Changes vs Fremantle - Round 5

[jode]

Unluckiest bloke ever.

I know - I feel for him

 

[Doggies7]

Get over it. It's for our collective mental health. No one who gets offended reads it. We need to vent or we'd chuck it in!

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Let me vent to your vents

 

[Norm De Guerre]

Continuity.. Unless that is a Port Man Toe.

Thanks. Im suitably chastened.

 

[Doggies7]

I'm probably a bigger fan than most here, but even though he was average on the weekend, I really want Bailey Williams to stay in and head back to HBF to take over Duryea / Sucklings role as another running defender back there. Good size, speed, ball winning ability etc which will help us a lot if he finds some form.

Just please bring another couple talls in Bevo. No Dunkley in the ruck and no back up KPD / KPF

 

[footyfan000001]

People say it sarcastically but the Tom Boyd contract really did kill this club.

How so? We didn’t miss any targets because of salary cap.

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

Jongy needs to toughen up - didn’t Rory Sloane not miss a game with appendicitis?

/jk

 

[Struggle]

Sucks that he's hurt, but another poorly skilled, poor decision making inside mid is the last thing this team needs right now.

Unfortunately, I don't see bev dropping Young

 

[Next Waiting]

People say it sarcastically but the Tom Boyd contract really did kill this club.

I'm not sure about that Scrag. I've only heard or read people say that earnestly.

 

[Mantis Toboggan]

I'm probably a bigger fan than most here, but even though he was average on the weekend, I really want Bailey Williams to stay in and head back to HBF to take over Duryea / Sucklings role as another running defender back there. Good size, speed, ball winning ability etc which will help us a lot if he finds some form.

Just please bring another couple talls in Bevo. No Dunkley in the ruck and no back up KPD / KPF

Totally agree.

I think it’s harsh to judge him in the current situation too. He’s shown enough in the past to prove he’s worth persevering with.

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

There really should be alternatives to the Like button.

 

[Citydog]

Perhaps just play him on the ball and put Bont forward.

Several time the other day Bont kicked into the forward line to....nobody capable...

Whilst that is true, the Bont does have a bit of a habit of over kicking the ball instead of putting it in front of the forwards!

 

[perro_loco]

I am bemused in todays game when fans predict easy wins. Port beats West Coast, Freo beat GWS, there are no certainties anymore, the comp is too even. Freo should be favourites but the Dogs are easily capable of pushing them to the limit. I reckon the Dogs will hit back and the $2.80 on offer is worth getting on.

i was thinking something along those lines. if duryea and suckling are fit, they will come in. i hope trengove comes in but bevo is just too stubborn. i am almost going to concede that i no longer trust in his abilities as a coach atm. i sincerely hope that i am wrong on this one, but doubt it. i want to be proven WRONG!!!

 

[fronkalicious]

If Lin Jong is the answer, you’re asking the wrong question.

Any ideas as to why Schache just stopped trying after the hawthorn game??

Wouldn’t mind seeing him next to Naughton and English/boyd. Can’t hurt at this stage

 

[Northernsoul74]

I'm probably a bigger fan than most here, but even though he was average on the weekend, I really want Bailey Williams to stay in and head back to HBF to take over Duryea / Sucklings role as another running defender back there. Good size, speed, ball winning ability etc which will help us a lot if he finds some form.

Just please bring another couple talls in Bevo. No Dunkley in the ruck and no back up KPD / KPF

Think he has to stay in now with those outs.

 

[Walsh Bay]

I actually quite like 'continuency' as a neologism. Will start using.

Not too fussed about the ex-Hawks.
Suckling will probably head off to the states pursuing the NFL chimera at the end of the year, and Duryea was only ever a stopgap, you can't build around 28 year-olds.
Their presence or absence isn't as much a worry right now as whether Lewy Young, Lynch, Greene, Schache, etc develop

 

[jaxie1]

There really should be alternatives to the Like button.

How about a like But button

 

[Yojimbo]

Thanks. Im suitably chastened.

I thought it could have been a Port Man Toe of Continuity and Fluency, you are creative
I remember mini Caleb.

 

[0utsider]

Wood Roberts Cordy
JJ Trengove Crozier
Smith Dunkley Macrae
Mclean Naughton Hunter
Dickson Schache Lloyd
English Bont Macrae

Daniel Gowers Williams Lipinski

In: Trengove, Roberts, Lipinski, Schache
Out: Hayes, Young, Richards, Wallis

Need to be going tall in defence coming up against Freo's forward line. Roberts seems unlikely to actually happen but would happily take Lewis Young in his place. Naughton needs to be rotating back and forward as necessary as well (like when Trengove rucks). I know it's not ideal to be moving around a developing player but he seems to have a mature head and being in our top handful of players he has to be able to do what the team requires.

Wallis maybe a bit stiff to be dropped before Hunter and Dunkley but I think with Dunkley played in the right role he's the far superior player, and I want to see if Hunter can make some progress as a forward because it's becoming clear to me that he doesn't offer enough as an outside mid. Could also look at keeping Wallis in as a forward and dropping Gowers.

Our number one priority has to be developing functioning forward and backline structures because it's obvious our current ones aren't working. This might mean playing some players who aren't 100% up to it, but the development it will result in for the rest of the team will be huge.

 

[Jeff 1975]

Surely it was key-hole for Lin Jong
Should be back in a couple of weeks max

 

[Jeff 1975]

Boyd will not improve playing in the seconds
Get over it Bevo

 

[Dogsbestfriend]

Wood Roberts Cordy
JJ Trengove Crozier
Smith Dunkley Macrae
Mclean Naughton Hunter
Dickson Schache Lloyd
English Bont Macrae

Daniel Gowers Williams Lipinski

In: Trengove, Roberts, Lipinski, Schache
Out: Hayes, Young, Richards, Wallis

Need to be going tall in defence coming up against Freo's forward line. Roberts seems unlikely to actually happen but would happily take Lewis Young in his place. Naughton needs to be rotating back and forward as necessary as well (like when Trengove rucks). I know it's not ideal to be moving around a developing player but he seems to have a mature head and being in our top handful of players he has to be able to do what the team requires.

Wallis maybe a bit stiff to be dropped before Hunter and Dunkley but I think with Dunkley played in the right role he's the far superior player, and I want to see if Hunter can make some progress as a forward because it's becoming clear to me that he doesn't offer enough as an outside mid. Could also look at keeping Wallis in as a forward and dropping Gowers.

Our number one priority has to be developing functioning forward and backline structures because it's obvious our current ones aren't working. This might mean playing some players who aren't 100% up to it, but the development it will result in for the rest of the team will be huge.

I like your team but is there something you’re not telling us when Libba can’t get a game ? .
You’ve picked Macrae twice. We get what you meant.

 

[Northernsoul74]

Boyd will not improve playing in the seconds
Get over it Bevo

He’s not remotely fit enough to play in the firsts.

 

[Mofra]

Are we willing to make a statement at the selection table? Hayes turns the ball over a lot but was far from our worst. Lachie Young gets another crack.

Here's one though - a player who genuinely isn't 'versatile', only plays one spot and is horribly out of form with a number of players who can play in his position. His first name is Easton.

 

[footyfan000001]

Are we willing to make a statement at the selection table? Hayes turns the ball over a lot but was far from our worst. Lachie Young gets another crack.

Here's one though - a player who genuinely isn't 'versatile', only plays one spot and is horribly out of form with a number of players who can play in his position. His first name is Easton.

Bevo will never drop the captain.

 

[Jeff 1975]

He’s not remotely fit enough to play in the firsts.

Play him off the bench