Round 21 Changes vs Sydney

[Interstater]

Unchanged

 

[The Rubber Man]

Frampton for Dixon potentially.

 

[PowerBaz]

How much better are we without Motlop

 

[PowerBaz]

Robbie Gray would surely get a fine yeah?

 

[Pappagallo]

Cap his ass.

 

[Schulzenfest]

I'd still have Lycett back in over Ryder.

 

[philreich]

Surely Aidyn Johnson comes in for Houston......

 

[HotSausage69]

Out: Marshall, Dixon, Ladhams
In: Motlop, Wines, Farrell

 

[gbear]

Out: Dixon
In: Frampton

 

[SureBuddy]

Out: Butters
In: Wines

 

[Shane_Mag]

Out: Dixon In: Frampton

Lycett unlucky cause I believe he should be in the team but Ladhams and Ryder were a great combination against the Bombers.

 

[Chrizzt]

We may have won that quirky “score” stat but we were only plus 6 for inside 50s so I’d like to see us drop Marshall and Dixon for Johnson and Hewett.

 

[raptalia]

I'd still have Lycett back in over Ryder.

I'd put Lycett in over Dixon. Any one of Lycett or Ryder played as permanent forward would have done more than Dixon did today. If you drop a big man who has 20 possessions and 22 hit outs surely you have to drop a guy who has just 5 possesionbs and 2 hit outs the following week.

We won well today in spite of Charlie not because of him.

 

[*PAF]

I'd put Lycett in over Dixon. Any one of Lycett or Ryder played as permanent forward would have done more than Dixon did today. If you drop a big man who has 20 possessions and 22 hit outs surely you have to drop a guy who has just 5 possesionbs and 2 hit outs the following week.

We won well today in spite of Charlie not because of him.

Don't agree.
Dixon may have had a bit of a stinker but he still opened up the forward line as Essendon were too afraid to play him loose.

That is the thinking that got Marshall, Frampton etc dropped and replaced with midfielders that eventually morphed into a humongous amount of inside fifties for next to no return.

 

[AlkalineX]

Houston, Gray and Marshall out.

...that's how this works, right?

 

[The Rubber Man]

Out: Dixon In: Frampton

Lycett unlucky cause I believe he should be in the team but Ladhams and Ryder were a great combination against the Bombers.

It's a hard call.
They were a great combo against a C grade ruckman.

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[Interstater]

It's a hard call.
They were a great combo against a C grade ruckman.

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As compared to Haydyn Mclean?

 

[Long live PAFC]

I'd put Lycett in over Dixon. Any one of Lycett or Ryder played as permanent forward would have done more than Dixon did today. If you drop a big man who has 20 possessions and 22 hit outs surely you have to drop a guy who has just 5 possesionbs and 2 hit outs the following week.

We won well today in spite of Charlie not because of him.

Not disagreeing with Dixon’s lack of impact but I think our best forward line is Dixon, Marshall and a resting ruck.
I wouldn’t be touching the forward line - give them time to gel.

Butters looked sore after that tackle so I would give him a rest. Sutcliffe played well but should also come out. Ryder gives little up front or around the ground so should come out but I don’t think he will.

For mine:

Out: Butters
In: Farrell or Woodcock
Out: Sutcliffe
In: Drew/Atley, I wouldn’t rush Wines
Out: Ryder
In: Lycett


What I suspect may happen:
Butters for Motlop

 

[Andre]

The balance was right. If we drop Dixon for a small it’ll be peak Ken. Ken will be so desperate to not have the obvious lesson of a forward structure of talls who are forwards, with small forwards able to play as small forwards validated as the right one (and hence invalidating his 7 year coaching career here), I’m going to be surprised only if Dixon isn’t dropped for a small. Or Ladhams out.

 

[raptalia]

Don't agree.
Dixon may have had a bit of a stinker but he still opened up the forward line as Essendon were too afraid to play him loose.

That is the thinking that got Marshall, Frampton etc dropped and replaced with midfielders that eventually morphed into a humongous amount of inside fifties for next to no return.

A bit of a stinker? Charlie's game stunk more than Bolivar in the middle of summer.

How many more times are we going to make excuses for this guy? He has no run in him at all. I am watching the replay as we speak and Charlie doesn't run anywhere he walks. Charlie has no pace, no athleticism at all. Dixon has to l;arn to lead but I don't I don't think he can run run fast enough to do it. I think his injury has taken it's toll and his time is about up.

As I watch the replay the Essendon defenders simply stand with Charlie stop him from marking then run off him at will. They are able to do this because they know he is not fast enough to chase them or to make position up the field. You may be happy with a man mountain whose only purpose is to draw defenders but I am not, I want a leading KPP who can kick goals and that isn't Charlie atm.

We have options other than Charlie Dixon and if he can only get one kick in half a game we should use them.

We have just had our Coach tell us they weren't happy with a tall who had 20 possessions and 22 hit outs the previous week and yet you and a few others want to retain a guy who had only 5 kicks for an entire game. We do not have to replace Dixon with a small forward as we can replace him with Lycett and use Paddy up forward. Paddy isn't a career forward but he is certain to do more than Dixon.

One possession in a half a game and you think Dixon is earning his 700k per annum pay packet? Give me a break.

 

[GremioPower]

Not disagreeing with Dixon’s lack of impact but I think our best forward line is Dixon, Marshall and a resting ruck.
I wouldn’t be touching the forward line - give them time to gel.

Butters looked sore after that tackle so I would give him a rest. Sutcliffe played well but should also come out. Ryder gives little up front or around the ground so should come out but I don’t think he will.

For mine:

Out: Butters
In: Farrell or Woodcock
Out: Sutcliffe
In: Drew/Atley, I wouldn’t rush Wines
Out: Ryder
In: Lycett


What I suspect may happen:
Butters for Motlop

Those are my changes. Although, I would might consider bringing Howard back.

 

[Cam1870]

Something like Dixon and Ladhams for Johnson and Mackenzie would be peak Ken.
Im only half joking

 

[Leaveit2charlie]

Kens not putting Billy in after 3 weeks without a game.

 

[*PAF]

A bit of a stinker? Charlie's game stunk more than Bolivar in the middle of summer.

How many more times are we going to make excuses for this guy? He has no run in him at all. I am watching the replay as we speak and Charlie doesn't run anywhere he walks. Charlie has no pace, no athleticism at all. Dixon has to l;arn to lead but I don't I don't think he can run run fast enough to do it. I think his injury has taken it's toll and his time is about up.

As I watch the replay the Essendon defenders simply stand with Charlie stop him from marking then run off him at will. They are able to do this because they know he is not fast enough to chase them or to make position up the field. You may be happy with a man mountain whose only purpose is to draw defenders but I am not, I want a leading KPP who can kick goals and that isn't Charlie atm.

We have options other than Charlie Dixon and if he can only get one kick in half a game we should use them.

We have just had our Coach tell us they weren't happy with a tall who had 20 possessions and 22 hit outs the previous week and yet you and a few others want to retain a guy who had only 5 kicks for an entire game. We do not have to replace Dixon with a small forward as we can replace him with Lycett and use Paddy up forward. Paddy isn't a career forward but he is certain to do more than Dixon.

One possession in a half a game and you think Dixon is earning his 700k per annum pay packet? Give me a break.

Certainly not making excuses, although after having seen players recover from big injuries in the past one should also not expect much more than he has been delivering. Next year it will be a different question.

The point is that our forward line has functioned better when we have had multiple KPFs plus a resting ruck not Marshall plus a resting ruck and a bunch of midfielders.

So yes Dixon played his part today. Not individually well but the collective was greater than the individual. The collective does not equal to the sum of champion data points. Today it worked.

 

[Macca19]

Lycett for Ryder should be the only change