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Changes next week - what to do?

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How far away is Jamar? Why don't we bring in Gawn into the forwards and can ruck and have Jamar just play forward?

Because what will that achieve? Jamar hasn't looked dangerous forward in about 2 years and Spencer is a better ruck these days.

Spencer can't mark and can barely kick, but he runs, chases, tackles, competes and whilst he needs to work on where he hits it he does win his share of hit outs against lesser rucks.

Not matter how ugly it is if all players did their role like Spencer we would've won by 5 goals.

Against West Coast we need second ruck, we also need a forward who can at least grab a mark every now and then. Luckily Maximus Gawnius might do a little of both. Not expecting miracles but an upgrade on Pedersen.

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    Gawn,Blease in.

    Injuries dictate at the moment.

    3 forwards,a hard nut mid and a top defender to come back.

    Pleasing to see Watts and Trengove get plenty of it.vince is a gem.Georgy boy is a find.

    Not reaching for the suicide helpline just yet.

    Looks like the team in the middle of the year will be stronger than this one by about 30 percent..

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    Problem is Jamar can neither mark nor kick

    Note to Cam Pedersen. When people want to replace you with Jamar as a primary forward you are in a heap of trouble.

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    Gawn,Blease in.

    Injuries dictate at the moment.

    3 forwards,a hard nut mid and a top defender to come back.

    Pleasing to see Watts and Trengove get plenty of it.vince is a gem.Georgy boy is a find.

    Not reaching for the suicide helpline just yet.

    Looks like the team in the middle of the year will be stronger than this one by about 30 percent..

    Plus even if they can't execute it properly they already understand the game plan. The delivery of it should now improve steadily especially if we manage to keep some good players fit and get back some tall forwards. I've always thought good coaches don't try to rush and fix everything over night with short cuts but play the long game. I think Roos is preparing this team to get better as the season goes on and personnel come back. That's the hope.

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    Gawn,Blease in.

    Injuries dictate at the moment.

    3 forwards,a hard nut mid and a top defender to come back.

    Pleasing to see Watts and Trengove get plenty of it.vince is a gem.Georgy boy is a find.

    Not reaching for the suicide helpline just yet.

    Looks like the team in the middle of the year will be stronger than this one by about 30 percent..

    Agree with this - Gawn in to give us something to point at and take a turn in the ruck. Plus it means we don't have to make guys like Byrnes, JKH , Howe our primary targets. It will take pressure of them

    I like Boy George and he will add plenty to our defence as the season progresses - we'll need it.

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    Agree with this - Gawn in to give us something to point at and take a turn in the ruck. Plus it means we don't have to make guys like Byrnes, JKH , Howe our primary targets. It will take pressure of them

    I like Boy George and he will add plenty to our defence as the season progresses - we'll need it.

    Boy George it is then.

    I kinda like Georgy boy but your title is more appealing to the 80's kid.

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    Because what will that achieve? Jamar hasn't looked dangerous forward in about 2 years and Spencer is a better ruck these days.

    Spencer can't mark and can barely kick, but he runs, chases, tackles, competes and whilst he needs to work on where he hits it he does win his share of hit outs against lesser rucks.

    Not matter how ugly it is if all players did their role like Spencer we would've won by 5 goals.

    Against West Coast we need second ruck, we also need a forward who can at least grab a mark every now and then. Luckily Maximus Gawnius might do a little of both. Not expecting miracles but an upgrade on Pedersen.

    It will provide a target unlike last night, Jamar can take a mark our kick out years ago was bomb it to him out of the back line. Even if you had Jamar it brings JKH, Bail and those guys into the game. Think logically mate, don't just shoot down ideas!

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    Agree with this - Gawn in to give us something to point at and take a turn in the ruck. Plus it means we don't have to make guys like Byrnes, JKH , Howe our primary targets. It will take pressure of them

    I like Boy George and he will add plenty to our defence as the season progresses - we'll need it.

    who's he, leader of the culture club ?

    maybe play him up front BBO ?

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    who's he, leader of the culture club ?

    maybe play him up front BBO ?

    Plays more from behind I think.

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    IN Clarke , dawes Hogan viney garland blease , , don't tell me im dreamin , I know I am

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    Eagles are playing three rucks tonight, we may need pederson down back to get beaten.

    I actually agree. Pedersen is a decent long kick in space and overhead mark. Put him at CHB if McDonald is out so at least we will have the defenders to play on Kennedy, Sinclair, Cox/Nic Nat and Darling.

    Bulldogs tried playing small on them and it's not doing them any favours.

    The Fitz and Gawn combination seemed to work at Casey in previous years, lets hope they can give us something next week. The scariest thing is how good West Coast's pressure is. They are chasing and tackling like Hawthorn out at Casey. We are going to have to be really brave and run really hard to sweep the ball from the backline to the middle otherwise we will be chipping it across our goal line and kicking to a contest deep in defense.

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    Out at Casey yesterday the only players who looked ready and match fit were Gawn and Blease.

    Salem looked good in patches but needs more development.

    The rest looked like they needed more game time to be match ready.

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    Spencer vs Nic Nat next weekend

    I am already cringing

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    Spencer vs Nic Nat next weekend

    I am already cringing

    I'm more worried about Cox. Spencer is a fighter and has some speed, he can run with Nic Nat around the ground and fight for some hit outs. Cox is just such a great mark and really smart footballer he could show up Spencer.

    Fortunately it should be Spencer and Gawn together and hopefully they can battle away and stop some of West Coasts ruck dominance.

    That will probably mean seeing Spencer play forward again though for a bit of the game which is always a massive concern.

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    Spencer vs Nic Nat next weekend

    I am already cringing

    Yeah NicNat might pull off an amazing almost mark or almost goal to go with his handful of touches and general confusion about what to do...

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    B- Dunn, Frawley, Terlich

    HB- Grimes, Pederson, Georgiou

    C- Trengove, Watts, Howe

    HF- Blease, Fitzpatrick, Vince

    FF- Toumpas, Gawn, Byrnes

    Fol- Spencer, Tyson, Jones

    int- McKenzie, Cross, M.Jones, sub- Mitchie

    ins- Gawn, McKenzie, Blease

    outs- McDonald (inj), JKH, Bail

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    Plays more from behind I think.

    Back pocket specialist

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    It's going to be ugly next Saturday unless the players start to believe.

    Remember Round 2 2010

    We were $17 outsiders as i remember. One of the last great games i have seen.

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    Yeah NicNat might pull off an amazing almost mark or almost goal to go with his handful of touches and general confusion about what to do...

    And the 50 hitouts to advantage he will get jumping over Spencer all game that will no doubt give the WC midfielders an armchair ride

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    And the 50 hitouts to advantage he will get jumping over Spencer all game that will no doubt give the WC midfielders an armchair ride

    Well he got 12 hitouts total today in a game they won by over 10 goals, but you can keep buying into the Brian Taylor way of watching footy. Woweeee what a leap...

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    Assuming Viney played and got through a full game.

    In: Gawn, Blease, Viney,

    Out: Pederson, Michie, JKH

    Pederson to play back if T-Mac out.

    michie out? nah man, theres no one better to replace him. i thought he did quite well

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    Well he got 12 hitouts total today in a game they won by over 10 goals, but you can keep buying into the Brian Taylor way of watching footy. Woweeee what a leap...

    I dont think hes a star, and after years of debate we saw on the weekend Watts is comfortably better

    But he will smash Spencer, if he doesnt ill be shocked, And we might just win.

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