Preview Changes vs WCE

[Geoffa32]

The table below show that ROB's HIT OUTS to advantage are 27.9% of his hit outs. Only Darcy, Goldstein and Witts are better.


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Be curious to see Hitouts Sharked stat ..

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[AFC979810]

What we will actually do:
Out
Doedee
IN
Worrell

Game plan - Back the boys in.

Well to be fair. We are pretty much at our best 22 with only one injury across the squad.

Doedee out for Worrell. Bring in Mcadam for Murphy and thats pretty much our absolute best 22.

 

[Betts are off]

Love Soli, but just feel like he's the guy thats gasping most for the bye round. For me, he was in the bottom 6 of our players against the Dogs, Lions and Suns. I'm not worried long term, but I think a 2 week freshen up might do him the world of good.

Let him come back up to speed for the 2nd half of the season.

 

[Ciao Giacomo]

Love Soli, but just feel like he's the guy thats gasping most for the bye round. For me, he was in the bottom 6 of our players against the Dogs, Lions and Suns. I'm not worried long term, but I think a 2 week freshen up might do him the world of good.

Let him come back up to speed for the 2nd half of the season.

Soligo had a good game against Brisbane, imho. Unfortunately his poor games are very poor.

I would still play him against West Coast and then see how he plays against Collingwood after the bye.

 

[aabp1978]

Pretty sure it will only be the one, injury related change (back the boys in...everyone is disappointed in the change rooms...), but would like to see the following:

In: Worrell; Out: Doedee (obvious. Feel for Tom a lot, as I actually think he is a decent player. Be interesting to see how it plays out from here contract wise. Good chance to blood Worrell though for the rest of the year).
In: Schoenberg; Out: Soligo (Schoey has been best on ground for mine last couple of SANFL games, and Soligo just needs a rest as form has dropped pretty badly)
In: Cook; Out: Scholl (Cook's form in the SANFL needs to be rewarded..and Scholl, despite an ok start to the year, has been pretty disappointing of late)
In: Hately; Out: Sloane (Rory needs a break, and Hately has actually been in pretty good form this year in the SANFL so deserves a chance at least..and otherwise it is more likely to be [PLAYERCARD]Matt Crouch[/PLAYERCARD] than Dowling (let's be honest about it))

Cant imagine they will ever drop ROB..but is a nice dream...

 

[Betts are off]

Soligo had a good game against Brisbane, imho. Unfortunately his poor games are very poor.

I would still play him against West Coast and then see how he plays against Collingwood after the bye.

On the first view I didn't notice him much, but I re-watched the Lion's game and thought it was fairly forgettable by his standards. In a game where everyone played really well, he played below his best,

I'd manage him this round, not play him in either team. Its a long season and he's only 20 (with 28 games under his belt). He's played a lot of senior footy and his best is very very good. 2 weeks of freshening up and he'll be right back there IMO!

 

[MsTopG]

Yeah not ideal. Trying to avoid Hberg. As you said, we have no development Rucks on our list. Basically wasting two list spots with Hbetg and Strachan.


Or just have Thilthorpe all game. Tex up forward and Murray Ruck defensively.


I think Thilthorpe is ready to take on Ruck. He may not dominate raw taps like RoB, but he adds more being the tall mid.

RoB gets involved in a lot of link play, plus defensive marking.

Thilthorpe is a much better option in these roles. A great mark of the ball and midfielder ball skills.


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We have no developmental ruck list spots but we are happy to carry players like McPherson. Tyler Brown, Crouch. None of them are playing AFL.

 

[Betts are off]

I feel sick for Doedee, such a sad turn of events.

Having said that, I feel like we could be telling stories about this week in 193 Josh Worrell games time. Time for you to step up and be a regular best 22 player for the next 10 year Woz.

 

[FR0GGY]

On the first view I didn't notice him much, but I re-watched the Lion's game and thought it was fairly forgettable by his standards. In a game where everyone played really well, he played below his best,

I'd manage him this round, not play him in either team. Its a long season and he's only 20 (with 28 games under his belt). He's played a lot of senior footy and his best is very very good. 2 weeks of freshening up and he'll be right back there IMO!

Management is only for players that have played 1 game

 

[Betts are off]

Management is only for players that have played 1 game

Lol!

 

[Ciao Giacomo]

On the first view I didn't notice him much, but I re-watched the Lion's game and thought it was fairly forgettable by his standards. In a game where everyone played really well, he played below his best,

I'd manage him this round, not play him in either team. Its a long season and he's only 20 (with 28 games under his belt). He's played a lot of senior footy and his best is very very good. 2 weeks of freshening up and he'll be right back there IMO!

Against the Bulldogs Soligo had 7disposals and 2 tackles in 88% ToG. Now that was a shocker.

Against the Suns he had 9 touches in 83% ToG but he did have 9 tackles.

Compare this to the Brisbane game, 18 disposals and 3 tackles in 79% ToG. A solid contribution for a mid/forward.

He is a second year player so fluctuating form (particularly in away matches) is not surprising. If he needs a break for a couple of weeks then I am happy for Burgess to make the call.

 

[Golumless]

Out: Doedee (inj)
In: Worrell

We'd been due a shitty long-term injury for a while, and it might just be the moment that ends Doedee career at Adelaide. I equally can't see us making a whole lot of changes, we've had a well defined best 22 this year, and it's a shitty loss in Darwin. They'll be backed in.

Sub: probably McHenry again.

 

[Eddie Murphy]

Out: Doedee (inj), Soligo (rested), McHenry
In: Worrell, Cook, Schoenberg

Sholl to sub

 

[GI Joe]

I have a horrible feeling that Worrell won't be an automatic in this week. I hope i'm wrong.

 

[MRB37]

I have a horrible feeling that Worrell won't be an automatic in this week. I hope i'm wrong.

Wouldn't surprise me at all. Defensive selections have continually been head scratchers and I'm not sure if it's Burns or Nicks who is driving that.

 

[MsTopG]

I have a horrible feeling that Worrell won't be an automatic in this week. I hope i'm wrong.

Should have been in last week. If he's not in this week it means that we have given up on making the 8 and or Nick's isn't the right man at the helm.

 

[relapse]

I would drop RoB.

Get Thilthorpe to Ruck most of the game.

Bring in Strachan, as sub.

Ruck Thilthorpe full game till 3/4 time. Strachan come on late as a fresh option.

Give Thilthorpe a taste of leading the Ruck. He has already started a game in Ruck. Thilthorpe is our next lead Ruckman.


Bring in Gollant and Worrell. These two should be playing every game anyway.

Doedee obvious out.


Sog needs a break. Bring Parnell back. Push Jones up the ground a bit. He has been playing defensive wing/HB the last few weeks. Better suited as an attacking wing.

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I don't see the benefit in playing Strachan as a sub.

If a player gets injured early in the game what then? Having him as a sub offers us absolutely zero flexibility.

From what I have seen of Strachan he shouldn't even be on our list still, he's garbage. The only reason he's still at the club is because our abysmal list management as we have zero backup for ROB.

 

[Crow till I die]

I feel sick for Doedee, such a sad turn of events.

Having said that, I feel like we could be telling stories about this week in 193 Josh Worrell games time. Time for you to step up and be a regular best 22 player for the next 10 year Woz.

Someone on the doedee thread on the main board mentioned a reliable contact had confirmed a while back doedee to geelong is a done deal

So even if he had mot done his knee and that rumor is true, its no wonder that worrell signed on as it will be an open spot for him in a position he will do well in

 

[Mutineer]

Someone on the doedee thread on the main board mentioned a reliable contact had confirmed a while back doedee to geelong is a done deal

So even if he had mot done his knee and that rumor is true, its no wonder that worrell signed on as it will be an open spot for him in a position he will do well in

Geez there's some "reliable contacts" on big footy hey...

 

[MsTopG]

I don't see the benefit in playing Strachan as a sub.

If a player gets injured early in the game what then? Having him as a sub offers us absolutely zero flexibility.

From what I have seen of Strachan he shouldn't even be on our list still, he's garbage. The only reason he's still at the club is because our abysmal list management as we have zero backup for ROB.

Agree and Strachan isn't any good. He's a poor man's ROB which means he is real bad.

 

[MsTopG]

Someone on the doedee thread on the main board mentioned a reliable contact had confirmed a while back doedee to geelong is a done deal

So even if he had mot done his knee and that rumor is true, its no wonder that worrell signed on as it will be an open spot for him in a position he will do well in

Yeah this is fairly evident as I thought Worrell was off. Why keep playing Doedee though? Maybe they are protecting Worrell from any injury seeing as though he is the future. They are happy to play Doedee as that is the cats problem if he got an injury may have been their thinking. Possibly he was on the phone to his manager during the game to ask about the clauses in the contract with the cats. If they agreed to take him they seem like a stand up organisation that doesn't back away from a deal.

 

[Mutineer]

Yeah this is fairly evident as I thought Worrell was off. Why keep playing Doedee though? Maybe they are protecting Worrell from any injury seeing as though he is the future. They are happy to sacrifice Doedee as that is the cats problem if he got an injury may have been their thinking.

Are you serious?

Doedee came back in for his leadership in the backline...the fact Josh was subbed off with a full body cramp and the Darwin travel and humidity likely fed into that as well.

 

[jackster83]

Are you serious?

Doedee came back in for his leadership in the backline...the fact Josh was subbed off with a full body cramp and the Darwin travel and humidity likely fed into that as well.

Yeah we really dodged a bullet by not keeping Worrell in the side.

(Not an attack on you)

 

[MsTopG]

Are you serious?

Doedee came back in for his leadership in the backline...the fact Josh was subbed off with a full body cramp and the Darwin travel and humidity likely fed into that as well.

I think the body cramp stuff was a bit overblown. They could have played Worrell if they wanted too. Nick's took a gamble and it didn't pay off. It didn't pay off down at Geelong as well when Hinge went off. In any event at least we can now get games into Worrell and hopefully there is no more serious injuries. Looks like another key tall back along with a mid is our priority in the offseason. Also a young developing ruck should be on the radar.

 

[NSolis]

Doedee did play both games, for the record. He missed against the Dogs, not the Lions. Worrell was squeezed out despite a solid game for team balance reasons (not wanting to play Murray, Butts, Doedee, Hinge and Worrell in the same side), plus maybe some fitness considerations. Wasn't a like for like with Doedee exactly.

But there's a spot in the backline now.