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thought i would start this as i hadnt already seen one... pev is a definate in because he will be ready by then, we need him to do a tagging role i think on judd/kerr.

although mcveigh and welsh could be used on them like they were last time and rough them up a bit... seemed to work last time.


Ins: Peveril
Outs: Houli or Bolton

personally i think houli needs to be the out.. i hate a player being omitted after a great performance... and houli only had the four touches last night 3 of which were handballs.... i like the look of the kid and think he will be awesome but for now in the important games we need experience..
Perhaps also heffernan as an in to do a defensive midfeild role?
 
Yeh I think I agree with Houli being omitted. Has played some great games so far but Bolton to our suprise played really well, so we need to give him more of a go. I wouldn't be suprised to see houli come back towards the end of the season with a bit more experience. If any injuries spark up Hislop might get a chance. I have heard that Rama is not far away but will not play in this game. Some have said he will make his comeback in the Cancer awareness game against Melbourne providing we can promote him to the senior list.
 

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laycock may need to keep his spot so ryder can play in defence the whole match although i really dont think laycock should be an AFL footballer...

thinking about it now though i think laycock should be dropped along with houli for peveril and maybe campo seeings i hear he is doing well in the vfl. dropping laycock could work in our favour, cox killed the roos this week i think it was like 27 possessions for a ruckman? thats insane, i think ryder could run with cox around the ground, so maybe ryder should be a defensive ruckman and pretty much tag cox??
 

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Your going to need a second ruckman against Coxxy and Seabs

Would be a good idea to keep Laycock in.

Given that against Sydney Laycock had 4 hitouts, 0 to advantage.

I think we could probably live without him. Needs to build that fitness base before we can see what he's actually capable of.

I'd prefer we give Laycocks rucking duties to Ryder, allowing us to bring perhaps Camporeale without losing much.

Brown's looking pretty good for you guys, and i think Staker kicked a few, but your forward line isn't as worrying as Sydneys was. We could manage without Ryder down there for 10 or so minutes a quarter.
 
i didn't think laycock was too bad last night, did very well with second efforts and body work around the ruck contests.

I'd love Andy lovett to be fit for fri night as we are one pacy runner/hf short at the minute. Its a shame he is injured as Davey runs himself into the ground with defensive chasing and our forward line suffers with his absence.

Its probably no surprise that we were at our best when jetta was giving davey a chop out. Another quick ball carrier would be useful in breaking things up against a team that defensively loves to play man on man.
 

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But he would also be a liability for us in the ruck and around the grounds. Dropping him would force Ryder into being our 2nd ruckman, and he would be more than capable of going with Seaby around the ground. WCE have very mobile rucks and I dont think having Laycock in the team will help us.
 
Could bolton tag judd?

Bolton did look much better against sydney with a 'run with' role. The tagging job does make your job simpler in that you just have to be where your opponent is. Pev resurrected his career by going back to basics and having some tough tagging assignments, perhaps this is what Bolton needs?? Judd would be too tough though.

As food for thought... could Kepler do a job for us in the ruck??? :rolleyes:
 
Bolton did look much better against sydney with a 'run with' role. The tagging job does make your job simpler in that you just have to be where your opponent is. Pev resurrected his career by going back to basics and having some tough tagging assignments, perhaps this is what Bolton needs?? Judd would be too tough though.

As food for thought... could Kepler do a job for us in the ruck??? :rolleyes:
Surely he could do a better job than Laycock, he's better around the ground and when wer'e not using him in the ruck, we could even trial him in the forward line.
 

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