Discussion 2022 Round 9: Teams & In Game Discussion
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From Bevo’s after match presser :-
RUCKMAN Tim English is set to miss another game with illness next week as the Western Bulldogs look to get on a winning run after their strong victory over Collingwood on Friday night.
The Dogs were too strong for the Magpies at Marvel Stadium, running out 48-point winners to take their season to 4-5 after last year’s Grand Final performance.
They will push to make it back-to-back wins for the first time since the finals last year with their clash against Gold Coast next week in Ballarat but are expecting to again be without their first-choice big man, who has been hit hard by the flu over the past week.
“I don’t think Tim will come back this week. I mentioned he’d been really ill and I mean really ill and so I don’t think he’ll be ready to play next week so ‘Sweety’ is likely to continue on,” Beveridge said post-game.
“Jarrod Witts got the 10 coaches votes last week and was really influential in the game against the Swans having studied them in the lead-up, so he’ll be a big challenge for Sweety but it’s likely to be a similar (ruck) set up as it was tonight.
“(English) just has a really, really bad bout of this flu. It’s just really knocked him around. Nothing sinister, we think he’ll be OK, but he’s probably dropped a little bit of weight and it will take a while to get his bearings again.”
Coach Luke Beveridge praised the performance of big man Jordon Sweet, who had 26 hit-outs and 13 disposals against the Pies, and said he would again shoulder the ruck duties against the Suns.
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Wow, very unlucky for those that held him.
RUCKMAN Tim English is set to miss another game with illness next week as the Western Bulldogs look to get on a winning run after their strong victory over Collingwood on Friday night.
The Dogs were too strong for the Magpies at Marvel Stadium, running out 48-point winners to take their season to 4-5 after last year’s Grand Final performance.
They will push to make it back-to-back wins for the first time since the finals last year with their clash against Gold Coast next week in Ballarat but are expecting to again be without their first-choice big man, who has been hit hard by the flu over the past week.
“I don’t think Tim will come back this week. I mentioned he’d been really ill and I mean really ill and so I don’t think he’ll be ready to play next week so ‘Sweety’ is likely to continue on,” Beveridge said post-game.
“Jarrod Witts got the 10 coaches votes last week and was really influential in the game against the Swans having studied them in the lead-up, so he’ll be a big challenge for Sweety but it’s likely to be a similar (ruck) set up as it was tonight.
“(English) just has a really, really bad bout of this flu. It’s just really knocked him around. Nothing sinister, we think he’ll be OK, but he’s probably dropped a little bit of weight and it will take a while to get his bearings again.”
Coach Luke Beveridge praised the performance of big man Jordon Sweet, who had 26 hit-outs and 13 disposals against the Pies, and said he would again shoulder the ruck duties against the Suns.
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Wow, very unlucky for those that held him.
5/569
Baz, Macrae, Dunkley, Crisp, Cameron
Was hoping for more from Cameron but the role is very strong and cash gen real. DPP surely in a few weeks opens up option with Goldy so happy enough.
Only real worry (famous last words) is SDK and PMC on field in defence this week.
And of course the lottery of needing to choose a captain with Macrae VC not quite cutting it. Neale, Mills, Oliver, Gawn, Touk, Cripps all possible
Baz, Macrae, Dunkley, Crisp, Cameron
Was hoping for more from Cameron but the role is very strong and cash gen real. DPP surely in a few weeks opens up option with Goldy so happy enough.
Only real worry (famous last words) is SDK and PMC on field in defence this week.
And of course the lottery of needing to choose a captain with Macrae VC not quite cutting it. Neale, Mills, Oliver, Gawn, Touk, Cripps all possible
Maybe it's the toddler induced early morning wake up, but is anyone getting an itchy trigger finger on Cogs? Flicking him allows either Goldy to F5 and Preuss in to R2 or SDK swing to F6 and Lloyd/Vlaustin to D5.
I'm real late on Preuss but he looks good for 100+ each game particularly agaist the Blues with no real recognised ruck (I know TDK is a good prospect) and Flynn omitted
Is moving cogs on now ridiculous?
I'm real late on Preuss but he looks good for 100+ each game particularly agaist the Blues with no real recognised ruck (I know TDK is a good prospect) and Flynn omitted
Is moving cogs on now ridiculous?
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