Changes for Rnd 4 V Western Bulldogs

[wolftone57]

Aliir isn?t fit/ready and has yet to find a role in the best 22. I?m not sure he?s really a long term replacement for Melican as a lock down defender. Might be OK as a stopgap.

Cameron didn?t show anything in the JLT when given the opportunity, but is next in line. Amartey and McCartin both have great potential but probably need more than one season in the NEAFL.

Maibaum I?m not sure about. He?s been in the system a while. Don?t know if he could be swung forward?

Why swing a fullback, Maibaum, who seems to be able to keep big forwards to low scores, to the forward-line? He kept Patton to 2 goals last year after it looked as though Patton would score heaps. I am well aware Aliir is not ready for this game but the game you quote is the Adelaide game and he should be ready by then. So would Maibaum with 2 years in our system and he is a stopper not a runner.

I don't agree re Amarty. I think give him two or three NEAFL games and he'll be ready to go. This guy has the build, no problem there. Talent, no problem there. Speed, no problem there. Height, no problem there. The one thing that might be a problem is his endurance. We'll see. But he has two things all really good prospects have, presence and composure. McCartin was good in the pre-season matches against senior AFL players. But I'm not convinced he's a high marking forward at this stage. I think he's a leading forward and crumber. He gets free and creates damage that way much like Jeremy Cameron. He took four very strong marks in the NEAFL against good opposition. He kicked two goals and should have kicked two more. I was incredibly impressed with his composure in the forward 50.

[Blood Fever]

I agree. Newman over McVeigh

McVeigh, along with Buddy, is our most creative player with ball in hand.

[stevoswan]

Boyd helped them to win a flag , they got better return on their investment than ours in Tippo I?d say.

Oh....it was Boyd that helped them 'win' that GF was it?

[Melbourne_Blood]

Oh....it was Boyd that helped them 'win' that GF was it?

Bloody oath he did , did you watch the game ? I think your suggesting the umpires helped the dogs, and while I don?t disagree completely , we still should have won if we were good enough , fact is we weren?t ! Too many passengers that day.


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[stevoswan]

Bloody oath he did , did you watch the game ? I think your suggesting the umpires helped the dogs, and while I don?t disagree completely , we still should have won if we were good enough , fact is we weren?t ! Too many passengers that day.

I agree he contributed by playing his only decent game ever for the Dogs when it actually mattered....but I also maintain if the free kick count was 14-14, not 20-8, we would have won, handsomely. We would not have been so disillusioned and would have had less passengers, ie: players who didn't know where they stood with what, up until that day, were the accepted rules of football. While we did have players down, there were extenuating circumstances...... we were robbed.

[AB Swannie]

It upsetting that we aren't getting the training photos on a Thursday anymore. I really enjoyed playing the "who's wearing the opposing bibs" game to predict the team selections.

[Markwebbos]

It upsetting that we aren't getting the training photos on a Thursday anymore. I really enjoyed playing the "who's wearing the opposing bibs" game to predict the team selections.

I think the photos were too revealing

[AB Swannie]

I think the photos were too revealing

I've always enjoyed a revealing photo but that's a completely different forum.

[ugg]

I think the photos were too revealing

Showing too much leg?

[Markwebbos]

Aliir, Newman, Jones for Melican, Reid, Rohan

Something for everyone in those ins

[ugg]

Aliir Jones Newman for Reid Melican Rohan

Emg Robinson Marsh Ronke Fox

[ugg]

They?ve brought in Biggs for Cordy which leaves them lacking in key position players at both ends.

[liz]

That's a pretty big vote of confidence for Aliir, after such an interrupted month. I thought they'd favour Marsh (who was very good last week) against the smaller Dogs but maybe, as Ludwig suggested during the week, they're looking forward to the Crows game next week. It will be interesting to see whether they give Aliir any minutes in the ruck. He hasn't played there before at senior level but he did a bit of pre-season training rucking. And with both Reid and Rohan missing from the forward line, they may want to play Towers forward a bit.

[707]

Aliir, Newman, Jones for Melican, Reid, Rohan

Something for everyone in those ins

Aliir had limited game time in the NEAFL last week, big step up. Jones was a given if he pulled up ok from training and Newman, how did he get dropped anyway?

Plenty of run for the fast deck at Etihad. I'm flying over from Adelaide with my footy mad 5yo grandson, he doesn't know it yet but I've bought him a Swans Guernsey to wear to the game. He'll be disappointed that his favourite player Rohan is missing.

[Markwebbos]

That's a pretty big vote of confidence for Aliir, after such an interrupted month. I thought they'd favour Marsh (who was very good last week) against the smaller Dogs but maybe, as Ludwig suggested during the week, they're looking forward to the Crows game next week. It will be interesting to see whether they give Aliir any minutes in the ruck. He hasn't played there before at senior level but he did a bit of pre-season training rucking. And with both Reid and Rohan missing from the forward line, they may want to play Towers forward a bit.

Maybe bringing Aliir in against the Doggies is a free hit as they aren?t that tall. Why not give him a go in the ruck too?