Rnd 21, Swans v Dogs, Etihad

[aardvark]

Morton sub.

Wrong Horse. Rubbish decision. Shouldn't have selected him if you were going to make him sub.

[liz]

I might be wrong, but I believe today could be the first time we've beaten the Bulldogs in Melbourne since the 1990's.

We have to actually beat them first...

[Cheer Squad]

Waverley Park 1987.
But then considering we haven't played them in Melbourne all that much in recent years, it doesn't mean that much.

We've only played them 4 times in Melb since they became the Western Bulldogs in 1997.
2 of those were finals.
We've never played them at Etihad/Docklands.

Well, I hope this is the day we break our Melbourne drought against them, otherwise I'll have flown down for nothing.

[DLBIA14]

It was one of those things, you really hoped Horse would take the risk, but never really expected him to. This will be like Sam Reid 2010 all over again. Ripper game against the Lions, but we don't take him to finals becasue he never had a long enough chance in the firsts.

Who knows, maybe Sam could have put us into a prelim? Maybe Morton could have nabbed us a few extra goals in a forward line that looked like @@@@ last week and cost us the game..

Of course Mitch could just do a TDL and get kicked straight back into NEAFL oblivion in which case, I will humbly concede to Head Coach Horse.

[GongSwan]

Wrong Horse. Rubbish decision. Shouldn't have selected him if you were going to make him sub.

I'm guessing there is some concern Reid will run out the match

[barry]

I'm guessing there is some concern Reid will run out the match

Then make Reid the sub, and bring him in for a set period of time. Far easier to manage the time of a player when he's sub than starting line up.

Horse has shown again and again he makes poor use of the sub position. Great at everything else, but poor at managing sub.

[DeadlyAkkuret]

Morton the sub. Boooooooring.

[swans_premiers]

Then make Reid the sub, and bring him in for a set period of time. Far easier to
manage the time of a player when he's sub than starting line up.

Horse has shown again and again he makes poor use of the sub position. Great at everything else, but poor at managing sub.

21 players have played pretty much very game this year when fit.

One is playin his first game of the year.

If we put anyone else in as sub and lost the game you'd all be going nuts at horse for not having morton as sub.

He's done the right thing to give us the best chance of winning this game.

[ugg]

I find the consternation about Morton being the sub quite bemusing. An outsider reading this thread would come to the conclusion that we were unfairly treating an out and out champion of the game when in fact being the last man into the team he was always likely to be handed the green vest just like so many fringe players before him.

[stellation]

I really don't have an issue with Morton as the sub, he's a relatively dynamic/x-factor sort of player. I know it sort of sucks for a forward to be sub, and it sucks because it's taken a while for him to get a chance- but it's still a reasonable selection.

[Xie Shan]

I find the consternation about Morton being the sub quite bemusing. An outsider reading this thread would come to the conclusion that we were unfairly treating an out and out champion of the game when in fact being the last man into the team he was always likely to be handed the green vest just like so many fringe players before him.

I agree, ugg. Besides with it being Reid's first game back it seems only logical to name another forward as the sub.

Absolutely must win game for us today, I know last night's results helped us but contenders don't lose these games.

Curious to see how Lin Jong goes for the Dogs - the first Taiwanese player to play in the AFL. Add oil

Spreading the word: Asian influences break down walls, one game at a time

[stellation]

Whoops!