Changes for Rnd 4 V Western Bulldogs

**wolftone57** · 12th April 2018, 04:45 PM

Originally Posted by Markwebbos

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** · 12th April 2018, 05:42 PM

Originally Posted by Markwebbos

I agree. Newman over McVeigh

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

**stevoswan** · 12th April 2018, 05:46 PM

Originally Posted by Melbourne_Blood

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** · 12th April 2018, 05:49 PM

Originally Posted by stevoswan

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** · 12th April 2018, 06:19 PM

Originally Posted by Melbourne_Blood

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** · 12th April 2018, 06:42 PM

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** · 12th April 2018, 07:15 PM

Originally Posted by 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.

I think the photos were too revealing