Team Round 1 vs WCE

[Greystache]

BULLDOGS

B- Liam Picken, Jordan Roughead, Easton Wood

HB- Brett Goodes, Dale Morris, Robert Murphy

C- Jack Macrae, Adam Cooney, Koby Stevens

HF- Shaun Higgins, Stewart Crameri, Daniel Giansiracusa,

F- Lachie Hunter, Jake Stringer, Tom Campbell

FOL- Will Minson, Matthew Boyd, Tom Liberatore

IC- Mitch Wallis, Tom Young, Jason Johannsen, Ayce Cordy, Mitch Honeychurch, Tory Dickson, Luke Dahlhaus

(Three to be omitted)

[Remi Moses]

Re: Team Round 1 vs WCE

Staggered we didn't pick another tall back!
Talia?

[boydogs]

Re: Team Round 1 vs WCE

Staggered we didn't pick another tall back!
Talia?

Surely he is injured to not even make the extended bench over Young, Dickson or Cordy

[always right]

Re: Team Round 1 vs WCE

Makes me think that we are going to try and win this game through superior run and prevent them from easy entries into their tall forwards. Bold decision.

[Remi Moses]

Re: Team Round 1 vs WCE

Makes me think that we are going to try and win this game through superior run and prevent them from easy entries into their tall forwards. Bold decision.

Yep, I'd say we're hoping and needing to win the midfield battle.

[Throughandthrough]

Re: Team Round 1 vs WCE

I'm off to this match. Any wa folk know if there is pre match drinks anywhere?

[GVGjr]

Re: Team Round 1 vs WCE

Strange selections, I was sure we would have an extra tall in the back half. Any chance we have Cordy in the mix for a defenders spot?

[LongWait]

Re: Team Round 1 vs WCE

We are selecting a team to play to our strengths, rather than to the Eagles' strengths.

[Bornadog]

Re: Team Round 1 vs WCE

Staggered we didn't pick another tall back!
Talia?

I bet Young will get a game.

[Bornadog]

Re: Team Round 1 vs WCE

We are selecting a team to play to our strengths, rather than to the Eagles' strengths.

How about developing some young talent like Talia. Playing Morris as a tall again, gee I am really sick of seeing that. Feel sorry for the guy.

[F'scary]

Re: Team Round 1 vs WCE

Clever tactic naming Cordy.

[Nuggety Back Pocket]

Re: Team Round 1 vs WCE

Strange selections, I was sure we would have an extra tall in the back half. Any chance we have Cordy in the mix for a defenders spot?

You would expect Cordy to be one of the emergencies surely.
Easton Wood can count himself lucky to be in the starting line up.
A lot of pressure on Roughead and Morris to contain the WCE talls.
A mystery as to why Talia hasn't been named which makes you think that Young will be in the starting 22. I would also like to see JJ included to give us some run off the backline.Griffen and Jones are big losses in a team that looks a bit undermanned.

[lemmon]

Re: Team Round 1 vs WCE

Not sure what more Talia could've done? He adds just as much to our backline as Roughy in my opinion

[1eyedog]

Re: Team Round 1 vs WCE

Not sure what more Talia could've done? He adds just as much to our backline as Roughy in my opinion

Not sure about that but yes he does need some game time. Given the team list it appears to me that we are going to try to maintain possession until a good option presents itself in our very lead up forward line. I don't think we will try to run the ball at all because if we turn it over regularly we are in for some pain with only Roughie as a key back. I would expect us to maintain possession, chip kick and wait for good options both coming out of defence and going into F50. Could be a grind.

[Mantis]

Re: Team Round 1 vs WCE

Strange selections, I was sure we would have an extra tall in the back half. Any chance we have Cordy in the mix for a defenders spot?

You would hope not given his limited experience in playing this role. One would think that Young would have to play, but it's hard to do so on exposed form.

West Coast have named 3 rucks in their 7 bench players so it seems they will have a tall side in.