Round 20 Team

[Rocco Jones]

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Welsh is shocking when he is underdone. To bring him straight back in after an injury, especially when it's a trip to Brisbane, is nuts to me. I would LOVE for Welsh to prove me wrong.

[LostDoggy]

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Pretty much Unfortunately I'm going to make the call! I don't think we can win another game this year

based on the selections??

[Mofra]

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No suprises there, great to see Easton get another game.

Ditto, was hoping he'd keep his spot.

[Mofra]

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Welsh is shocking when he is underdone. To bring him straight back in after an injury, especially when it's a trip to Brisbane, is nuts to me. I would LOVE for Welsh to prove me wrong.

If he plays. Emergencies not available until tomorrow?

[Rocco Jones]

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If he plays. Emergencies not available until tomorrow?

If he doesn't play for us, he won't be able to play for Willy. Not sure why we would be playing silly buggers with Welsh. He nor the emergency who comes in would hardly make much of a difference to the Lions planning.

[LostDoggy]

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So what has happened at the selection table?

Drop 2 youngsters, and keep underperforming senior players

Sheesh!!

(That said, Everitt was a monty to be dropped, but Stack "deserved" another chance, unlike the Bald One, and perhaps Tommy Boy)

[Missing Dog]

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As expected, a kid, a scapegoat and an injury. Same old same old

harsh but fair. although (a) at this stage of the season with such big games I'm not sure what else he could do and (b) I thought the kid would be Wood so kinda pleased he survived.

FWIW I'd love to see Skipper get a go.

[lemmon]

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Wonder if we'll see Murph at CHF or on a back flank?

[LostDoggy]

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As expected, a kid, a scapegoat and an injury. Same old same old

+1

It's getting beyond a joke now.

[bulldogtragic]

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I think we have adopted the philosophy of the Australian Cricket team. Hussey can go runless for two years and Hughes and Warner get dropped after one bad one. That old chestnut about being harder to get out, then get in.

Hasn't done any favours for the national side, as the only time they won recently was with stand-out performances by new players, ala North, Hughes, Hilfy and Siddle. All who are constantly in the gun, despite constant performances.

The bulldogs selection is following their lead and wouldn't you know it, our results are following theirs. Our latter season form has been not as good whilst we maintain selecting senior players in a rich vein of poor form.

I don't like it.

[azabob]

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To me it seems Eade has his best 22 players on a white board and once they are fit they are in the senior team regardless of their form or fitness.

He has never made big statements at our club. Propably the biggest one was dropping Jordan McMahon.

Did he do the same at Sydney?

Or it simply could come down to our youth just aint up to senior footy yet.

[ledge]

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After the 4th Test i hope we are following in the Aussies direction !

[LostDoggy]

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To me it seems Eade has his best 22 players on a white board and once they are fit they are in the senior team regardless of their form or fitness.

He has never made big statements at our club. Propably the biggest one was dropping Jordan McMahon.

Did he do the same at Sydney?

Or it simply could come down to our youth just aint up to senior footy yet.

Add to that white board a list of players he won't play. Skipper, Guy O'Keefe and Wight. Are all on that list.

He philosophy is simple play your best 22 all the time regardless of form. Great as long as the form turns around at some stage but in regards to older players sometimes the form just never comes back.

[Rocco Jones]

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He philosophy is simple play your best 22 all the time regardless of form. Great as long as the form turns around at some stage but in regards to older players sometimes the form just never comes back.

It's a shocking attitude. It hurts our depth, development and endorses complacency. Our club is like Orwell's Animal Farm. The older players and Eade are the pigs. Aker is Snowball.

[Topdog]

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Add to that white board a list of players he won't play. Skipper, Guy O'Keefe and Wight. Are all on that list.

Skipper = had plenty of opportunites and never grasped them. Also got injured a lot.
GOK = the interesting one that has never been picked. Seems like a bad attitude is holding him back but should have been given a run by now.
Wight = See Skipper.

Skipper and White really shouldn't be played.