Despite Freo’s horrific three weeks up forward, we won’t see Sammy Sturt on the Marvel dirt. Time to Restump Podcast review the daunting assignment against Rory Lobb’s future teammates.  

We’re a bit disappointed this week as its seemingly becoming a bit ground-hog-dayish on selection day. While Sammy Sturt isn’t the second coming of Christ, after three team scores averaging 7 goals a game, it appears we’ve opted not to address or even tinker with the dysfunctional forward structure. 

However, JL and his selection posse know more than us and they’re providing the opportunity for the forward crew to dig themselves out of the hole they’ve found their way into. To be fair, the Bulldogs do leak score at times so it is probably the game to forward the forwards a week’s grace. 

On paper you look at the Bulldogs names and they terrify you on nearly every line. Yet you then look at their form and it doesn’t quite equate. But you get the feeling they’ve recently watched, Carlton, Richmond and Melbourne bring the heat to us and, consequently, we should expect fire and brimstones.

We don’t want to limp towards the end of the year and cling on to a top eight position so we need to turn things around Saturday night. However, the Bulldogs want to force their way into the finals so there is no doubt they’ll be on.

Its great to see Disco Nathan back as he might provide the bite on the wing that we have been missing recently. And hopefully Darcy Tucker can reproduce his damaging accumulating possession and goal kicking Peel form and prove a positive replacement for Trav Colyer. 

While Dave Mundy has called time on his career and the club is using it as motivation, we would have thought the prospect of playing finals and potentially a home final would be all the motivation the boys would need. But if we can add in “do it for Dave” and it helps, then why not.

Its an unnerving task this Saturday. The Dogs will smell our blood from the last three weeks in the water. On the other hand, we simply have to deliver an appropriate response after that substandard performance last week. Both teams have so much to play for and that makes for a potentially cracking game.

We’re all on board all the time but that doesn’t mean we can’t respectfully remove the purple rose coloured glasses at times and have a candid chat about all aspects of the club. Talking things out and speaking from the purple heart is always the therapeutically way forward.  

So, click the play button and join us for a 45 minute chat about selections, where we’re at as a club, our neglect of our areas of deficiency and the big clash Saturday night. 

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