Team vs Hawks - Reid is in!

[cosmicr]

B: Jarrod Harbrow, Brian Lake, Lindsay Gilbee
HB: Robert Murphy, Dale Morris, Ryan Hargrave
C: Liam Picken, Matthew Boyd, Daniel Cross
HF: Shaun Higgins, Mitch Hahn, Brad Johnson
F: Jason Akermanis, Will Minson, Scott Welsh
Foll: Ben Hudson, Ryan Griffen, Adam Cooney
I/C: Nathan Eagleton, Josh Hill, Sam Reid, Callan Ward
Emg: Dylan Addison, Tim Callan, Brennan Stack
In: Reid
Out: Daniel Giansiracusa (knee)

 

[stefoid]

If he plays well enough, he has a spot for 6 weeks - at least. That should fire him up.

 

[doggy3]

i think

lake on roughead
morris or murphy on franklin

 

[fred cook]

Josh Hill, Sam Reid, Callan Ward

Thats a great young Bench

 

[fred cook]

i think

lake on roughead
morris or murphy on franklin

No the new All Australian Gun Defender on Franklin

Scott Welsh

 

[The Boy From Brasil]

Great to see Sam Reid been given a game. You always know you have a great player when they come from the Sunshine Coast. Interesting to see how he goes and if he grabs his chance with both hands.

Are there any possible late changes? The emergencies are all smallish type players, so is Gilbee a definate starter for Saturday night?

 

[cooney]

Great to see Reid get a game looking forward to see how he goes

 

[.M a t t.]

i think

lake on roughead
morris or murphy on franklin

Surely you are taking the piss? If that was to happen Buddy would drag him to the goal square and kick about 20 in the first quarter. He would be too strong for Murph

 

[The Boy From Brasil]

Rocket must have concerns on Tommy's form if he hasn't brought him in for this match. I was half expecting him to be brought in to line up on Buddy.

 

[St 07]

No the new All Australian Gun Defender on Franklin

Scott Welsh

We already have a terrible defender to forward ratio!

 

[jeemak]

Rocket must have concerns on Tommy's form if he hasn't brought him in for this match. I was half expecting him to be brought in to line up on Buddy.

When asked about him in his post match conference last week he said anyone who saw Tom play at Willy the day prior would have realised he wasn't ready to step up to AFL level again, and that he needed to get confidence in his body more than anything.

Williams will be back, but leaving him to get some confidence in his body and touch for a couple of weeks is a good thing.

 

[bigbadbari]

Great to see form being rewarded at VFL level. We could have gone for an Addison or a Callan but obviously they see Reid's form as warranting selection.
On another topic i dont see why we are all so concerned about Franklin and Roughhead? They should be the ones concerned as their defenders have been sloppy, slow, error riddled and with our speedy, crisp forward line i think this match has 'cricket score' written all over it. Midfield is the key in this match and on form alone we must be the strong favourite.

 

[Butane]

No the new All Australian Gun Defender on Franklin

Scott Welsh

Such short memories. Remember Welsh playing back during the finals last year against Hawthorn? No? That's because he got absolutely towelled.

 

[fred cook]

Such short memories. Remember Welsh playing back during the finals last year against Hawthorn? No? That's because he got absolutely towelled.

Um he had about 21 mates on that night

 

[BoyOfTheWest]

Too right - no one played well last time we took on the Hawks. But Welsh dropped off towards the end of year, which is probably why he didn't come into the side until about round 7 this year.

However last week he played more of a quarter back role in the second half, floating across and cutting off forward entries. Hard to see him single handedly stopping Buddy - that job will probably go to Morris.

 

[COOOONEY]

We all remember franklin and roughhead destroying us in september, the reason being the supply to them was overwhelming that night
hawthorn spanked us in the middle...if the balls not down there end as much guess what happens?

Our mid's on paper do look the part over the hawks
from memory dogs are top 4 in clearances, hawks bottom 4

 

[stefoid]

ah, they spanked us all over the ground - we were not in the right mindset to win a final and they were.

 

[Pigdog]

Our defence looks a little thin on paper in terms of size and depth, but as with the last couple of games we will roll the dice and hope our midfield can get on top.

 

[The Boy From Brasil]

Our defence looks a little thin on paper in terms of size and depth, but as with the last couple of games we will roll the dice and hope our midfield can get on top.

Thats what I was thinking as well. Geez I hope Williams is fit and firing come September. We really need his type at the moment. Okay, I take posters comments onboard that he is not in great form at the moment and needs a few weeks at Williamstown to get his confidence back, but fingers crossed he can hit the ground running before the finals.

 

[GRUB5]

Gotta love Welsh. BOG in my opinion last week followed by Gia. But 4 this match, we need Welsh up forward. Good luck 2 Reid in his 2nd game. 1st game in his debut againt Adelaide in rnd 22 last yr wasnt crash hot. Hopefully he'll come out starring tomoz night.

As for the matchups, Lake on Roughead and Morris on Buddy. Hawks are going downhill this yr. Last time we played them was in the finals and i went to the game and saw us get belted. This time, they'll be terrified of us. We're the favourites!

GO DOGS!

 

[Dogs 13]

morris or murphy on franklin

I'm thinking Morris supported by Shaggy.

 

[Bubba_5]

Morris will get killed by Franklin, just like he did in the QF last year, Lake was moved onto him later and beat him, so I'm thinking Lake ----> Franklin and Morris ----> Roughead.

 

[The Boy From Brasil]

Morris will get killed by Franklin, just like he did in the QF last year, Lake was moved onto him later and beat him, so I'm thinking Lake ----> Franklin and Morris ----> Roughead.

I would be worried with Morris on Roughhead. Roughhead is a big strong boy. I am not sure that Morris would have the size and strength to beat him. Maybe I am underestimating Morris. Besides, we don't have an abundance of choices apart from Lake.

 

[kookadog]

Roughhead is playing better footy than Buddy and is more of a traditional forward so Lake would be the perfect matchup. I'd like to see hargrave have a crack at Buddy. Has more height than Morris and will be able to keep up, and hurt him the other Way, no doubt we'll have someone drop back when the hawks have the ball so he'll have help.

 

[The Original Swooper]

Lake on Roughead is as sure a bet as you are going to get. The connundrum with Buddy boy is either directly being opposed by Morris, with Shaggy or Murphy or Welsh (or all 3 if they rotate through the back half) given implicit instructions to sacrifice a little attack to ensure a 3rd man is always on hand for contested ball involving Franklin. Otherwise, sans Williams, Shaggy gets the gig, with the same instructions to the others re 3rd man. The LAST thing we need is to be the team that allows Buddy to play himself into some form, and we all know that can occur in 5 minutes of footy.

hooroo....