Preview Changes vs Demons (Sat 1.45pm 22/8)

[Dogsman16]

I’m cool with these changes.

Nice speed on the bench.

 

[Southern 8]

Garcia an emergency already. Must be impressing. Good sign.

 

[Struggle]

Is this the first time in ages that sweet/trengove haven't been emergency?

 

[dogwatch]

I like it. No melts from me.

 

[Virgin Dog]

Good side named, no melts, this can only end one way

Melbourne by 40

 

[Merlins Revenge]

Like those changes. Wonder what happened to West? I didn’t notice any injury

 

[Mojorisin]

Garcia on the emergency list is promising, looks like he must've got condition back quickly.
Le.young as the only tall on the emg list is interesting given there may still be doubt as to whether English gets up.
Haven't heard anything about west picking up an injury.
Team looks good though

 

[Doggies_13]

Can’t complain with any of those changes, good selection

 

[dergert]

I was about to come in this thread and flip my s**t that a ruck wasnt brought in then I remembered about English!

 

[Wizard17]

Garcia an emergency already. Must be impressing. Good sign.

He was probably one of the best players in the under 18 champs last year so he is definitely a very good player. Interesting though considering he returned from an ACL injury not to long ago.

 

[dergert]

Shame about West though.

 

[Braybrook Son]

Great side, Dale and Lloyd deserved outs. No excuses this week boys!

 

[dergert]

Hopefully we see Richards in the back half

 

[weltschmerz]

Libba in the forward pocket is interesting, but I imagine in practice it'll mostly be Vandermeer there.

 

[threenewpadlocks]

Young, not Sweet listed as the emergency.

 

[Golden_6]

I find it incredibly funny that Roarke is in for one game and then is ‘managed’.

To me that is probably the strongest team we will field this year with the exception of Gardner in over Cordy.

 

[MYOB]

Dale was always going to be on the chopping bloke after watching Bevo's post match press conference.

Gardner is the one player on the team that I am extremely worried about, other than that, happy with the selections

 

[Spiritof82]

Garcia an emergency already. Must be impressing. Good sign.

Over the past few years we've named lots of young players as emergency, not because there's a chance of them being called up to play but just to let them experience a build up for a game, and with the current restrictions the other players on the list mightn't even be allowed into the rooms unless they are an emergency.

 

[Struggle]

Hope Richards stays off half back and isn't pushed out to wing/half forward with the return of JJ

 

[JTCWBFC]

Love the team. Gardiner still scares me. Hopefully we can keep this lineup and get Cordy back ASAP.

 

[Snarls Barkley]

If Crozier is ready he should come straight back in but I have a feeling he’s another week away. Sounded like Cordy’s injury was not a one weeker. Also presuming there is no injuries from today.

Ins:

Bruce - Worked today but can’t see the one tall forward and one ruck being a successful strategy. Would prefer another ruck option but don’t have that on the list (Tom Boyd would be handy right now), so the forward will do. Don’t mind if it’s Schache instead of Bruce but he’s had a few niggles recently and probably should return through the seconds.

Johannisen - One week injury, contrary to a lot it seems but I think he’s had a good year and should come straight in.

Vandermeer - Been good this year and should return

Out:

Lloyd - Hasn’t had a great season and think he’s behind Wallis and Dale in the pecking order now. Bruce improves the structure.

R. Smith - Wasn’t bad but someone misses for JJ and it shouldn’t be Richards.

West - Would like to see him getting more games and don’t want to drop him but at the moment I think there are only two spots between West, Cavarra and VDM and I think he’ll be the one to miss.

Team:

B: Williams - Keath - Wood
HB: Daniel - Gardner - Johannisen

R: English - Dunkley - Bontempelli
C: B. Smith - Macrae - Hunter

HF: Vandermeer - Bruce - Cavarra
F: Wallis - Naughton - Dale

I: Richards - Liberatore - Lipinski - McLean

Still have question marks on some guys. Would still prefer Trengove and/or Young to Gardner but he was decent enough today and I can’t see that change happening.

Pretty close to the changes I was expecting. Didn't realise at the time that Crozier would be available. He's a definite in and Dale's form hasn't been great so not overly surprised he was the one to miss for him.

Think this will mean a return to HF/wing for Richards which isn't ideal. Looks 10x a better player off half back but can't see how he fits with Crozier and Johannisen back.

 

[Optimistic Dog]

I am worried about Gardner being in the team he will not get it as easy as last week when our midfield dominated. Tom Macdonald will be sleeping easy tonight.

 

[Zgope1]

sad to see Dale out. Should be a star not playing scratch matches. Think he’ll bounce back though.

strong team picked but can not afford to get smashed out of the centre by their explosive boys

 

[Boyd oh Boyd]

Not bad. Glad to see us finally pick our forward line based on form and not just who played well last year (looking at you Lloyd and Dale). Even fat fumbly Bruce is still our second best key forward so that's a must. Good spread of smalls with Cavarra, Vandermeer and Richards to give us speed and pressure. Dare I say one of the better teams we've put out.

 

[Next Waiting]

I thought Gardner may have been managed this week.