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I like the idea of Crozier coming in to replace JJ, take an extended squad to Darwin, I.e. Juicy, Treloar, McNeil and Vandemeir, someone said he looks more comfortable in the backline than our forward line where he gets caught trying to do too much.
 

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It's tricky to predict what Bevo will do with selection (and that's an understatement!) but I feel he will persevere with JOD in the senior side. Perhaps he gets a gig as the sub, but I think Bevo will have liked what he saw when JOD went back. My money is on a medium defender to be brought into the side for JJ and no other change (unless the Bont needs a spell.)
 
JOD reminds me a bit about Gardner's first 10-15 games. Clearly has the athletic tools - 195+cm players that can run, jump and win the ball below the knees are rare - and you just back in that they can read the game and develop experience over time.
What a horrible thing to say. The kid has been nowhere near that bad.
 
Cleary isn't a high defender so the roles aren't 1:1. He is competing with Duryea for a spot. That won't necessarily mean he won't play, but it's not a straight swap like is being suggested here.
When has not playing in a role stopped Bevo from putting someone in the team for that role though?
 
How bad is Bont's injury?

I realise we will have to wait to see what the doc says but my view is if there's any doubt about Bontempelli he should stay at home and rest. Even if it ends up being the difference between winning and losing the GCS game we need him at full fitness for the back end of the season. I'd rather drop the GCS game than have him struggle through to the bye or beyond, possibly aggravating his condition. Besides if he plays in Darwin he might only be operating at say 70-80% fitness so he would be unlikely to be the game breaker he usually is.

History says he'd play anyway, but how would we provide cover for him if he doesn't play?

Obviously if Treloar is ready to go that would be the best option, but who steps into the middle if Treloar's not ready? Williams?
We'd also need more involvement from Macrae than we'd been seeing prior to yesterday. I gather he got a few more minutes this week against the Crows but he still only had 76% ToG.

So our forced changes might be JJ and Bont and a discretionary one might be O'Donnell but it wouldn't surprise me to see JOD make the trip north. It could be the week he starts in defence.
 
Personally I’d go from 8 talls to 6.

Night games in Darwin is basically 4 quarters of dealing with a football covered in soap.

I’m happy to rest Marra cause those type of conditions will never suit his game style but I’d be open with taking o’brien out in addition to O’Donnell.
 

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Is VDM the most like for like replacement for JJ? I don't believe we've played VDM down back at AFL level, but that's his best position and he's got the speed - though every time he runs at his potential pace he seems to hurt himself.

I'd love Cleary to play, but it's not really like for like.
 
Would the match committee pull the trigger on Vandermeer? He's not going to make it as a forward.
I had the same wondering. Not that I would go down this path at all, but I also wouldn't be surprised to see him put Hannan back at half back...

At any rate, Bev likes his 7th defender to be a high defender. This would leave the options as bringing in one - Vandermeer/Hannan really the only available options - or going for a fwd/mid with Scott or CD filling the 7th defender role. Interesting to see if he switches up his preferred structure to bring in someone like Cleary.

... personally, my money is on Vandermeer coming in as a like-for-like.
 
Personally I’d go from 8 talls to 6.

Night games in Darwin is basically 4 quarters of dealing with a football covered in soap.

I’m happy to rest Marra cause those type of conditions will never suit his game style but I’d be open with taking o’brien out in addition to O’Donnell.

Orrrrr we stick with the structure that has led us to win our last 6 games
 
Personally I’d go from 8 talls to 6.

Night games in Darwin is basically 4 quarters of dealing with a football covered in soap.

I’m happy to rest Marra cause those type of conditions will never suit his game style but I’d be open with taking o’brien out in addition to O’Donnell.
The chances of us resting Jamarra Ugle-Hagan on a trip the the northern territory sit somewhere between buckleys and none. We're a club that has unfortunately very little history in the indigenous space and this is a great opportunity for us. Jamarra Ugle-Hagan isn't a NT boy, though I'm not sure whether his ancestors are, what he is though is a fantastuc representation of what we are trying to build.
 

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It's tricky to predict what Bevo will do with selection (and that's an understatement!) but I feel he will persevere with JOD in the senior side. Perhaps he gets a gig as the sub, but I think Bevo will have liked what he saw when JOD went back. My money is on a medium defender to be brought into the side for JJ and no other change (unless the Bont needs a spell.)
Given the wacky nature of the VFL fixture. There really wasn't much point in dropping JO'D this week.

I think that Beveridge knew that we'd have the Crows measure in Ballarat and he saw it as an opportunity to keep tinkering with going tall.

It's something that he hasn't really shied away from since the start of the year. Even if it wasn't conducive to playing good football early.

If Darcy wasn't injured he'd be playing exactly the same role that we've now fast tracked JO'D to play. Im certain that the latter was a direct response to the former.

If JO'D is sent back this week it'll be because of the conditions in Darwin.

I think you're correct about a medium defender being brought in. I reckon JJ's absence will be used as an opportunity to give Cleary and extend look at it.
 
Yep, no doubt.

He trained with Footscray over the pre-season, and was part of the U18 systems. He was "only in the system for a matter of weeks" because we basically signed him the day he became Cat B eligible, essentially three years to the day that he last played a competitive footy game before focusing on cricket. But presumably he grew, proved athleticism as he entered adulthood, and had clubs and managers tell him to keep training in footy but hold out for Cat B eligibility as he might be a borderline late draft pick in an open draft but would be guaranteed to be picked up by a club if they could do it outside list spot/salary cap.

JOD reminds me a bit about Gardner's first 10-15 games. Clearly has the athletic tools - 195+cm players that can run, jump and win the ball below the knees are rare - and you just back in that they can read the game and develop experience over time.

You look at half the league that have injury crises and both ends - currently Richmond with no tall forwards are playing Essendon with no key defenders - and developing talls to add to depth is very important.
That’s all well and good, but he is invisible as a forward - we’re a man down with him on the ground. Either he plays down back over TOB/Gardner or he continues to develop in the 2s.

Going to cost us soon if we continue to be this stubborn and think we can win playing one down
 

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