CHANGES: Rd 03 vs GWS

[Demonland 71,627]

Who comes in and who goes out for our Round 3 clash against GWS in Canberra.

[Lord Nev 13,512]

Probably no change, but could be tempted to take Gus out for Melksham potentially.

 

 

[dazzledavey36 54,301]

No change

Everyone played their role well.

[Hellaintabadplacetobe 4,294]

Yeah tempted to say no change.
 

We are winning, whoever gets in needs to be banging the door down in the 2s

[Damo 3,344]

Is Weid or Brown looking at all likely? I cant honestly think of many who didnt hold up their end, Hunt maybe.

[bing181 9,194]

Hibberd for someone ... Jetta? Hunt?

VDB has apparently been good in the last couple of practise matches. In for Sparrow?

[Fanatique Demon 2,642]

I thought Hunt was very good today. 

[loges 6,767]

1 minute ago, Damo said:

Is Weid or Brown looking at all likely? I cant honestly think of many who didnt hold up their end, Hunt maybe.

Apparently Hunt played on Butler and kept him to 8 disposals.

[Lord Nev 13,512]

2 minutes ago, bing181 said:

VDB has apparently been good in the last couple of practise matches. In for Sparrow?

No thank you.

[dazzledavey36 54,301]

2 minutes ago, bing181 said:

Hibberd for someone ... Jetta? Hunt?

VDB has apparently been good in the last couple of practise matches. In for Sparrow?

Sparrow was great tonight.

Vandenberg is finished.

[Bitter but optimistic 22,220]

It's a tricky one.

We had stars and lesser lights but the lesser lights all contributed at times so you'd be stiff to get dropped out of a winning side.

I'd be surprised if there is any change unless there is injury.

[dl4e 5,851]

17 minutes ago, Lord Nev said:

Probably no change, but could be tempted to take Gus out for Melksham potentially.

 

 

You have got to be joking.

[Lord Nev 13,512]

2 minutes ago, dl4e said:

You have got to be joking.

Happy to hear your argument for Gus staying in.

Was borderline last week, poor this week IMO. 13 touches, 0 tackles tonight.

[Jaded No More 68,867]

No change for mine. 
But Melksham is a Goodwin favorite so I assume he comes in. 
Hunt had a good game, so is safe from a Hibbo return for another week. 

[dl4e 5,851]

2 minutes ago, Lord Nev said:

Happy to hear your argument for Gus staying in.

Was borderline last week, poor this week IMO. 13 touches, 0 tackles tonight.

Because he is a good footballer who I think played well last week but was a little ordinary tonite, but under the circumstances with the spud bit might be acceptable. Melksham on the other hand is no where near as good as Gus and he wouldn't know what defensive pressure or tackling was. Give me Gus any day.

[david_neitz_is_my_dad 4,083]

No rest Max posts yet?

[DeeSpencer 25,484]

6 minutes ago, Lord Nev said:

Happy to hear your argument for Gus staying in.

Was borderline last week, poor this week IMO. 13 touches, 0 tackles tonight.

A few stuff ups but some important touches at the right time, good contests, presented well, and the Saints transition game was slow which means the wings did a nice job. 
 

Still think Jones is below Gus in the pecking order, at least in terms of a Melksham inclusion 

[Lord Nev 13,512]

Just now, dl4e said:

Because he is a good footballer who I think played well last week but was a little ordinary tonite, but under the circumstances with the spud bit might be acceptable. Melksham on the other hand is no where near as good as Gus and he wouldn't know what defensive pressure or tackling was. Give me Gus any day.

I'm not a massive rap for Melksham's form over the last year or so, but I would be open to the idea of dropping Gus to help him find form. Worked a treat in 2018 after all.

Disagree he played well last week. For mine, his chasing and pressure was poor, but it went under the radar because he got a couple of 'lucky' tackles where players ran straight into him. Disposal was poor last week also. 5 clangers and 4 turnovers last week. I like Gus, but he's not in form by any stretch and from a culture point of view we have to back up the talk from the offseason about egos and not carry the popular blokes for game after game when they're not playing well.

 

[Lord Nev 13,512]

1 minute ago, DeeSpencer said:

A few stuff ups but some important touches at the right time, good contests, presented well, and the Saints transition game was slow which means the wings did a nice job. 
 

Still think Jones is below Gus in the pecking order, at least in terms of a Melksham inclusion 

Jones had 14 touches, 3 tackles and a goal.

I'd have him ahead of Gus as it stands. Not by a lot, but pretty surprised with the low bar people have set for Gus these days.

[Redleg 40,849]

10 minutes ago, Lord Nev said:

Jones had 14 touches, 3 tackles and a goal.

I'd have him ahead of Gus as it stands. Not by a lot, but pretty surprised with the low bar people have set for Gus these days.

Not me. Gus is a shadow of the player he was. Slow, poor disposal, hardly gets the ball.

[Lord Nev 13,512]

1 minute ago, Redleg said:

Not me. Gus is a shadow of the player he was. Slow, poor disposal, hardly gets the ball.

50% kicking efficiency so far this year.

Also rated as below average for pressure acts.

[Docs Demons 1,786]

29 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

It's a tricky one.

We had stars and lesser lights but the lesser lights all contributed at times so you'd be stiff to get dropped out of a winning side.

I'd be surprised if there is any change unless there is injury.

Spot on BBO. Our bottom 4-6 players are finally showing a bit and contributing to the team. All goes well and for me no changes. Stay with this side. Fix up some of our bad skill errors when under no pressure and away we go. Also I know the kid is only 18 but Jackson needs to learn to use his body more .Gets pushed around a bit easily. Small critic but he has huge upside like Kozie who can only get better.

[DeeSpencer 25,484]

8 minutes ago, Lord Nev said:

Jones had 14 touches, 3 tackles and a goal.

I'd have him ahead of Gus as it stands. Not by a lot, but pretty surprised with the low bar people have set for Gus these days.

Not too worried about the disposals. I’m surprised Jones had 3 tackles because it looked like he missed at least 5. And his goal was both a solid piece of smart running and a concern that the world was going to end before he got down to that ball. 

[DeeSpencer 25,484]

1 minute ago, Lord Nev said:

50% kicking efficiency so far this year.

Also rated as below average for pressure acts.

He’s a dreadful pressure player that’s why he’s not on ball. But given he’s on the wing he really won’t be expected to have good pressure numbers. 
 

He definitely needs to lift to really lock in his spot but I don’t think he’s at immediate risk this week 

[bing181 9,194]

6 minutes ago, Redleg said:

Not me. Gus is a shadow of the player he was. Slow, poor disposal, hardly gets the ball.

Worth remembering that it's not all that long ago he was in a moon boot with a serious foot injury. He missed most of the preseason, and it costs. Worth persevering with while he builds form/touch - though not a free pass either.