Buddy matchup

[Rocco Jones]

I know we should take it one painful week at a time but this has the potential to be another Scott Bassett vs Richo massacre.

No Lake, no Williams and no Morris. Who do we go with on Buddy? Without being OTT, I really think it has the potential to be confidence destroying for a kid like Cordy if we throw him right in there. Markovic's mobility issues would be horribly exposed. I think Mulligan's an absolute spud, but he has the 'who cares if he takes the trauma with him' element. I think Wood has the tools to battle Buddy's main strengths and I don't think Franklin is that great in using his height but it's about an 11 cm difference. Also, confidence hammering thing.

[G-Mo77]

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Yikes, forgot we had the Hawks in a couple of weeks.

Barlow? Markovic? Mulligan?

Panos from the rookie list?

It'll probably be Cordy. Poor kid.

[BulldogBelle]

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Hargrave in 09 form would go okay. Obviously, he is nowhere near that.. but I think athletically he is our only guy. Maybe Liam Jones, but robbing peter...

[Rocco Jones]

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Yikes, forgot we had the Hawks in a couple of weeks.

Barlow? Markovic? Mulligan?

Panos from the rookie list?

It'll probably be Cordy. Poor kid.

As I said in my OP, I think we need to consider more than who is the actual best match up but also what it might do for a player's confidence. Thing is, all our options are young/inexperienced.

[Rocco Jones]

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Hargrave in 09 form would go okay. Obviously, he is nowhere near that.. but I think athletically he is our only guy. Maybe Liam Jones, but robbing peter...

Shaggy might be the one if he is fit. I think I remember Jones playing back a bit at Willy, would have been a handful of games at the most.

[BulldogBelle]

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Shaggy might be the one if he is fit. I think I remember Jones playing back a bit at Willy, would have been a handful of games at the most.

It'll definitely be Shaggy thinking about it, if he's okay with that back spasm.

I think we need to accept their entire team is going to throttle us. Unless they decide to rest key players for the finals, and even then.

[LostDoggy]

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Uberflood. Keep possession at all costs. When we don't have possession, slow the game down, create stoppage after stoppage for two hours. Mulligan on Buddy with instructions to spoil and give him crap and constantly hit him hard in the lower part of the spine off the ball, Cross and Jones takes turns to plays in the hole, Stack third man up at every opportunity.

Only Murph, Dahlhaus and Griff allowed to run forward of/with the ball, Hall one out in forward 50. We score on the break or not at all.

[Rocco Jones]

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If Shaggy isn't fit, that's our top 4 options all out. Wow!

[LostDoggy]

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Alternatively, play like yesterday and hope that we can lock the ball in their forwardline for 4 quarters and the ball doesn't get past the middle so Buddy becomes a non-factor.

[AndrewP6]

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For the first time in a while, I'm not looking forward to going!

[Sedat]

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Wood is the only possible match-up for mine. He has the athleticism to to go with Buddy and the leap to be able to spoil him in the air. Buddy might still end up torching Wood but he will destroy anyone else.

[Rocco Jones]

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Wood is the only possible match-up for mine. He has the athleticism to to go with Buddy and the leap to be able to spoil him in the air. Buddy might still end up torching Wood but he will destroy anyone else.

I agree that Wood is our best match up. As I mentioned in my OP, Buddy's strengths revolve around his athleticism and he really doesn't maximise his height advantage. My only issue with Wood are the affects of being torched, he is a young kid and I worry about his confidence in such a mismatch. I would see Shaggy as a bit of a fall guy, why you keep playing older guys when times are bad.

[GVGjr]

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Hargrave for Cyril, Barlow for Buddy is the best match-ups for us.

[Bornadog]

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Wood is the only possible match-up for mine. He has the athleticism to to go with Buddy and the leap to be able to spoil him in the air. Buddy might still end up torching Wood but he will destroy anyone else.

Sedat, is this a joke, Buddy will have Wood on toast. He is giving away 10cm and 20kg

Hargrave for Cyril, Barlow for Buddy is the best match-ups for us.

I can't think of anyone else with height and the athletic ability. Mulligan playing badly yesterday, so I don't think he will be an option.

[Missing-Dog]

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Hargrave....hes finished in my opinion.
Cyril or Buddy would kill him.

Picken to go on Cyril and harass him
Likely Mulligan for Buddy..may be our best match for him regarding height and strength etc ....he'd get killed though most probably.