Match Committee- Round 5 vs Geelong

[Greystache]

If you were on the match committee what changes would you make for next Saturday's game against Geelong at Etihad stadium?*!

As always a brief explanation for your changes would be good.

[Ghost Dog]

Re: Match Committee- Round 5 vs Geelong

In: Pearce
Out: Gia

More speed needed.

[Rocco Jones]

Re: Match Committee- Round 5 vs Geelong

Will Griffen be OK to play?

In: Vez, Addison (if Griff isn't right)
Out: Gia, Griff (if injured)

[Hotdog60]

Re: Match Committee- Round 5 vs Geelong

Out: Gia, Griffen???

In: Markovic, Pearce

I'm a bit concerned about the height of the Geelong forwards.

[Greystache]

Re: Match Committee- Round 5 vs Geelong

In- Vez
Out- Gia

[Ghost Dog]

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Austin as an option for their height?

[Hotdog60]

Re: Match Committee- Round 5 vs Geelong

Austin as an option for their height?

Austin would need to be upgraded which I suppose would be possible with Higgins on the LTIL

[Rocco Jones]

Re: Match Committee- Round 5 vs Geelong

Austin as an option for their height?

Not sure here. I rate Morris as clearly our best KP defender no matter what his size is. Roughy is the clear number 2. After that I have Young ahead of the other KP defenders, again rather would defensive ability over just pure height.

Cats have Tomahawk, Pods and the resting ruck. I really try to exploit rather than be worried about West/Bilcavs.

The only reason I would play another tall defender is to free up Morris to play on a small forward, but I think Lower/Picken can do that.

[lemmon]

Re: Match Committee- Round 5 vs Geelong

I agree with Ghost Dog in that we need another key back, I don't mind Morris on guys like J Riewoldt who aren't really gorillas and even though he was manful today on Tex he was thrown around a bit and its another step up in physicality to go to Hawkins and Pods. These are two big, big boys who are happy to wrestle and take contested grabs, if we go Rough, Morris, Young we start looking seriously small if one gets on top (which is going to happen with how much ball will be going in).

I would have loved Tommy back this week to take Pods with Roughy on Hawkins and Morris perhaps Chappy but I suppose we have to make the best of a bad situation and bring in Talia/Markovic. It gets nightmarish if Hawkins gets off the leash and kicks 3 in the first and we have to switch Tom Young onto one of these monsters because we haven't brought in tall cover.

Out- JJ (was cooked today), Gia
In- Talia, Vez

[Nuggety Back Pocket]

Re: Match Committee- Round 5 vs Geelong

In. Roberts Talia and Pearce
Out. Gia Tutt and Stevens
We need to reorganize our attack by bringing in Roberts to replace Cordy who is better suited only as a second ruckman back up to Minson.
The defence needs a second tall to support Roughead which allows Morris to pick up one of the damaging Cats smaller forwards. JJ to add an injection of badly needed pace as a small forward with Pearce to take his place in defence.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

Re: Match Committee- Round 5 vs Geelong

Agree that it's a good time to play another key defender, but only if it's Talia. If we select Markovic, we might as well play one short because it's pointless. I've expressed my opinion on Markovic enough, anyway.

Aside from that, we clearly need some forward options. Veszpremi has to be a certainty and although underdone Roberts/Addison should be closely looked at. Pearce has probably earned a game and could replace JJ.

In terms of the outs, Gia would be the first on my list. He is really, really struggling which is a worry so early in the season. Cordy's position needs to be looked at, he did handle the ball well in the first half but his lack of competitiveness in the air is embarrassing at times. Griffen looks a likely out.

[Sedat]

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Cordy's position needs to be looked at, he did handle the ball well in the first half but his lack of competitiveness in the air is embarrassing at times. Griffen looks a likely out.

I'm no Cordy fan but he was much better than Jones today. That's not to say he was anything better than ordinary, but that was still far more than Jones brought to the table today. Last week was the bare minimum we should expect from Jones each week in terms of workrate and impact, not today's non existent effort.

[Happy Days]

Re: Match Committee- Round 5 vs Geelong

Vez has to come in.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

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I'm no Cordy fan but he was much better than Jones today. That's not to say he anything better than ordinary, but that was still far more than Jones brought to the table today. Last week was the bare minimum we should expect from Jones each week in terms of workrate and impact, not today's non existent effort.

Jones was nothing short of appalling, from the very moment he decided to slide for that ball near the goal square instead of keeping his feet and kicking a simple goal.

However, at least Jones has demonstrated an ability to play at the top level. Considering our options (or lack of) he's ahead of the rest. Cordy, on the other hand, is being kept in the side because he can relieve in the ruck and pick up ground balls. Let's find an alternative for ruck relief, and somebody who can at least resemble the image of a key forward.

[Bornadog]

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Let's find an alternative for ruck relief, and somebody who can at least resemble the image of a key forward.

Who do you suggest? What about Roberts.