Match Committee - Round 4 vs Melbourne

[westdog54]

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But is he any good?

The other options aren't all that inspiring. Unless you want to give Mulligan another crack?

[GVGjr]

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But is he any good?

It's mainly a punt whenever you upgrade a rookie but of the options available you can put a line through Greenwood, Redpath and Jong. Johannisen isn't ready and we already have 3 ruckman so to me that limits Campbell's appeal. With a few KPP missing at the moment the guy with some experience and the one that fits our needs the best has to be Austin.

Who knows if he will be better than a Barlow or not but I think he is best placed to add something to the side. At the end of the season we can work out who we want to maintain.

[Mantis]

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The other options aren't all that inspiring. Unless you want to give Mulligan another crack?

I haven't had a good laugh for a while so why not.

My reports on Austin aren't all that complimentary so I don't see the point of playing him just for one week, would rather we throw a mixture of Grant, Roughy & Cordy down there and see how they go knowing that Lake is back next week.

But if he can play then he might take over from other non-performers.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

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I haven't seen much of Austin, so I can't comment either. On face value, it makes sense to upgrade him and not just for this week. Even with Lake and Mulligan, we're 1 tall defender short with Morris and Williams still sitting on the sidelines. If Austin can play, it would definitely help balance the side out.

With Minson, Roughy and Cordy -- we don't have a pressing need to upgrade Campbell. I think he's a really solid prospect who will be upgraded by the year's end, though.

Redpath isn't ready (or good enough?), and Greenwood is a fair way off it at this stage.

JJ is an interesting one -- I seem to only catch snippets of Williamstown's games, and he catches my eye. If he gets upgraded, it'd surely be after round 11, if at all -- but hopefully he develops to earna spot on the senior list.

[G-Mo77]

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I haven't had a good laugh for a while so why not.

My reports on Austin aren't all that complimentary so I don't see the point of playing him just for one week, would rather we throw a mixture of Grant, Roughy & Cordy down there and see how they go knowing that Lake is back next week.

But if he can play then he might take over from other non-performers.

Echoes my thoughts. Stop gap for one game and I really think we can get away without another big against Melbourne. He's paid as a senior listed player for the remainder of the season if he is elevated isn't he?

[The Bulldogs Bite]

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Echoes my thoughts. Stop gap for one game and I really think we can get away without another big against Melbourne. He's paid as a senior listed player for the remainder of the season if he is elevated isn't he?

As I said above, I am not so sure it would be for just one game.

We could have used another tall in the first 3 rounds of the season, especially given that Hargrave and Wood are really struggling.

IF Austin can play, I'd like to see us elevate him. We need some support.

Also, it gives us an opportunity to see if Austin is worth keeping for next year. If he isn't, delist him (ala Barlow). If we don't elevate him, it seems a silly decision to even rookie him in the first place.

[G-Mo77]

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I haven't seen much of Austin, so I can't comment either. On face value, it makes sense to upgrade him and not just for this week. Even with Lake and Mulligan, we're 1 tall defender short with Morris and Williams still sitting on the sidelines. If Austin can play, it would definitely help balance the side out.

But the thing is we're only really 1 tall defender short this week. Marko got his break because of Lake's injuries last year. Williams is out now and he's that second tall down back with Lake. We're not going to be stretched for height this week so I think we can get away without another tall defender.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

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But the thing is we're only really 1 tall defender short this week. Marko got his break because of Lake's injuries last year. Williams is out now and he's that second tall down back with Lake. We're not going to be stretched for height this week so I think we can get away without another tall defender.

If ever there was a week to get away without a third tall, it's definitely against Melbourne.

I think Austin would be handy against most other opposition sides though.

I just noticed I typed "Mulligan" instead of "Markovic"

[G-Mo77]

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We could have used another tall against the Eagles. Didn't see the Crows game but just looking at stats and reading reviews we held up alright. Last week it wasn't the Saints talks that did the damage.

[G-Mo77]

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I just noticed I typed "Mulligan" instead of "Markovic"

C'mon! Marko doesn't deserve that.

[Bulldog Revolution]

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Such a good member that he likes to gift the opposing team a couple of goals per game.

And why is what you stated important?

Remember I am not stating what I would do just guessing as to what our new coaching structure will do

Im wondering whether Woods status within the group and the fact he has been seen as a future leader will effect whether BMac and co want to be seen as scapegoating him after a poor performance by the team, or whether 3 games in they want to go with faith, albeit in some supporters eyes blind.

Post match Mcartney stated clearly that he didn't believe that dropping young players was what we would be doing

It will be interesting to see what happens

[azabob]

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Echoes my thoughts. Stop gap for one game and I really think we can get away without another big against Melbourne. He's paid as a senior listed player for the remainder of the season if he is elevated isn't he?

Sort of, when Williams is ready to come back they can downgrade him back to the rookie list if they want, however if it's after round 11 they can keep him on.

[Bornadog]

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From The Age

The Dogs have had to deal with the no-Lake-Williams-Morris nightmare just five times since the trio began playing together in 2007.

In four of those five games, an opposition key forward has proved damaging, with Port Adelaide's John Butcher (six goals), Hawthorn's Lance Franklin (five), Richmond's Jack Riewoldt (four) and Essendon's Michael Hurley (four) all hitting the scoreboard hard in matches last year.

Interestingly though, the Dogs worked enough magic to come away with three wins.
But West Coast's Josh Kennedy has already teased out the Dogs' vulnerability down back this year, kicking seven goals in round one. How coach Brendan McCartney reconfigures the back line without Lake has been the million-dollar question at Whitten Oval this week.
The Bulldogs will persist with Lukas Markovic in one key post, although the still-green defender has been thrown in the deep end in recent times, given big jobs in the absence of Lake last year, and again this season with Williams missing.

The club added former Carlton backman Mark Austin to its rookie list for the purpose of defensive depth, and he might get an opportunity at his new club quicker than he thought.
Another rookie, powerful ruck-forward Tom Campbell, has continued on from an impressive pre-season by performing well in the VFL and could be brought in to release one of the other Dogs talls into defence.

Dogs, meanwhile, will consider resting a couple of their young players, perhaps even boom draftee Clay Smith, mindful of the toll the club's bruising pre-season might have taken on some of their bodies.

[LostDoggy]

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Western Bulldogs have upgraded Mark Austin from rookie list as replacement for Tom Williams, who was already on the long-term injury list.

Saw this on tooserious.net in the twitter feed.

Will be named now surely?

[AndrewP6]

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Western Bulldogs have upgraded Mark Austin from rookie list as replacement for Tom Williams, who was already on the long-term injury list.

Saw this on tooserious.net in the twitter feed.

Will be named now surely?

I saw something similar on Facebook. EDIT> also on WB Twitter feed.