Team Selection R1 v Bulldogs

[Melbourne_Blood]

"Zippy" is not a term I'd associate with Lloyd, or Rampe for that matter.

Rampe has elite endurance. Neither has explosive pace.

We've gone in to this match with Grundy, Melican, Rampe, and potentially Aliir, as tall options in defence..

Against a relatively small Dogs forward line.

The only way this situation works for us is if the Dogs just bomb it into their forwards all night...Highly unlikely.

Maybe not but Rampe is quick.


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[KSAS]

Wouldn't be surprised if Buddy was a late out, replaced by small/mid

Whilst that makes sense from a team balance pov, Longmire did mention Buddy isn't going to play a full game so maybe the extra tall forward line is to compensate for Buddy's limited game time? Longmire also commented that Buddy has completed more training in the last 4 weeks than the entire season last year!

If Buddy is fit to play, it makes sense to play him with restricted minutes to ease him in rather than playing NEAFL!

If a tall is to be dropped for team balance, imo that would be Melican (both he and Reid playing first game in almost a year could also be seen as a risk. Mills to a lesser extent but he's had a solid preseason).

How far is Menzel off? Is he most likely to play in the NEAFL first before being considered for senior selection?

[swansrob]

How far is Menzel off? Is he most likely to play in the NEAFL first before being considered for senior selection?

Menzel doesn't have the runs on the board to be automatically into the senior side, I expect him to play NEAFL before being considered - though I don't think he'll stay there too long

[jono2707]

I wouldn't be surprised to see a late out. I guess we'll see tomorrow.

With Reid and now Blakey, this year hopefully we stop persisting with playing Buddy as a tall forward and play him as, well Buddy. It'd be good to see him further up the ground a lot more (they'd enjoy his delivery too).

[Sandrevan]

I'm looking forward to Round 1 on Saturday night. They have selected a tall team although I can see a lot of flexibility in this. AA is showing he can play all over the ground. Will Sam Reid still be playing the swingman role with so many talls?

Zach Jones - finally starting in the midfield. The 6-6-6 rule will favour him I think.

Go Swans!!

[waswan]

There is only one team that consistently makes us look slow and that is GWS.....thru the middle
Being slow in defence is a furphy
Melican turns Lloyd and Rampe into runners, crazy people asking why is he playing
Talls in our fwd line change it heaps, still remember everyone whinging when Buddy (who cant mark) was the only tall target. Now we have multiple.

Our mids are faster and with 6 6 6 we wont have teams flooding space in front of our talls

Value Ronke above cunningham but reckon he will get there eventually, only hard done by player is Thurlow based on JLT

[Captain]

Whilst Buddy and Reid are tall, they aren't exactly slow.

Being tall doesn't mean slow. Usain Bolt is 195cm.

[sharp9]

If the backline lines up as listed..... Mills Grundy Melican, McVeigh ,Rampe, Lloyd ....Not one quick player among them....

It worries me, such a slow, tall team we've picked.

The Dogs will try to exploit this with run and carry and lots of pressure.

Sorry to be picky, Ernie but Rampe is very quick...I saw one of those tracking data thingies for one of our games last year which measures distance, burst and top speed...Rampe at top speed was the fastest player on the field. Having said that he’s not a player who would normally lock down a quick small forward

[Auntie.Gerald]

Transitions and exits are fascinating

We tend to like to short kick in whenever we can and start from that 25m out etc

Then it plays to our strengths of fast players to pass to rather then fast players coming out of defence and importantly AA, macca, Lloyd are are good 360 degree post up decision players to run off around HBF

I think the new kick out rules give a big advtange to having an extra tall or two receiving the next long kick when exiting

It’s hard to defend against

But that’s only one option for the exits because as we all know we love a bomb down the line to a contest also

Can’t wait to see how teams adapt to the new rule and show what’s they have worked on via the off season re exits and defending etc

[ernie koala]

Whilst Buddy and Reid are tall, they aren't exactly slow.

Being tall doesn't mean slow. Usain Bolt is 195cm.

That's true. But it's that nippy, burst of pace to exit a contest, change of direction then straight back to top pace...

That's mostly(not always) little guy stuff...Florent has it, Jones has it, Papley has it.

I'd like to see at least 1 more of these types in the side on Saturday.

[stevoswan]

As people have mentioned above, I'm surprised that we have gone so tall.
Also surprised that Melican is in the backline, as I think that O'Riordan has had better recent form and provides more escape velocity. Possibly another late change?

Melican is the only selection I'm really stumped with. The Dogs dont have a tall backline so it's not like he's needed. He's down on form and is not that quick either. I think he's a great player but he needs to regain form in the Reserves.

Agree with both these posts....I too was surprised Melican was selected. His pre season was average.....he should be in the two's for now. I feel for COR.

[Ralph Dawg]

That’s the problem , not many options haha. Jack ?


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Let's go with Stevie J then - I'd prefer him over Jack

[Ralph Dawg]

Whilst Buddy and Reid are tall, they aren't exactly slow.

Being tall doesn't mean slow. Usain Bolt is 195cm.

Bolt would be tough to stick with on a long lead!

[Melbourne_Blood]

Let's go with Stevie J then - I'd prefer him over Jack

That could work ! Seriously though depending on how he goes in the 2’s, Rowbottom has some zip and seems to have some goal sense too , could be a role for him if he bangs the door down in the twos over the next few weeks ( assuming Ronke doesn’t earn his place back soon )


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[Mel_C]

Does anyone know if Buddy was sighted at the airport?