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7 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Vlaustin and Caddy in doubt. Though I suspect the latter will play.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-04-23/star-tigers-in-doubt-for-anzac-day-eve-clash

Frost dumped for this week (and possibly forever IMO)

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-04-23/big-demon-defender-out-of-tigers-clash

If you are hoping Frost is gone for good you are mad. I'd prefer him to Lever for a start

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16 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

Posters are stating their preference of Pederson over Weideman based on the formers game on the weekend. I won’t explain to them how silly this is. 

Go on, be a sport! Tell us your great wisdom

5 minutes ago, dworship said:

I keep asking for a face palm button.... that's not for you.

 

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35 minutes ago, chook fowler said:

Like the ins. Would have preferred Fritsch over Melksham.

Melk was a slow starter last year for the first 6 rounds. The footy dept kept the faith in him and he repaid them in spades. I suspect we may be seeing something similar....

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32 minutes ago, Farmer said:

Go on, be a sport! Tell us your great wisdom

 

I wouldn’t call it great wisdom, I’m just blessed with common sense..

I’ll try to keep it short and easy to understand as I didn’t think it warranted any further explanation.

Posters are referencing Pederson’s good game on the weekend as a reason he should have been selected for Tuesday’s game. Do you see the issue here? 

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1 minute ago, jnrmac said:

err we are managing the loads for the two games we have in 5 days........

Id rather win tomorrow...worry afterwards...i know...just me.

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4 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

Melk was a slow starter last year for the first 6 rounds. The footy dept kept the faith in him and he repaid them in spades. I suspect we may be seeing something similar....

I think this is somewhat of a myth and continued to grow over the preseason.

He was okay in the 2nd half of the season, certainly not spectacular. He has kicked 0.7 this season and burnt numerous teammates inside 50 (he often did this last season but kicked goals).

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45 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

Not thrilled that Fritsch is out.

 

32 minutes ago, BAMF said:

I hope it's part of a bigger plan that he misses tomorrow but ones straight back in for Sunday

 

32 minutes ago, Jaded said:

I would say Fritsch having a rest and might be back for Essendon off a short break. 

I worry about losing leg speed but I suppose Hunt and Stretch in balance that out a bit. 

Not confident at all. 

Surprised with Fritsch before Melk also.  Room for improvement, especially with his defensive work inside 50 but i still had Fritsch  ahead of Melk last week.

I'm guessing managed for the Bombres or maybe the week after vs the Saints?

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24 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

I'm interested to see how this plays out tomorrow night.

We all know that the Tigers have an excellent defence, and while we've been able to generate a bucket load of inside 50s, we've blazed away more often than not.  With Weideman coming in, does this give us the extra, leading target we've been craving?  At the very least the Weid can provide a contest and bring the ball to ground, even in a two on one situation.  Our mosquito fleet will need to be buzzing for 120 minutes to ensure that they don't get too many easy rebounds off half back.

At the other end we all know how poorly our defence has functioned as a unit in the first month of the season, and I like that we've dropped Frost to accommodate the fact that the Tigers play pretty small up forward.  Will that allow us to play Oscar on Riewoldt which frees up Lever to play the second man up?  Will we be able to release someone like Hibberd into the rebounding role he plays so well?  Can Jetta find some form and play a lock down role on one of their small forwards like Castagna or Butler?

I'm looking forward to how we respond tomorrow night and I think, on paper at least, we match up quite well against the Tigers.  We all know that doesn't get us very far and we'll need every player to give 100% to their role in the side tomorrow night.

Go Dees!

Reiwoldt kicked 6 last year in this game. Oscar didn't play. Lets hope that Oscar has a night out

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30 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

Id have rested him then...not now.

We need players who put in 100 min

. especially against the likes of Richmond.

This is wrong imho

Exactly BZ....9 days rest isn't enough?

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5 minutes ago, Watts the matter said:

I think this is somewhat of a myth and continued to grow over the preseason.

He was okay in the 2nd half of the season, certainly not spectacular. He has kicked 0.7 this season and burnt numerous teammates inside 50 (he often did this last season but kicked goals).

Melk was one of our best players in the second half. Kicked 21 goals in the last 12 games including at least 1 each game.

Do you actually watch the football?

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5 minutes ago, dee-tox said:

Really frustrating that Fritsch has been dropped. Harmes did sweet FA last week and was a liability. Fritsch was clean and was decent one on one. 

That fact he had to play a ruck role as well may have gone against him but yes in general play he was ordinary Dee.  He has a reprieve this week and lets hope we see him in a non-rucking role this time around.  Would love to see him run through a few tomorrow night and kick a few goals.  Would also love to see him or anyone except Jones/Clarry covering Dusty/Cotchin.

First 2 matches were reasonably good but has dropped away since the North encounter.

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22 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

I'm interested to see how this plays out tomorrow night.

We all know that the Tigers have an excellent defence, and while we've been able to generate a bucket load of inside 50s, we've blazed away more often than not.  With Weideman coming in, does this give us the extra, leading target we've been craving?  At the very least the Weid can provide a contest and bring the ball to ground, even in a two on one situation. 

This is interesting as I could see Weideman coming in to be that tall target while Hogan is released up the ground to hopefully run amok. The problem with that theory is that the Weid is left in the forward line with Rance - cant see that working too well although I know Gawn will spend time in the forward line at times. It says to me that Hogan will have to spend more time up forward or Weid will play an unusual role.

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16 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

With Weideman coming in, does this give us the extra, leading target we've been craving?  At the very least the Weid can provide a contest and bring the ball to Ground 

Go Dees!

Like all your comments bar this one

dont think he will be the one, he might in 12 months. Still I thought much the same about OMac but from middle last year he has pretty well advanced his output every match,  but we lost games while he gained experience. But all I could go on a footy field was clumsily run around getting in every ones way. Not much skill at all!  

GoDees and UHSOB magoos!

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Gee, Tigers fans aren't confident on Bigfooty.

Between calls of "Campaigners" and "Tanking" (Jones being called a "balled campaigner" was my favourite), they're mostly calling a heavy loss. Big change from early in the week.

Big test for the Tigers. Prestia also looks to be a late change for them.

I suspect we'll shorten in close to $2 ahead of the game tomorrow.

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2 minutes ago, praha said:

Gee, Tigers fans aren't confident on Bigfooty.

Between calls of "Campaigners" and "Tanking" (Jones being called a "balled campaigner" was my favourite), they're mostly calling a heavy loss. Big change from early in the week.

Big test for the Tigers. Prestia also looks to be a late change for them.

I suspect we'll shorten in close to $2 ahead of the game tomorrow.

Did you like how many of them were saying “this is their grand final”? 

Pack of absolute flogs. 

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I would almost accept the inevitable loss to Essendon the following week if it meant we won tomorrow night.

As a team, MFC need a big scalp to regain some confidence. We wont get a bigger stage to engage in brand repair.

Go dees.

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30 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

Melk was one of our best players in the second half. Kicked 21 goals in the last 12 games including at least 1 each game.

Do you actually watch the football?

Was he? This is news to me and revisionism at its finest. 

Which games do you remember him playing and being a significant factor? 

He was listed in our best players 3 times for the whole season (this included the final 2 games). He played 19 games (the equal 9th most) and finished 16th in our best and fairest which is skewed towards players who play more games.

21 goals in 12 games does sound good, and when you extend it to a whole season 40 goals would be impressive. 

And yes, I watch most games 2-3 times.

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