Where and when: Marvel Stadium, Friday 21 February, 7.10pm AEDT
Watchlist:
Ben CAVARRA (WBD) FWD @ $123,900
Previously plagued by injury and unable to work his way into a competitive Dogs list last year, Cavarra’s finally found his way onto the park. Highly rated in the VFL, promising cow if he can lock up a spot.
Callum PORTER (WBD) MID @ $123,900
Similar circumstances as Cavarra, injuries to the Dogs over the off-season have opened up spots for them to give another rookie a run. Should be able to slot in as a defensive midfielder tonight and show some promise.
Pat LIPINSKI (WBD) FWD/MID @ $441,500
Set for an inside midfield role, maybe now Lipinski can consistently strike at the tantalizing ceiling he displayed in the back end of 2019?
Aiden BONAR (NTH) MID/FWD @ $202,800
Reports last week had him slated for a “pure midfield” role after a solid pre-season. As per AllSaints terrific article earlier in the week, a strong showing in the Marsh Series will have Bonar serving as a handy stepping stone to an early FWD upgrade.
Notable Absentees:
Tim English (WBD), Jack ZIEBELL (NTH).
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Aaron NAUGHTON (knee) is a late out for tonight’s game. Don’t have any more details … yet.
ugh hope it’s not serious. One of my favorite players to watch.
Need to keep an eye out for Jack Mahony ($117,300 mid/fwd) too. Has a Supercoach friendly game if he gets a decent run at it.
Evening, all.
Feel bad for Sweet. First game and he’s up against a ruck with a decade of experience. Watch Goldy abuse him for 200 SC lol.
Goldy is a bad bad man. 😀
Ben Cavarra and Callum Porter NOT playing.
Lewis Young is in for Naughton
Yeah, were on the extended squad but didn’t make the cut unfortunately.
GD, Great to see that you have your own posts. Will be an important asset for this amazing site. Well done, mate.
Ah. Cheers, CT. I’m in good company.
Been slated to do the captaincy articles this year, also doing the Marsh Series game chats.
SC relevant scores at QT:
DOGS
Bont – 50
Dunkley – 37
Macrae – 30
Lipinski – 29
Young – 28
Daniel – 21
ROOS
Goldy – 36
Xerri – 20
Bonar – 12
Mahony – 9
Ahern – 8
SC scores frozen on fanfooty
SC relevant scores at HT:
DOGS
Bont – 96
Macrae – 60
Dunkley – 57
Young -56
Daniel – 49
Lipinski – 42
ROOS
Goldy – 60
Xerri – 49
Bonar – 46
Ahern – 21
Mahony – 9
Bloody hell…those three doggie amigos are doing my head in. Can you have them all ??
Lol. Was just thinking the same thing, Wighty!
I’ve got the double dog (Macrae, Dunkley) atm, but Bont is absolutely popping off rn. Compelling.
I have the same two, but might swap dunks for Bont.
Only concern is Bont will cop a tag ahead of all of them. On the flip side, he is seems to be relishing the captaincy. Ugh, so conflicted!
The bulldog fan bias in me is making it incredibly difficult to not start all three!
You’re definitely right about the tag, De boar twice by half way through the season makes the bont call tough
Oh, sh*t. Forgot about that, Harvs. Hmm.
Yeah it’s a tough one! I’ll have to look back at his past scores vs De boar but I’m definitely still leaning towards starting bont at this stage
Calm down folks, this is only one JLT game. The question to ask is: did Dunk and Macrae have a full preseason? Yes. Did they play in the gut? Did they attend most centre bounce? Yes. Then even though The Bont outscored them , just enjoy the game. It was his highest or second highest disposal tally. Pick him if he does the same all JLT games. I’ll be wary to pick 3 mids of the same team.
This Xerri might be interesting as a f7/8 and cover for Grawn with Comden as r3.
Won’t get a game come round 1.
Even after tonight?
Someone always goes big against north. Bonts turn.
Simpkin would be in my side if I knew he was playing lots of mid time.
North gonna challenge GCS for spoon..
Tough to judge from just 1 marsh series match, especially given the squad they fielded and their opposition (WBD are a tidy outfit). It’ll be interesting to see what North’s next generation (Simpkin, Thomas, LDU, etc.) can produce in 2020 and beyond, but I think they’ll be competitive this year.
…is it obvious I’m a triggered North supporter?
Brilliant play from the Dogs just then. Force the turnover, I50 entry from the center square and then Schache and Lloyd played the defenders like fiddles.
Dogs to play finals again this year, surely.
I think the dogs and the hawks will be the big improvers.
SC relevant scores at 3QT:
DOGS
Bont – 150 (am I really going to be starting 3 Bulldog MIDS?)
Macrae – 92
Dunkley – 78
Young – 69
Daniel – 68
Lipinski – 56
ROOS
Goldy – 78
Xerri – 69
Bonar – 56
Ahern – 32
Mahony – 27
SC relevant scores at FT:
DOGS
Bont – 195
Macrae -121
Dunkley -100
Daniel – 92
Young – 76
Lipinski – 66
ROOS
Goldy – 99
Xerri – 97
Bonar – 76
Ahern – 35
Mahony – 29
The Bont! He’s in…that’s it!
He’s shown tonight that his ceiling has no limit!
Bonar was a bit under whelming around the stoppages but did build into it okay.
North were a bit ordinary. Cunnington doing down stuffed out the middle in leadership