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MATCH PREVIEW AND TEAM SELECTION - Round 11

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It's just a footy match. They come round every week. This one is no more or less important.

 

For the right amount of money, I can be who ever you want me to be. :roos:

mea culpa.......grovel, grovel

shot down in flames - LOL


 

Purple actually has something decent to say about a Dees player:

Melbourne
we're talking about Sam Mitchell ... ... we pose this question: is his title as best exponent of an opposite foot kick under threat? Yep, it is. Angus Brayshaw has arrived.

The media have not been our back to much of late. I guess there are other fish to fry (Suns, bombers, blues, lions). Nice to see other clubs getting some heat. But also we have been playing some good footy so there is no reason for the media to beat up on us.


Good team, looks balanced. Surprised Fitzy comes out considering Garland is gone, but we can get away with two KPD on Roo and Bruce.

Hopefully Michie or Riley starts as sub. Get some responsibility on the younger guys' shoulders and see how hungry they are to make an impression.

Fitzy out. Glad to see. I love him but we were way too tall down back.


An interesting/strange bench: I/C: Billy Stretch, Viv Michie, Aidan Riley, Alex Neal-Bullen

Special moment for ANB and Stretch when they go out together (and when they relay the ball down the middle to get ANB his first goal! :rolleyes:)

For the right amount of money, I can be who ever you want me to be. :roos:

You sure you're on the right forum?

Anyone have a breakdown of the average age and games played of the two sides?

Fitzy out. Glad to see. I love him but we were way too tall down back.

Not only that, I'm glad to see they're taking a "horses for courses" approach with Fitzy. They obviously had him in the squad in the first place because they expected Hickey to play. Now he's not, it's the right move to leave out Fitzy.

I'd like to think they've learned from when we went in far too tall against GWS & got run off our feet.


Great to see our younger guys forcing their way into the side on the back of some good form. Can't wait to see what ANB can bring, seems like a calm and professional young guy.

I remember a young McLean and Sylvia at Etihad or whatever the [censored] it was called back then waxing all game against Richmond in a nice win.

Something similar from ANB and Stretch in any sort of win thank you please lads.

Prefer Riley as the sub. At this stage in his career, I think he offers more as an impact player than over 4 quarters.

 

Not only that, I'm glad to see they're taking a "horses for courses" approach with Fitzy. They obviously had him in the squad in the first place because they expected Hickey to play. Now he's not, it's the right move to leave out Fitzy.

I'd like to think they've learned from when we went in far too tall against GWS & got run off our feet.

And Port, and Collingwood...


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