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How do we fit Bailey into our 23 right now? Hard to drop any of the 3 debutants in my opinion.Fagan mentioned in the presser that they may hold Bailey until after the bye to give him an extra week to recover.
If it's anything like the last 4 times we've played you... Bad. Very bad.What would a likely team look like for you guys?!
Could not have summed up my thoughts any better. Agree 1000%.Those two are one of the reasons why we are looking like a different team , but it would be a crime not to put Lohmann in that group as well.
There run both ways have changed us, and for this reason I would not bring Zac in atm, unless Rayner makes way for him and that an't happening.
But that is the only way I see Zac improving us atm.
Things can change quicklky and we might see Zac is required.
But I wouldn't be upset if he didn't come in and was told to watch these three boys on how to tackle and run both ways.
I meant on paper you’ll be fine - good listIf it's anything like the last 4 times we've played you... Bad. Very bad.
How do we fit Bailey into our 23 right now? Hard to drop any of the 3 debutants in my opinion.
If it were up to me, I'd be giving McKenna a run in the VFL (his 2nd half v Richmond was better but fair dinkum it wanted to be), moving Rayner back into his position, and playing Bailey in Rayner's role up forward.
But if Bailey isn't right to go anyway I'm simply going Ryan in for Hipwood. Ryan probably needs to play closer to goal while Joe and Logan get up the ground a bit.
Would be nice to give Brain a full game... Hasn't been able to play any VFL the last 2 weeks so he's legit only played 2 quarters in 2 weeks. But again I'm not sure who you make sub. McKenna I guess, but I doubt Fages would do that. Noah "whipping boy" Answerth probably
How do we fit Bailey into our 23 right now? Hard to drop any of the 3 debutants in my opinion.
If it were up to me, I'd be giving McKenna a run in the VFL (his 2nd half v Richmond was better but fair dinkum it wanted to be), moving Rayner back into his position, and playing Bailey in Rayner's role up forward.
But if Bailey isn't right to go anyway I'm simply going Ryan in for Hipwood. Ryan probably needs to play closer to goal while Joe and Logan get up the ground a bit.
Would be nice to give Brain a full game... Hasn't been able to play any VFL the last 2 weeks so he's legit only played 2 quarters in 2 weeks. But again I'm not sure who you make sub. McKenna I guess, but I doubt Fages would do that. Noah "whipping boy" Answerth probably
Exhibits A, B and C your honour as to why Bailey can come back through the VFL, and get promoted when he demonstrates a willingness and ability to exert defensive pressure ie "the fundamentals".Bailey would replace Reville, Ah Chee would be moved to the wing, Sharp becomes the sub - as much as I love the guy.
Exhibits A, B and C your honour as to why Bailey can come back through the VFL, and get promoted when he demonstrates a willingness and ability to exert defensive pressure ie "the fundamentals".
He is not Dusty Martin or Harley Reid so as far as I'm concerned he's not good enough to warrant shifting 3 other guys out of their best positions.
Hopefully he'd learn the importance of being able to defend and stick tackles as a crucial foundation of a successful team. Until he learns that and is able to apply that learning, he is a liability at senior level, sets a poor example to the younger players (of which there are now several more than there were only a month ago), and as such he can ply his trade at the lower level for the time being.But it doesn't even take moving people out of position? He can just replace Bruce, sharp can stay rotating on the wing and Ah Chee stays forward. Very very simple swap.
I get Bailey's form was poor before the injury - but if we want to make any sort of charge we need him in the team.
I just don't buy that there is any point putting a player like him through the VFL if there is no injury management/fitness requirement. What does he learn at that level?
But it doesn't even take moving people out of position? He can just replace Bruce, sharp can stay rotating on the wing and Ah Chee stays forward. Very very simple swap.
I get Bailey's form was poor before the injury - but if we want to make any sort of charge we need him in the team.
I just don't buy that there is any point putting a player like him through the VFL if there is no injury management/fitness requirement. What does he learn at that level?
Hopefully he'd learn the importance of being able to defend and stick tackles as a crucial foundation of a successful team. Until he learns that and is able to apply that learning, he is a liability at senior level, sets a poor example to the younger players (of which there are now several more than there were only a month ago), and as such he can ply his trade at the lower level for the time being.
That’s a good one; Zac Bailey is a liability
As if everything other club wouldn’t be keen on picking him
Personally I'm looking to how we might go in '25 with some players potentially back and the newer ones we've tried lately whom we didn't really know would make it showing that they're at least capable of putting on significant pressure for spots.I don't disagree that I'd like to see much more defensive effort out of Bailey.
Unfortunately, defensive application is not our biggest problem right now - it is getting our spluttering forward line going again. If we can keep a reasonably similar defensive structure and effort, but have better performance and talent forward, we have a better chance of winning.
At this stage we have to go on a run and win at least 5 games or say 7 of 8 to have a chance of hosting a home final or sneaking into 4th.
We don't have a chance of that by chucking our talented players in the reserves for 3 weeks to lEarn deFeNSiV3 Pr3SsUrE.
Fort almost certainly comes in doesn’t he? We won’t risk O or Joe going down and either having no talk forward or Joe rucking the entire game