novice ruck just in case Lobb loses backline form.

                                We won't have to worry about anything in terms of a future scenario if we don't win.
                                TF is this?.........Obviously you're not a golfer.

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