Changes v Adelaide

[The Inbetweener]

I am going on Friday. Anyone else going? What is the best pub before the game.

Clever little tailor in Peel St is a great little bar

 

[grubdog]

Adams always starts a bit rusty after injury from memory so I would bring him back via vfl. Morris straight in as he is a demigod.

Not sure about Wood.

As the Captain of the only flag winning side in my life time Wood gets some sort of GOD status.

Not sure which and when I asked the Cardinal in the shower he said something about only one God...and to stop talking with my mouth full.

 

[Southern 8]

Did someone seriously say Morris and 2s in the same sentence?

He has done it before and I would.

 

[Martyn_30_]

I don't think a full pre season is relevant considering he would've lost all of his fitness over the past 10 weeks. He may come back in the seniors but his first game back last year off a lengthy layoff was very ordinary, so there's no harm in playing a half in the VFL first to shake off some rust.

You can still do aerobic conditioning via upper body exercises and it’s not as though he’s just started to run again. It doesn’t matter that much how he plays, the team is a couple of goals better with him out there directing teammates.


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[goodcop badcop]

Mark Stavens on 7news said that Morris ran 13km's at training today. The man is a machine.

 

[Wizard17]

Mark Stavens on 7news said that Morris ran 13km's at training today. The man is a machine.

is he actually a terminator?

 

[Royale]

Moz and Wood in.

Crozier and Naughton out.

 

[BallaratBulldog]

Could put Crozier half forward instead of out.

 

[TMoney22]

id play morris in the two's as well for one week. i think he needs protection from himself and i want him playing the year out on his terms

 

[Royale]

The cavalry has arrived, our backline, painfully young and inexperienced have battled manfully to this point. Williams and Cordy, formerly the veterans will go back to their normal roles as players rather than directors. Moz and Wood back, partnered with possibly Adams will change the fortunes of our season. Expect a massive upset over in Adelaide this week. Massive. We're going to jump them like we did Round 4 2015.

 

[Snake Livermore]

The cavalry has arrived, our backline, painfully young and inexperienced have battled manfully to this point. Williams and Cordy, formerly the veterans will go back to their normal roles as players rather than directors. Moz and Wood back, partnered with possibly Adams will change the fortunes of our season. Expect a massive upset over in Adelaide this week. Massive. We're going to jump them like we did Round 4 2015.

I get that feeling too. Amazing what beating the bottom three teams does for confidence

 

[mcgleereturns]

IF we can get Wood and Morris in with confidence, I’d give Young another go. A lot of his time in the team last year was without one or both of these leaders for a lot of that time and obviously this year as well. I think while Naughton is out, we can use this time to develop Young’s understanding of our defensive style with two experienced legends there to pick him up when he stuffs up and point out what he does right. May not work but rather get him develop than rush injury prone Adams back, lose him then have to bring Young back anyway. Just my opinion


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[jdz101]

Kinda sucks to have Morris replacing Naughton in a way. Would love for the kid to be learning off the sensei for this season in the seniors together. Hopefully they both stay fit for that to happen.

 

[fred cook]

Maybe its just me but the fact that the bookies have us to win at 5 to 1 surprises me

 

[footyfan000001]

Could put Crozier half forward instead of out.

Like this a lot. Half back doesn’t suit him I don’t reckon.

 

[Yojimbo]

The VFL team could use a few more tall players at the moment I wonder
how far away Collins is. Dale Morris is a beast he was drinking bone
broth every day and that does not sound tasty, total beast.

 

[StringyDog]

Morris and Adams need a game before a recall IMO after long spells to get match conditioning. Wood straight in as a swingman, Roberts replaces Naughton and Trengove to share ruck/forward with Boyd. Young unlucky because I want another ruckman and can cover him with Wood. Like to give Webb another go but like the team balance and strength of the three ins.

I'd take Morris or Adams unconditioned over Roberts any day of the week, people wanting Roberts back in this week go back and watch his game in Adelaide last year, one of the worst games you will ever see by a bulldog player and given he has played 1 of the past 15 games since that game i guess the coaches agree. He has no matchup, too weak for walker, too slow for jenkins, no agility for Mcgovern.

 

[hoianbulldog]

As the Captain of the only flag winning side in my life time Wood gets some sort of GOD status.

Not sure which and when I asked the Cardinal in the shower he said something about only one God...and to stop talking with my mouth full.

Geez. I read that post 10 times and come up with a different interpretation every time.

 

[hoianbulldog]

IF we can get Wood and Morris in with confidence, I’d give Young another go. A lot of his time in the team last year was without one or both of these leaders for a lot of that time and obviously this year as well. I think while Naughton is out, we can use this time to develop Young’s understanding of our defensive style with two experienced legends there to pick him up when he stuffs up and point out what he does right. May not work but rather get him develop than rush injury prone Adams back, lose him then have to bring Young back anyway. Just my opinion


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Great post. We need to understand that the young guys playing back are without experienced heads and bodies supporting them. Often these guys are asked to play above their station due to lack of other options.

#cutemsumslack

 

[Bemoreboyddog]

I’d back Morris in to play AFL. He knows what he needs to do to get his body right. I’ll back him in. Wood to play AFL as well. The specimen can spend 2-3 weeks at VFL level to make sure his biscuit feet don’t shit the bed again.

Bring in Trengove as well.

 

[CaptainMurphy]

Love to see trengove come in to help in defence and the ruck.

Out - naughton
In - wood

Out - young
In - trengove

I’d let it fly as well and pick schache to allow us to maintain a forward target when Boyd rucks

Out - honeychurch
In - Schache

FB: wood cordy Williams
HB: crozier trengove JJ
C: Hunter Macrae Daniel
HF: Mclean gowers Lipinski
FF: Dahlhaus Schache Dunkley
R: Boyd bonti Macrae
IC: Dale, Richards, suckling, wallis

You have Macrae twice

 

[Doggies7]

Morris is playing Friday night In Adelaide if he gets the all clear on Thursday at training. He's not playing VFL this weekend, 100% sure of that. Wood will come in too but Adams will be the one to get a week or two in the VFL first I think, especially with his injury history. Interested in giving Adams a few weeks in Redpath's role at FF while we have Moz, Cordy, Wood, Naughton (back in a few weeks) etc all down back .

 

[Substance]

You have Macrae twice

Seemed to be everywhere on the weekend.

He's jack macrae and he can do that sort of thing.

 

[DognBones]

Perhaps we should temper our expectations on the "cavalry" coming to our rescue. Wood's form has been modest for some time and Moz, despite his cyborg qualities, will be underdone in match fitness and touch. Don't expect too much - yet.

 

[ivan rassmussen]

Perhaps we should temper our expectations on the "cavalry" coming to our rescue. Wood's form has been modest for some time and Moz, despite his cyborg qualities, will be underdone in match fitness and touch. Don't expect too much - yet.

Just ease them into it by both starting deep forward - will confuse Crows, us, even our own players. Bevo trolling everyone.