Preview Changes for the Mighty Dogs into the Grand Final

[JTCWBFC]

it's going to be a ****ing long 2 weeks

 

[CarnTheScray]

Just rewatched parts of the Melbourne Geelong game.

Geelong gave Melbourne so much room! Luke Jackson

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Luke Jackson

Age

23

Ht

199cm

Wt

102kg

Pos.

F/R

Career

Season

Last 5

D

8.3

2star

K

3.3

1star

HB

5.0

4star

M

1.5

2star

T

1.0

3star

G

0.3

3star

D

8.3

2star

K

3.3

1star

HB

5.0

3star

M

1.5

2star

T

1.0

2star

G

0.3

3star

D

8.3

3star

K

3.3

2star

HB

5.0

4star

M

1.5

2star

T

1.0

3star

G

0.3

3star

by himself in the 4th quarter. Gawn walks past 5 Geelong players dawdling behind him to kick a goal.
The 'geriatric' name tag for the Geelong players makes sense. Didn't run didn't compete and there was always a mismatch of some kind or a player out of position, Kozzies goals coming from this lack of effort by Zac Guthrie.

Sure Melbourne are a much better team than Geelong but any other team would not have lost by that margin.

 

[dergert]

They will lock down on Macrae and Smith big time. Can they work through it?

I see so much of us in Melbourne. Scary.

 

[Doggy]

They will lock down on Macrae and Smith big time. Can they work through it?

I see so much of us in Melbourne. Scary.

So they have 2 other taggers other than Harmes who will probably go to Libba?

 

[bobs head soup]

The guy who worries me is Petracca. Bont on Speed. Can't see a natural match for him to be locked down. Thoughts?

Has to be Dunkley.

 

[BRWB]

Has to be Dunkley.

Maybe in close but if he gets out can't see anyone catching him.

 

[ossie_21]

Has to be Dunkley.

I’d put Dunkley on Oliver, which would stop Petracca getting it as much from him. Petracca is better running away with the ball, rather than winning it himself

 

[bobs head soup]

I’d put Dunkley on Oliver, which would stop Petracca getting it as much from him. Petracca is better running away with the ball, rather than winning it himself

I don't think we'll tag anyone off the bat, it'll be whoever is inflicting damage on the day. Dunkley would be the man for either.

 

[dergert]

This week off sucks. I hope it doesn't kill our form or run of pressure.

 

[ScragCity]

They will lock down on Macrae and Smith big time. Can they work through it?

I see so much of us in Melbourne. Scary.

They can't just tag our whole team. We have half a dozen players who can do just as much damage as those two.

 

[doggies ftw]

The guy who worries me is Petracca. Bont on Speed. Can't see a natural match for him to be locked down. Thoughts?

Great player but no way nearrrrrr as damaging as Bont, inside or outside + no way near as good defensively, Bonts a different beast

 

[Oliver G]

This week off sucks. I hope it doesn't kill our form or run of pressure.

By Grand Final day Melbourne will have only played 1 match in 28 days. It could easily backfire for them as well.

 

[ScragCity]

The guy who worries me is Petracca. Bont on Speed. Can't see a natural match for him to be locked down. Thoughts?

Yeah I agree. Speed is cheap and dirty. Petracca is speed and Bont is 87% pure fish-scale Cocaine.

 

[bobs head soup]

This week off sucks. I hope it doesn't kill our form or run of pressure.

As a fan, the 2 week wait is interminable, but for us the extra week is gold. We've had the month of all months while they are fresh and rested.

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

They can't just tag our whole team. We have half a dozen players who can do just as much damage as those two.

They should be trying to tag Bont, Smith, Macrae, Libba, Daniel, etc etc, good luck with that.

 

[Libbaaaa]

No point trying to tag Oliver unless you go full De Boer on him which only costs you an effective midfielder. Oliver has actually become pretty effective by foot after being a big time butcher early in his career. Just looking on footywire his average number of kicks has increased year on year which matches what I've seen of him the past few years. And he sneakily gets a lot of ground too, he can cover 50m + very comfortably after breaking a tackle coming out of a pack. Need to force him into dinky handballs as much as possible.

 

[dergert]

By Grand Final day Melbourne will have only played 1 match in 28 days. It could easily backfire for them as well.

Thanks for the perspective mate. I have some issues around anxiety.

Go dogs.

 

[Wetdog]

This week off sucks. I hope it doesn't kill our form or run of pressure.

By Grand Final day Melbourne will have only played 1 match in 28 days. It could easily backfire for them as well.

The extra week is really important for Martin. And he is the guy we really need to stand up on GF day. We need to halve the stoppage contest with Gawn.

It’s also an extra week for Keath, Weightman, the Bont, VDM and anyone else carrying injuries etc.

We are more banged up than Melbourne. We’ve played a lot of footy and travelled quite a bit so I suspect that the week off is a godsend. But who knows.

You could argue the week off kills our momentum. But the same applies to Melbourne who have won 7 in a row.

I would rather the week off than not. I’m loving it as a supporter. We can soak up the glory of being in the GF again.

Will be interesting to see how Melbourne go with two 14 day breaks. Unchartered territory. I suspect they will come out firing and we will need to be at our best to win.

Edit - If I was playing and fit, I would hate the extra week off. Would just be keen to get out there. Luckily for everyone on here I won’t be playing.

 

[bobs head soup]

Here's my little GF prediction.

In '16 it was our #16 who had the ball and ran down the final few seconds knowing the flag was ours.

This year it's gonna be #21.

 

[Brian Perrin]

This is a bit off-topic but...

I just had a look at the Melbourne board to get a sense of the vibe over there. The first thing I noticed was how clean, organised and structured their board is. Every thread title is uniformly and neatly formatted. It's incredible. Then you look at our board and it's an absolute mess. It's like a lawyer's desk vs a mechanic's work table covered in oily rags and c** socks. The stereotypes of both teams supporters are pretty spot on.

Clearly you’ve never seen my desk


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[bresker]

No point trying to tag Oliver unless you go full De Boer on him which only costs you an effective midfielder. Oliver has actually become pretty effective by foot after being a big time butcher early in his career. Just looking on footywire his average number of kicks has increased year on year which matches what I've seen of him the past few years. And he sneakily gets a lot of ground too, he can cover 50m + very comfortably after breaking a tackle coming out of a pack. Need to force him into dinky handballs as much as possible.

Watching the freedom Bev gave Oliver the last time we played, I reckon he thinks Oliver still isn’t that damaging by foot. I think he’s happy enough to see him have the ball over others. Or maybe it was just an acknowledgment that Oliver is difficult to stop.

 

[Northernsoul74]

Watching the freedom Bev gave Oliver the last time we played, I reckon he thinks Oliver still isn’t that damaging by foot. I think he’s happy enough to see him have the ball over others. Or maybe it was just an acknowledgment that Oliver is difficult to stop.

The problem is, like Petracca, if they get enough of it they will eventually hit targets.

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

No point trying to tag Oliver unless you go full De Boer on him which only costs you an effective midfielder. Oliver has actually become pretty effective by foot after being a big time butcher early in his career. Just looking on footywire his average number of kicks has increased year on year which matches what I've seen of him the past few years. And he sneakily gets a lot of ground too, he can cover 50m + very comfortably after breaking a tackle coming out of a pack. Need to force him into dinky handballs as much as possible.

Bevo doesn’t like to tag all that much. Dunkley is our best at it. But not too many. Would he bother?

 

[BEaston]

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haha was thinking the same... Every lawyer I know is messy as hell.

 

[Next Waiting]

Watching the freedom Bev gave Oliver the last time we played, I reckon he thinks Oliver still isn’t that damaging by foot. I think he’s happy enough to see him have the ball over others. Or maybe it was just an acknowledgment that Oliver is difficult to stop.

I'd tend to go with the latter as he is pretty quick as well as strong. The trick will be disrupting or at least compromising supply allowing a defender that split second longer to catch him before he breaks or not get it all.