Autopsy Roast & Toast vs Melbourne Rnd 6 2019 & changes for Western Bulldogs

[Rumballs]

That bump!

 

[JAKLAUGHING]

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Imma just leave this here

 

[leemo]

Man it’s really hard not to get excited about Stack. That bump was magnificent of course but he has just looked so composed and so tough at it. You’d think he’d played 100 games, just belongs there. I was sitting in the lower tier directly in front of the hit on Viney, def in the top 5 best things I’ve witnessed at the footy!
Can anybody actually shed some light on the supposed “off field issues” he had to overlook getting drafted? I’ve seen it said multiple times but no info on what the actual issues are.
Hats off to Brando I’ve been bagging him this season but he was excellent tonight. Grimes is a warrior, Bachar underrated, Dees are shit. Go Tiges

 

[Charlie Pannam]

Great even contribution - the big 4 - Jack, Dusty Cotch Rance - had little or no influence. Sheds was down and Lynch struggled yet we won easily.

Just on the night it’s my favourite game of the year just an amazing feeling at the ground. Absolute ball tearing version of the NZ national anthem too.

 

[CotchIsKing]

The game wasn't pretty at times and our conversion was crap but from memory (all that time ago) that is so reminiscent of 2017.

At our best we out work, out tackle, out run and most of all out pressure teams and that results in not always the prettiest of games and not the winning margins we might prefer but it is **cking hard for others to defeat.

The waves of running is back and the set up. The demons aren't our Everest for the year, but given we are reshaping our team and working with new components, the engine is humming quite nicely for April with the opportunity to continue to mould a team that can be competitive when it gets serious and the reality is that is what we should be aiming for.

The beauty is with Lynch we have some different forward dynamic that, fingers crossed, puts us in even a stronger position than where we were a couple of years ago.

 

[tropicaltiger]

Found it hard to pick 2 after Vlas, Grimes and Houli.

Seriously how f@#$N good is Vlassy. Gun

i didnt.... so many contributors tonight, but ellis was performing like a trojan all night, and 2 crucial goals melb were up 24/13 in the first, and his 2nd was the one that broke melbourns back, both top shelf. smart goals.

 

[Mr Unbelievable]

But took some good grabs all the same... well not according to the umps.

Ripped off at least two

 

[Wacko23Jacko]

Should’ve been 10 goals+

Feeling sad bout that scoreline

Just remembered we got Sydney stax [emoji1591][emoji198][emoji1591]

 

[Michaels]

Man it’s really hard not to get excited about Stack. That bump was magnificent of course but he has just looked so composed and so tough at it. You’d think he’d played 100 games, just belongs there. I was sitting in the lower tier directly in front of the hit on Viney, def in the top 5 best things I’ve witnessed at the footy!
Can anybody actually shed some light on the supposed “off field issues” he had to overlook getting drafted? I’ve seen it said multiple times but no info on what the actual issues are.
Hats off to Brando I’ve been bagging him this season but he was excellent tonight. Grimes is a warrior, Bachar underrated, Dees are shit. Go Tiges

The only issues were he missed a couple of training sessions for WA in the U18 champs and got dropped for the first game.

Came back after that and made the AA squad though I think.

In a full time professional environment he will flourish

 

[Tforce]

Get Bolta out for a start. I was shouted down for that but if we aren't going to put him in either CHB or CHF it's useless. Get Macintosh out full stop.

dude he'd be just about leading the JDM count right now

I'll look forward to the count.

 

[_RT_]

Great win built on a team first mentality where everyone knows their role and plays their role to the letter. What I really love about the team at the moment is that when mistakes are made, they are not dwelt on and the players go back to the well the next time an opportunity presents. A handball gets missed in a linking chain, it is still attempted the next time, if a kick is missed the player doesn't mope about it, they go again and next time still take the option to make that same kick. When that happens it makes it easy for the team to know what is going to happen and to continue to run and push to the final siren. It also means that when we have first/second year players like Ross Stack Balta & Baker come into the side they know what is expected and what they need to do to ensure they deliver.

Having said that I want to give credit to a few individuals who have been whipping boys in the past.

Ellis - 3 weeks ago his career with us was almost over. Was struggling to have an impact and was being exposed by opponents. Since the Port game he has proven that if he wants to remain there is a future for him playing on a wing opposite McIntosh for the next 4-5 years. He is back to the type of form that saw him finish top 3 in the Jack Dyer medal and make the AA squad. The difference is that in this side that form doesn't stand out as much as it did back then. Played on Brayshaw tonight and rendered him ineffective despite having it 30 odd times. Some of his work where he put his body over the ball and at worse made it a stoppage is the type of stuff he wasn't doing when everyone was hammering him. Maintains this form and he won't be getting dropped any time soon.

Castagna - I have not been a big fan of George for a while, but the last couple of weeks he too has shown the type of form that he was playing with in 2017. His defensive work is outstanding and he is now getting the rewards on the scoreboard. Could have easily kicked 5 tonight and it would have came about because of his ability to lay crunching tackles that kept the ball locked in our F50.

As for the Dogs game, given the game is in 10 days and Cotchin is unlikely to play along with Jack I'm bringing Bolton or Graham back in depending on whether we want to bolster the midfield or bring back the extra speed to the forward line.

B: Grimes Astbury Vlastuin
HB: Houli Edwards Broad
C: Ellis Ross McIntosh
HF: Castagna Caddy Rioli
F: Lynch Martin Balta
R: Nankervis Prestia Lambert
INT: Stack Higgins Baker Bolton/Graham

 

[Bazzar]

Always been a Baker Boy fan...glad he has been given the opportunity to shine

Good lad

The fabulous Baker boy.

 

[Chunky09]

Depends what grade it is

6 weeks minimum though

Sheeeeeeet, hope it’s not severe

 

[Mr Unbelievable]

Loved Balta’s game and how he was coached.
Was put against Gawn and looked over awed , looked panicky and there were frees against but the coaching staff kept pushing him and he never gave up, kept trying.
Then in the later stages the coaches kept him against Gawn.
Great learning curve for him ... never gave up

 

[French Tiger]

Stack getting lots of praise & rightly so , been sensational! But Jack Ross 28 touches , how good is this boy going as well ! Surely rising star nod this week


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[Jono_Hain97]

Ross, Lambert and Prestia destroyed their overrated midfield

What midfield?

 

[Bazzar]

Great win built on a team first mentality where everyone knows their role and plays their role to the letter. What I really love about the team at the moment is that when mistakes are made, they are not dwelt on and the players go back to the well the next time an opportunity presents. A handball gets missed in a linking chain, it is still attempted the next time, if a kick is missed the player doesn't mope about it, they go again and next time still take the option to make that same kick. When that happens it makes it easy for the team to know what is going to happen and to continue to run and push to the final siren. It also means that when we have first/second year players like Ross Stack Balta & Baker come into the side they know what is expected and what they need to do to ensure they deliver.

Having said that I want to give credit to a few individuals who have been whipping boys in the past.

Ellis - 3 weeks ago his career with us was almost over. Was struggling to have an impact and was being exposed by opponents. Since the Port game he has proven that if he wants to remain there is a future for him playing on a wing opposite McIntosh for the next 4-5 years. He is back to the type of form that saw him finish top 3 in the Jack Dyer medal and make the AA squad. The difference is that in this side that form doesn't stand out as much as it did back then. Played on Brayshaw tonight and rendered him ineffective despite having it 30 odd times. Some of his work where he put his body over the ball and at worse made it a stoppage is the type of stuff he wasn't doing when everyone was hammering him. Maintains this form and he won't be getting dropped any time soon.

Castagna - I have not been a big fan of George for a while, but the last couple of weeks he too has shown the type of form that he was playing with in 2017. His defensive work is outstanding and he is now getting the rewards on the scoreboard. Could have easily kicked 5 tonight and it would have came about because of his ability to lay crunching tackles that kept the ball locked in our F50.

As for the Dogs game, given the game is in 10 days and Cotchin is unlikely to play I'm going in unchanged as I think Astbury will be able to recover in time from the ankle and nobody else looked like they picked up any new injuries, and I doubt Jack gets rubbed out for the chicken wing incident the media were talking about.

Can't go unchanged. Jack will miss at least 5

 

[AlorraVex]

Scrappy game. Nothing pretty about it. Can’t believe I get the privilege of reviewing this work of art on the Podcast. Thanks Michaels

 

[JAKLAUGHING]

Should have tackled - drop him

That would have been the safe correct play....but Captain Crunch had other ideas! BANG!!!

 

[Tony Stark]

I think we are obsessed with kicking to the pockets and with some of the worst set shots in the competition it's just not where we need to go. We seem much better kicking to about 10 metres from the top of the square, that's where we have historically done our best forward 50 work

Our forward coaches need to rethink our structure, you just can't have over 70 inside 50 entries for only 12 goals, something has to be changed.

 

[Jono_Hain97]

They should have gone on that camp the weak campaigners.

At least they can go later this year, when their pre season starts in September! They can play the Richmond theme song for 6 months straight

 

[Tforce]

Loved Balta’s game and how he was coached.
Was put against Gawn and looked over awed , looked panicky and there were frees against but the coaching staff kept pushing him and he never gave up, kept trying.
Then in the later stages the coaches kept him against Gawn.
Great learning curve for him ... never gave up

He's not a Ruckman though. Never will be.

 

[D_M_4]

I've suffered a pcl before and I had been out of running for about 6 to 7 weeks when I had the injury I could walk but it was very painful, saying that jack didnt look like he was in an awful lot of pain (so we think) so I'm just gonna say he'd be out for 2 to 4 weeks.

 

[shaky]

Stack out

Will be in jail for the murder of jack viney

Match review will be frothing that there was no illegal contact so they can suspend him. Can they make something up do you think? Not beyond Gill and the rest of the muppets at HQ.

 

[Rubber Hips]

Inside 50s

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