Match Preview - Round 19 - WBFC vs WCE

[Bornadog]

Re: Match Preview - Round 19 - WBFC vs WCE

I'm just glad Hunter is out.
I hate that guy, and just to rub it in, he always seems to have a cracker against us.

Yes who can forget that semi final in 2006 when he killed us both ends of the ground.

[Mantis]

Re: Match Preview - Round 19 - WBFC vs WCE

I'm just glad Hunter is out.
I hate that guy, and just to rub it in, he always seems to have a cracker against us.

He has hardly played a decent game since the final bornadog refers too. His shoulders are shot and he would have to be a big chance to give it away at the end of this season.

Hunter's biggest claim to fame in the last 3 years would be shitting himself after trying to confront Barry Hall after Staker had been belted.

[The Coon Dog]

Re: Match Preview - Round 19 - WBFC vs WCE

Hunter's biggest claim to fame in the last 3 years would be shitting himself after trying to confront Barry Hall after Staker had been belted.

You can't hang a bloke for that, if he stuck around he was likely to receive one as well. Discretion is sometimes the better part of valour.

[LostDoggy]

Re: Match Preview - Round 19 - WBFC vs WCE

I seem to remember him driving some nails into our coffin in round 4.

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Match Preview - Round 19 - WBFC vs WCE

Key Match-ups:

Embley v Griffen: Embley is a quality player and over the past few weeks has been running his guts out. Griffen for me hasn’t taken the next step this year and another run with role with a very good athlete and footballer is in order. Griffen will have to be on his game, but has the skills to do the stopping job on Embley and do significant damage the other way. With so much inexperience in the WCE midfield, stopping one of their senior runners would be a good step with the designated stopped to pick up Priddis or Swift.

Kennedy v Morris: I really like the look of young Kennedy. The forgotten man of the Judd trade has put together a solid year. A tallish forward option and a hard running player, Kennedy has many strings to his bow to make his the subject of a good defender. No better WB defender is better than Dale Morris. Tall, yet fast and agile with a good motor, the glove is the man for the job. While Tommy and Lake will destroy the hap-hazard Lynch and young NikNat, Kennedy could be a key part of their forward set-up. So I say give Kennedy one of the hardest roles in footy and shut them down.

Lecras v Harbrow: I’d like to see Harbrow pick Lecras up. Lecras can be a very, very dangerous forward. However, Harbrow has the speed to go with Lecras on the lead, and last week against Essendon, Lecras worked up the ground a bit more trying to play further up like Brad Johnson has been playing. Harbrow has the speed and skills to stay with Lecras both in deep defence and up the ground. If Lecras wants to play further up Harbrow can wander up too, and add his dash and foot skills towards the midfield. For mine, Harbrow offers a good defensive option on Lecras and a very good counter attacking option.

None of these matchups occured. They got 100 possies and kicked 11 goals. I'm not saying the match-ups i guessed would have changed anything, but it was clear Embley needed to be shut down and he wasn't. And it was obvious Lecras would play up the ground and be more dangerous, and Shaggy didn't play him close enough. And it was obvious to deaf, dumb and mute persons in comas that Tommy would be slaughtered by Kennedy, and he was. Disappointing tactics and matchups one could argue.