Changes for Rnd 5 v Hawks

[aardvark]

Yes!
For all the Longmire haters (you know who you are), he coached extremely well today.
And Smith as sub, was certainly a turning point.

Yep. Horse deserves a ton of credit for this.

[bodgie]

Yes he did coach well today but it was pretty sad to see LRT back in the changerooms when he could've waited a week or too to heal properly. Smith was so composed and seemed to bring much confidence into the backline.

[ScottH]

This is why Longmire is our coach and not you...........

Yes!
For all the Longmire haters (you know who you are), he coached extremely well today.
And Smith as sub, was certainly a turning point.

[Captain]

Well looks like White will be replacing LRT next week.

Armstrong for Malceski would be my other change.

[Jewels]

If you had dropped in from outer space to watch last weeks game you would think that the selectors are mad to drop the most effective big forward in the side for an underdone defender ruck on a wet day.

Jesse handled the conditions beautifully last week whilst bringing other players into the game.If Sam has another game like last week at CHF we have very little hope of kicking a winning score.

This is why Longmire is our coach and not you...........

[Scottee]

If you had dropped in from outer space to watch last weeks game you would think that the selectors are mad to drop the most effective big forward in the side for an underdone defender ruck on a wet day.

Jesse handled the conditions beautifully last week whilst bringing other players into the game.If Sam has another game like last week at CHF we have very little hope of kicking a winning score.

[GongSwan]

Starve buddy like we always did until last year and we win! Nothing has changed.

Win the midfield battle, keep it in close and win the game, NO turnovers

[stellation]

Huh? Where I have said I didn't think he was good?

I thought you were stepping in to support him and say he played well, however I'm not as astute as some so clearly misread it.

[stellation]

So I suppose the question is, If Jesse was as good and contributed as much to our win last week as nearly everyone says, why isn't he playing again this week? I think everyone here including me wants to see Jesse achieve his potential but many posters here look at him through red and white glasses. We live in hope.

I don't think making way for LRT means Jesse wasn't good and didn't contribute to the win last week.

[aardvark]

So I suppose the question is, If Jesse was as good and contributed as much to our win last week as nearly everyone says, why isn't he playing again this week? I think everyone here including me wants to see Jesse achieve his potential but many posters here look at him through red and white glasses. We live in hope.

[wolftone57]

Huh? Where I have said I didn't think he was good?

Sorry Liz got you mixed up with Aardvaark, my most profound apologies

[Lucky Knickers]

Starve buddy like we always did until last year and we win! Nothing has changed.

[liz]

I would have liked to see Jesse again too and I totally disagree with you Liz, he was very good last week. He did a lot of heavy stuff and some of his taps were gold. He set up three goals too just through hard tough play. So I think you are being a bit hard on him Liz and if you remember rightly I was very critical of Jesse for some time over his non involvement in play.

Huh? Where I have said I didn't think he was good?

[wolftone57]

Well Im torn as Im a fan of LRT and White here but given we are playing Hawks if LRT is required to go to Buddy who is the 2nd ruck option? I thought for team balance they would have left white in at FF and dropped Everrit. This probably does indicate they dont see or regard White as a key forward? After a couple of resonable games where he did his job as 2nd ruck why wouldnt they play him as FF? Everrit has had many chances and is at best a utility/parts man I would have thought developing Jesse into key fwd role would have been a option, but the coaches obviously know the balance they want and is best for the team. I have to admit Im struggling to understand the FWD structure they are trying to achieve I dont think we have the correct fwd structure as is, to get us far in sept but that is only IMHO which stands for crap.

Cheers

waz

If LRT goes to Buddy after playing forward/Ruck for virtually a whole season we are in trouble. LRT IMHO is not fast or mobile enough for Buddy. Eventually when he has matured enough AJ will be a natural match up. At the moment the Buddy match up is problematical and LRT at this time to me shouldn't be a part of that equation. I would play a double team switching on Buddy otherwise nobody will have the tank to go with him.

Cyril is carrying an injury but even so is still dangerous. I would switch between Shaw and Smithy on him. Osborne is a hard nut but I would play Mal on him as he is prone to give frees away on faster opponents.

I would have liked to see Jesse again too and I totally disagree with you Liz, he was very good last week. He did a lot of heavy stuff and some of his taps were gold. He set up three goals too just through hard tough play. So I think you are being a bit hard on him Liz and if you remember rightly I was very critical of Jesse for some time over his non involvement in play.

[Primmy]

sheeze dos@!!@@! You may have missed the point re Jesse. He creates space, he is starting to use his size to block and break, kind of like an icebreaker, and the number of times his team mates went up to him after a goal was kicked by someone else on the team should be a red alert that he is doing what he is being asked to do and they consider it to be done well.