Given the pace of Carlton's forwardline and his current form, I would be staggered if Smith gets dropped. If they aren't going to play hims against Carlton, they may as well de-list him.
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I'd anticipate Houlihan getting a forward-tag role on Hurn.
Jamison will have to take Kennedy, Thornton on Lynch. No idea what we do when Cox goes forward. Might have to bring in Bower. I'd see Carrazzo perhaps having a full-time run-with job on LeCras.
That said, if you go too top-heavy, the Blues will slice and dice you through the middle. Must bring run and clearances against the Blues, both of which I think you have.
Re: matching up on Walker... Glass would be a poor choice. Walker absolutely blew up Teddy Richards yesterday - Walker is a phenomenal athlete. Glass will take one of Waite, Hendo, Kreuzer (depends who is playing/playing forward), and I'm sure he'll do fine. You'll also need all the pace you have in the backline. Both Eddie and Garlett were down/well-held yesterday, and that rarely happens two weeks in a row.
I reckon the Eagles will match up really well against the Blues. Should be a cracker. Hampson's injury might end up being really key. He was going along really nicely.
Jamison will have to take Kennedy, Thornton on Lynch. No idea what we do when Cox goes forward. Might have to bring in Bower. I'd see Carrazzo perhaps having a full-time run-with job on LeCras.
That said, if you go too top-heavy, the Blues will slice and dice you through the middle. Must bring run and clearances against the Blues, both of which I think you have.
Re: matching up on Walker... Glass would be a poor choice. Walker absolutely blew up Teddy Richards yesterday - Walker is a phenomenal athlete. Glass will take one of Waite, Hendo, Kreuzer (depends who is playing/playing forward), and I'm sure he'll do fine. You'll also need all the pace you have in the backline. Both Eddie and Garlett were down/well-held yesterday, and that rarely happens two weeks in a row.
I reckon the Eagles will match up really well against the Blues. Should be a cracker. Hampson's injury might end up being really key. He was going along really nicely.
dont think we will be dropping one back as we havent really done it much this season except for brief stints.
Our mids/rucks will push back hard to support and to create options for the backline on the rebound but generally speaking we dont really play a spare man back as we havent allowed a lot of easy/quick entry into the F50 (due to midfield & forward line pressure on ball carriers)
Will be interesting to see what happens WC tries to manufacture a spare man back to free up butler (I'm assuming you mean 7 man backline?) - we might run an extra midfielder but if the spare man is creating issues I dont think we'd have too many qualms with playing a 7 man forward line as most of the options we'd rotate through there would be fairly mobile/dangerous around goals (basically the midds judd, murphy, robinson, ellard, gibbs, carazzo, simpson)
If Schofield doesnt have the pace/height to go with Walker then who in the AFL does? Seems to me the most logical matchup of the week. Glass can go to him if Schofield struggles
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In terms of manufacturing butler (or hurn) it's only when the opposition drop one back and subsequently we have 6 defenders on 5 forwards - so we try and get hurn free. If hurn is being tagged - we want that free backman to be Butler.
I don't think we've dropped numbers back too often this year - our spare man is created by opposition strategy - not our own.
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I was loosely refering to the team as a whole and the amount of mid-sized blokes you have with good pace. The players named were possible match-ups for Smith.
gaff/stevens in
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Have we beaten carlton since judd trade, pretty sure we haven't.
Not that i think we will win over there, Carlton are on fire!
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Have we beaten carlton since judd trade, pretty sure we haven't.
Not that i think we will win over there, Carlton are on fire!
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Who do you see coming in for Hampson? Can Setanta come back in or does Warnock get a reprieve?
imo, has to be warnock. Setanta has missed a couple of weeks with injury thus far (hand) - not sure if they'd want to rush him straight back in.
would like to see masten in for ebert, to start as sub. ebert could use a full game and masten performed extremely well as sub a few weeks ago. won't happen though.
masten was very stiff to get dropped ahead of a round of no WAFL games. would have loved to see him and kennedy vs judd this week.
masten was very stiff to get dropped ahead of a round of no WAFL games. would have loved to see him and kennedy vs judd this week.
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It will be Warnock.
Hampsons out with a knee injury 4-6 weeks
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How did I know you two would agree with each other. Dropping Darling is insanity. It is just not going to happen.
How did I know you two would agree with each other. Dropping Darling is insanity. It is just not going to happen.
I don't think he should be dropped, but I think there is a possibility he will be at least "rested", he's had a quiet few games but has made magnificent progress this season
@ClarkyHeraldSun is reporting on twitter that " Eagle Jack Darling is set for a spell in the WAFL, in doubt for Blues clash".
I can see the wisdom in that. Whilst you can't fault his effort at all he does seem out of sorts and we may get a better contribution from someone else and Jack can regain some form & confidence in the WAFL.
I can see the wisdom in that. Whilst you can't fault his effort at all he does seem out of sorts and we may get a better contribution from someone else and Jack can regain some form & confidence in the WAFL.
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I thought he looked good on the weekend. This seems to be more about sending a message than form.
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Whilst I don't want Darling dropped, when the question is posed:
Who should be dropped to accommodate Mackenzie (assuming the match committee decides he is required in addition to Glass and Schofield)?
It is a difficult question to answer.
If Mackenzie is not required, I think its a poor decision, especially after subbing Darling off.
Who should be dropped to accommodate Mackenzie (assuming the match committee decides he is required in addition to Glass and Schofield)?
It is a difficult question to answer.
If Mackenzie is not required, I think its a poor decision, especially after subbing Darling off.
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I think we need Darling against Carlton. Why do people want him rested?
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He's playing tired.
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Darling was good on the weekend until he was subbed, played up the ground more.
No changes, Ebert onto the field; Darling the sub.
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Well playing half a game on the weekend surely was to make sure he will be fit and firing on Sunday.
