The Team - vs Western Bulldogs - Sun 3.20pm

Baldwin would eat them all.

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Would love to see Reid come in and have a solid game. We need something to get excited about. Bring on the dogs.

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I hope we play all the talls just to make the bulldogs jealous of how many talls we have

Might be the only win we get

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slow in the back half slow in the front half…

fool around in the middle half…

zero run off the backline…

yeah nah …

Not sure swapping Baldwin for Bryan is going to help with our forward pressure, which seriously needs to improve.

If Baldwin misses out, it may actually be for another runner (Cutler), allowing Cox to spend some more time up forward.

Reckon Reid will get an opportunity as well.

Out: Laverde (managed) & Baldwin
In: Reid & Cutler

B: Ridley BZT Kelly
HB: McGrath Reid Heppell
C: Cutler Merrett Durham
HF: Martin Cox Stringer
F: Guelfi Wright Waterman
R: Draper Parish Shiel

I/C: Perkins, Caldwell, Hobbs & Redman
Sub: Hind

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I think this for ins and outs

Some forgetting Lav already carrying injury since round 1. His leg injury he needs a break, especially being subbed out 3 QTR time last week.

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Go with just 1 ruck, and 1 key forward (who will have to also ruck), just to have Cutler in?

That doesn’t feel like a big enough trade off.

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How many free kicks is weightman gonna get?

So you’re saying he has a very large appetite?

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This is a BIG boy we’re talking about.

Where’s the rhinoceros :rhinoceros:

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Hard to fathom 2 rucks in this game when we didn’t play 2 rucks against Collingwood.

yep feels like that.

feels a bit harsh on Baldwin that’s 2 matches and dropped twice.

Zerk has done ok, would rather us rest Laverde if we want to bring Reid in.

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last year we played hooker/Wright/Jones for the majority of the year, and then still stuck with the three talls in francis when we dropped hooker

play both of Baldwin & Bryan. just try it, thats exactly what we should be fkg doing for the rest of the year. figuring out what works and what doesn’t.

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I’m happy to see Bryan and Reid in the squad, and I hope both play. Cuts probably is one of our best wing options and I’d put him in the 22.

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Doggies just have Martin as their ruck, right? With English out?

Naughton would be their relief ruck?

They may get to the point that they need to put Bontempelli in the centre, leaving their forward options quite limited.

1 thing I could not be more certain of is the dogs winning the free kick count.

So many of their players are good at drawing them and we are poor tacklers

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Cordy as relief ruck, not that he is huge (195cm)

He can play resting forward or back. Went back and they moved Schache forward last week and he kicked a couple.

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Bryan and Reid yet to play in a win

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