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Match Preview and Team Selection - Round 10

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That could work too. With a new midfield coach in Stone, I would expect him to look less lost and actually know where to be positioned at stoppages. Last year he looked lost, but so did most of our mids.

Most of our team along with the supporters 'Adam'.

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    Cross will get Ebert, Jones on Boak, and Viney on Wines.

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    Toump got a lot of games last year which he didn't deserve and by contrast he has been a bit stiff this year.

    He had a really strong pre-season doing all the running and then when it came to selection found himself being made a small forward, which we all know is a graveyard when you lose.

    His first two games were just OK but like others he struggled to get the ball and because Shannon Byrnes kicked two goals against the Eagles, he was victim of the only purge we had this season after the shocker against West Coast.

    He looked fairly classy against Tigers and with Salem playing that small role, he was able to play a bit more upfield and got his hands on a bit more cheap ball where he used his classy disposal skills.

    Ultimately, however, just like Trengove, he needs to find an extra yard or he will never quite make it. I just hope Misson realises that they need a sprints coach to come in and assist and both these guys need to make a session of 50x50m part of their weekly routine.

    Toumpas still might make it as a Kade Simpson type because he has elite disposal skills and the good thing is that he is very willing to tackle - unlike some outside players. He might eventually become an inside-player, but we all know that's not why he was recruited - he was chosen because he was the most skillful outside running player of his year - the problem was that because he was injured mid-season, our recruiting gurus failed to realise that he lacked true speed - a pretty important commodity I would have thought for an outside player. Todd Viney, if you recall, wanted Wines but was overruled. What I'd like to know is whether he was over-ruled by Neeld?

    But regardless of whether it was Neeld, Jimmy T is a great bloke to have around the club from all reports and he has shown that he might become a very handy inside player down the track when he gets another chance.

    And if we get another player with speed in this year's draft - eg: WA's Clem Smith - then the issue about his leg-speed and Trengove's becomes less crucial - because he has the right other attrributes.

    Think you are being very hard on Trenners. No one accused him of being slow in his first year. Indeed his football smarts usually meant he was exactly at the right place at the right time, was a tackling machine,and was an excellent mark for his size. He has lost none of those attributes,but due to his injury has had his mobility seriously restricted. When he is back to full fitness he will return to the elite endurance athlete that he was (just like his sister) and will run all day at speed. Provided the operation and recovery is successful I have no doubt Trenners will become the A grade all Australian we all knew he would be when we drafted him. Hogan, a fit Trenners, a firing Breeze (I still think Roos will get him up and running), and even (we can only dream) a renewed and fit Clark is an eye watering prospect next year. Bring it on.

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    Cross will get Ebert, Jones on Boak, and Viney on Wines.

    Yep, that's probably close to right although I think Tyson may start in the middle and by default have Wines. I wouldn't be surprised to see Cross go to Boak. We match up ok, let's see how it goes on game day though.

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    Yep, that's probably close to right although I think Tyson may start in the middle and by default have Wines. I wouldn't be surprised to see Cross go to Boak. We match up ok, let's see how it goes on game day though.

    How would Viney on Wines work? Probably both get stretchered off.

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    I'm glad we get to see Toump in this game. Got a bit of it last time and gets a chance to build some more confidence at this level.

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    How would Viney on Wines work? Probably both get stretchered off.

    It's been a long time since Tracy, still not fair on the Darwinites to have to rebuild again.

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    It's been a long time since Tracy, still not fair on the Darwinites to have to rebuild again.

    It's getting really nasty if the violence spreads from Alice to Darwin!

    Certainly hope the Toump goes better in the southern part of the NT than he did in Darwin last year.

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