Changes for Rnd 4 V Western Bulldogs

[ugg]

With the Dogs?s small forward line, they may even try Aliir replacing Reid as a roaming half forward. And he would be perfect in replicating Reid in dropping back to defence in the last 5 minutes of each quarter.

[liz]

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.

Hope he doesn't hang around on RWO - you'll have spoilt the surprise for him.

[AB Swannie]

With the Dogs?s small forward line, they may even try Aliir replacing Reid as a roaming half forward. And he would be perfect in replicating Reid in dropping back to defence in the last 5 minutes of each quarter.

I can't see Aliir playing forward unless that is his plan for the future. We should be using this game to help him gather some confidence and experience in the backline. If anything, I can see merit in giving Rampe more of a midfield/wing rotation role.

[Mark26]

Excellent inclusions. Let's go boys!

[Ludwig]

Adelaide have selected 5 tall forwards this week, so Reg, Rampe and Aliir will have their work cut out for them. I would think we would want to give Aliir some time adjusting to working with our senior defenders.

Aaron Naughton looks a very good young defender, but guarding Buddy will be a whole new experience. Buddy will almost certainly get a double team from Easton Wood. We should be able to create the open man in the forward line. This should be the key message going into the game.

Sinclair should be able to take English forward at times and try to exploit that matchup.

The Bulldogs give you a lot of opportunities on turnovers and D50 rebounds.

[stevoswan]

Really glad to see Newman back in the side. They've pulled the trigger on Allir but it's a good thing I think. Jones, hopefully he's cherry ripe, as we need his speed. Quite chuffed with those selections.......

[Papernick]

Very positive selections for this week, go get em lads!

[Blood Fever]

Very positive selections for this week, go get em lads!

Marsh unlucky again. Hasn't done much wrong when he has played.

[S.S. Bleeder]

I'd bring in Fox for Melican, Jones for Reid (with Heeney spending more time forward) and if Rohan is unavailable then Newman comes in for him.

Sounds good to me. No need to replace them with talls against the "bravedogs". Aliir isn't up to it yet and we will need leg speed/precision kicking. I think that Newman might find his way in somehow, maybe in Contention with Fox.

[S.S. Bleeder]

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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Couldn't disagree more. You're being overly diplomatic. Call it out for the screw up it was. The umpires COMPLETELY helped the dogs. Without the umpire errors we would have definitely won. Sure, we had some passengers but that was because of injury/fatigue. It was a high pressure game that made both teams look average.

The simple fact is that had the pros and cons of the umpiring decisions been reversed we would have won. We were being rodgered by the umpires for the first 3 quarters. The game was umpired as it should have been in the final quarter only after the umpires has seen the differential and realised they'd fallen for the crowd noise. The game was in the balance with five minutes to go when we should have been 3-5 goals in front.

[Papernick]

Marsh unlucky again. Hasn't done much wrong when he has played.

Harry is an interesting one for me.

He never lets us down but he struggles to get regular games with our depth. He seems to be regarded well internally and he is still young enough to have a decent AFL career.

Will he stay or seek a trade at year end? I wouldn?t think there?d be that many suitors and he may well be the classic depth player who carved out a career of 30-40 games over 7-8 seasons. He?s probably still being paId quite well to play neafl. If he?s smart he?ll also be making plans for a career post footy

[Blood Fever]

Harry is an interesting one for me.

He never lets us down but he struggles to get regular games with our depth. He seems to be regarded well internally and he is still young enough to have a decent AFL career.

Will he stay or seek a trade at year end? I wouldn?t think there?d be that many suitors and he may well be the classic depth player who carved out a career of 30-40 games over 7-8 seasons. He?s probably still being paId quite well to play neafl. If he?s smart he?ll also be making plans for a career post footy

May still get a chance this year depending on circumstances. Played ok in winning 2016 Prelim win over cats. Should have played in GF but we played McVeigh and Mills who were both under a little bit of an injury cloud.

[Hotpotato]

Hope they give AA a run of games in the Ones and not shaft him if he makes a couple of blues like most players do including our Superstar.

[Ludwig]

Hope they give AA a run of games in the Ones and not shaft him if he makes a couple of blues like most players do including our Superstar.

Just look how many error ridden games Zak Jones has had without getting dropped. That's because we know he has the talent and commitment to be a successful football player. And the coaching staff know it's their job to make it happen. I think the same holds true for Aliir. I think Zak and Aliir have a lot in common, besides both arriving through the 2013 draft. They both like to take the game on and can quickly turn defence into offence.

[bloodspirit]

I think Aliir needs another week in the reserves where he can play a full game. We don't need another tall defender for WB. The only consideration for bringing him in would be to prepare him for the following week's game with Adelaide with an AFL game.

I apologise for the tardiness of my reply, but I just can't help observing (ok, savouring) the irony in Aliir finally being selected when you thought he'd be better off playing reserves, Ludwig!