SA Footy

Stratarama Stadium | Saturday 5th April | 4:40pm

Huge challenge for us ,Glenelg have a better list than last season .
If we play like we did last week will get smashed .
Never happy to lose but in all honesty if we get within 5 goals it will be big effort

We got plenty of it but lacked efficiency with a new look attack. Tidy that up, win the ball from the middle more times than not (another area for improvement) and you never know! Unlikely maybe, but not out of the question..

Glenelg by 11 points in the match of the round

At last, the first game of the season.

Both h/a games last year were close ones; 7 points and 1 point. IIRC the away team might have been in front at 3/4 time in both games, only to lose.

That said, I reckon the Bays, and by four or five goals.

Dogs haven't won at the Bay since 2018, well overdue. Glenelg won the next 11 against Central after that 2pt loss, up until a 1pt loss in round 18 last seaon. I expect a tough contest.

Bays by 14pts.

Glenelg by 12 goals.

Matty Allen plays his 100th game this week

*subject to selection

Looking forward to this one. GL by 5 pts

Bays by 40, they will give an early season flex just to show who is the boss

Hazydog wrote:We got plenty of it but lacked efficiency with a new look attack. Tidy that up, win the ball from the middle more times than not (another area for improvement) and you never know! Unlikely maybe, but not out of the question..

Too many times Tompkinson was trying to mark against a couple of teammates who would bring their opponent to the pack too. I reckon he might be alright if we can sort out the crowding. But a new problem presents in defence with Little out for the year, we lose our best defender ahead of playing the team with the best forwards. If we get within 5 goals with these issues, it's probably an indication we'll be a good side later in the year.

Hosie out for this game.
Montgomery an in for the Dogs.

Still a tough assignment for the Dogs to win at Glenelg.

Hosie out due to being in a family wedding.

Dogs squad of 25

F -Grace Tomkinson Lange
HF- Lochowiak Thomas Sharp
C- Pudney Dittmar Barry
HB- Whitlum Kitschke Adams
B- Iles Kendall Posthuma
1R- Annand Liddy Grant
INT- Chisholm Gaspar Montgomery Presbury Reed Larkins Shaw
Out: Little(Knee)
In: Gaspar Montgomery Presbury Reed

We would need another 5 or 6 out including Hosie to be a chance .
Quite simply Glenelg dont have a weakness anywhere and should be way to good,

GLENELG

League

F Luke Reynolds, Liam McBean, Archie Lovelock

HF Corey Lyons, Riley Holder, Will Chandler

C Cole Gerloff, James Bell, Darcy Bailey

HB Patrick Parnell, Max Proud, Brad McCarthy

B Nick Stevens, Oscar Adams, Jonty Scharenberg

R Cameron McGree, Matthew Allen, Jarryd Lyons

I/C Connor McLeod, Luke Partington, Harrison Ramm, Benjamin Ridgway, Hugh Stagg, Jake Walker, Liam Wisdom

IN Oscar Adams, Connor McLeod, Harrison Ramm, Hugh Stagg, Jake Walker

OUT Cooper Beecken (Omitted), Lachlan Hosie (Personal)

NEW – Harrison Ramm (Brighton)

MILESTONE – Matt Allen (100 games)

CENTRAL

League

F Aiden Grace, Jack Tomkinson, Nick Lange

HF Anzac Lochowiak, Beau Thomas, Dyson Sharp

C Kai Pudney, Kade Dittmar, Wilson Barry

HB Luca Whitelum, Austin Kitschke, Zach Adams

B Billy Iles, George Kendall, Dayne Posthuma

R Kobe Annand, Mani Liddy, Harry Grant

I/C Leyton Chisholm, Jake Gasper, Jai Larkins, Rhett Montgomerie, Kyle Presbury, Finn Reed, Oliver Shaw

IN Jake Gasper, Rhett Montgomerie, Kyle Presbury, Finn Reed

OUT Brinn Little (Knee ACL)

NEW – Finn Reed (Tanunda)

MILESTONE – Rhett Montgomerie (50 games)

Obviously Monty comes in for Brinn ,so who of the back six named drop out .

Presbury rested one more week. Larkins hamstring.
Gasper and monty the two ins.

Dogs had a crack, but Bays too good in most areas, it's a very miserly defense we have.

65 free kicks for the day ridiculous.

A double celebration for Glenelg 3 flags in a row and Jarryd Lyons winning the Magarey he is a class above SANFL standard .
As for the game we simply werent and arent good enough to match them.
Liddy clearly our best ,Gasper our best forward and Annand battled his guts out .
Would be nice if LANGE contributed on a regular basis instead of when he feels like it.