Travy14

agree 100% he is very damaging up higher, but as a def. as is Salem.

he has been training and playing as a def all year, it's not a smart move to put someone into a new system and expect them to learn it in 5 weeks. Very good way to confuse a player and stunt development too. Bowie is a great backman and should stay there. the players that would move for Hibbo would be Brayshaw and Rivers who have both had midfield roles this year so have been training in that area.

Not sure why people are hung up on this. Bowie is not going forward. we would have seen it already.

Good changes this week. Spargo whilst has skill, has not had the acceptable output this year. Petracca whilst playing forward is playing up the ground so Spargo isn't needed for that role. Chandler is a great replacement, hopefully can recapture the early season form

Considering he played on 52% game time I doubt it. And at the game it was definitely the lever match up. Petty was taking Gunston. Lever isn't a player you want kicking, he shoukd handball every time. Especially when you have May, Salem, Bowie around you

6 - Gawn 5 - Petracca 4 - Viney 3 - Brayshaw 2 - Kossie 1 Hunter

He is a Defender. Played on Hipwood who had 9 Disposals, and 1 goal from 6 marks. Meaning he kept him out of dangerous areas. Not there for attacking drive, there for intercepts and to beat his man wich he had 5 intercept possies and went at 80% efficiency. So as I said, pretty good game!

Great win, stick with the BBB and JVR fwd line. Lever is putting a very good block of footy together. Think I would prefer Chandler over Spargo

Hi Gents What are your thoughts on our fwd line talls. Personally i think we need to play BBB and JVR, happy for JVR to get the couple of weeks rest he needs but i think he is our best fit for the end of the season. I also believe the 1 tall is contributing to our crumbing smalls struggles, very easy for the opposition to know where the ball is going to fall, and all our small and med size forwards head to that spot dragging their man to the area and creating congestion. A few other things we need to tidy up, hand balling is atrocious and all are guilty. And whilst Petracca was great up forward, we need him in the middle. God we miss Clarry for the team balance and his super high standards.

No problem with them coming in, not sure Hows is up the the fitness level. Apparently cramped severely in the VFL this week. basically i think selection integrity is important not. If someone in the VFL that plays your position is in form and you are not then you lose your spot. I do also think our crumbing forwards have it tough with only 1 Key forward, easy to know where the ball is going to drop for the opposition.

Kossie plays deep forward, spargo plays up the ground more. Which is why i think Harmes is the replacement for him. If chandler has a good few weeks in the VFL and Kossie doesn't improve then you do that switch

4 score involvements, and this has been his trend all year, no score board presence. Desperatly out of form and needs a better run in the reserves to get confidence.

Be a tough hard game, the subs we are playing atm are having no impact. Jordan is the best player for sub but he is in the B22 whilst Clarry is out I think. Maybe we could try Dunstan. But I think it need to be a tough Mid

Out: Smith(Sub), Spargo In: JVR, Harmes Harmes to be Sub

Good to tough out that win. But We have a lot to tidy up, our skills are very average, dropped marks, missed handballs and poor kicking. I don't rate St Kilda at all but they put the pressure on tonight. Brown has to stay in, he just opens up the forward line well, id like to see JVR in there with him. Kossie is an issue atm, and only the fact that Spargo and Chandler are also struggling is the reason he is still in the side. We are really missing Clarry, but Brayshaw back in the middle is his best position and hopefully we see similar to what he did in the back end of last yr. Looking forward to heading to the G on Fri, we will see where we are against a good team this week.

I Like most of the changes, but think JVR had to be in not Melksham. Hopefully this is because they are managing JVR's workload in the VFL and giving him a break whilst still getting footy into him. Now reward Chandler/Spargo if they have form in the VFL and if Kossie/ANB are not performing they get dropped.

This is brilliant for a couple of reasons: 1 - his hard work has been rewarded. 2 - sends a strong message to the others that spots are up for grabs atm so you better perform. Only downfall is, JJ is way behind in the pecking order and I can't see him not seeking opportunities elsewhere, but that's footy. Please don't play Taj as Sub!!

Ins: JVR, Oliver Out: Fritsch, Smith I think Fritch out will show we need two talls up fwd, as well as the resting ruck. Not saying Fritsch isn't in the side, but think he has been asked to play a different role. Oliver into the midfield obviously, and Harmes gets another go as a half fwd/rotation and midfield depth. But needs to perform much better than the weekend.

It's Cricket season anyways!

Totally agree, think they have been managing him. He is most definitely in our best fwd line. And if you look back Grundy and Gawn had the most impact forward of the ball when Brown was playing. I think he unlocks a different dimension up there. All of a sudden teams have to defend BBB, JVR, Gawn/Grundy and Fritch on the lead and in the air.

Not AFL standard, move on unless very cheap

1 - McVee 2 - Rivers 3 - JVR 4 - Viney 5 - Hunter (based on his last yr at the Dogs)

yeh, not a fan of that. I think we are playing to many small forwards already

and then who you dropping and then seeing ask for a trade, Rivers, Salem, Bowey, McVee?

they are not needed in our line up though. Why not go hard at a player Like Allen and try get him. Sure Yeo and Barras would make our side but in what capacity? especially Yeo