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Changes Rd22 West Coast
- Thread starter eZyT
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20 deg next Sunday against the team who bathes in that weather. How's that for a change compared to yesterday.
I's tricky but there is a general consensus around BEllis, Baker, Short, Caddy and Chol as being vulnerable. Bolton also is on a few lists
I would typically have Houli in that list but both his ball retention and defensive work have been pretty solid now for a while.
If I went one ruck Caddy gets a game as the Grigg ruck. Assuming Chol stays (or is replaced by Balta or Soldo) then I would drop BEllis and Baker for Dusty and Cotchin.
I don't mind Short but he might go instead of Baker and either Baker or Stacky play half back. I like Stacky forward or mid though.
Whoever goes out will be stiff.
I sort of have a feeling they might roll the dice with Balta coming in for Chol...
Dunno if that's been given a handle yet so I'm going with Balta and the Nank...... take it to the BaNk..!
agree. We need to win the rucks against west coast. winning the ball in the centre will create heaps of issues for them. Soldo, Martin & the Captain. Baker is playing better than Short. Bolton has had a couple of quite games (get him into the seconds to get his running game back). Hardwick did say "Rucks for courses", so I expect a change.
I’d be ok with a Balta second ruck. Was more referring to earlier season idea of rucking Caddy (against Geelong) or something similar.
WCE are tall and we need to ensure we have coverage in the marking area of the game. On the ground we are good.
Bringing in just Dusty & Cotch I believe still exposes the Tiges a touch and need more height.
This is were Bolta I think will get a gig to play from the HB line. Played very good on the weekend and his speed & height might push Chol out.
In: Dusty, Cotch, Bolta
Out: Short, Chol, (Ellis or Ross)
Caddy's hardness is needed and important imo , can play fwd role with relieving ruck in that area. Hard call i feel between Ellis & Ross - maybe Ross might get the nod to play for better pace through the midfield rotations.
Bringing in just Dusty & Cotch I believe still exposes the Tiges a touch and need more height.
This is were Bolta I think will get a gig to play from the HB line. Played very good on the weekend and his speed & height might push Chol out.
In: Dusty, Cotch, Bolta
Out: Short, Chol, (Ellis or Ross)
Caddy's hardness is needed and important imo , can play fwd role with relieving ruck in that area. Hard call i feel between Ellis & Ross - maybe Ross might get the nod to play for better pace through the midfield rotations.
Sounds like a great day for a great contest. The drier conditions will suit our slick handball, foot skills and ground ball gets so we'll play better than the mistakes we saw vs the Blues. Yes, the Eagles will also like the dry ball so it should be a cracking game which we can win if we put enough pressure on their fwd 50 entries to reduce high ball easy marks by their giants. Similarly we can't rely on high balls towards Lynch & Riewoldt, who must be leading or McGovern & Hurn will destroy us. On Riewoldt he looked unsure what to do when the ball hit the deck last Sunday, needs to find some touch very quickly.
Not sure if some saw how hard Ross was at it. His defensive side was brilliant including some crunching tackles and desperate lunges. There's no way unless sore he's getting dropped.
I think Cotchin should go to half forward ASAP or he’ll only have 50 -75 games left at best.
To keep him
Out there I’d like to see him go linkman.
He does do Cotchin things very well but we can give that role to a young grunt soon.
Probably the reason why we recruit them.
Thought Crows did well on weekend avoiding McGv as much as they could. Kennedy also quiet. But yeah they are an incredible marking side. Hard to control all match. Nightmare is a Cox scenario.
