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You dont know my old man - fairly dopey

They all are mate...seem to get smarter as you get older.

 

My old man was on the same flight as the team to Darwin, said JKH, Hogan and Garland were all there. Didnt see Spencer (but could easily have missed him(

i thought Hogan was coming from Perth?

i thought Hogan was coming from Perth?

well he did say his old man was a bit dopey.......it was probably spencer :lol:

 

This really is the MFC 2015 GF.

Win & we are 5-8 with a good draw coming up, confidence will be high and we are still a live chance.

Lose & we go 4-9 all over, playing to show improvement for next year again.

Hogan, Garland, JKH should all play, all or nothing.


The source is apparently a bit dopey..

Just passing on a message - although when I asked who wasn't there - his answer was Jack Spencer so...maybe best to disregard!

Given that Garland is fit, I'd say D Andrew has it about right. It will be interesting to see what percentage of the game Gawn and Spencer will be on the ground at the same time.

Its bloody amazing that Stretch and ANB get games ahead of players like Bail and Riley who have been in the game a lot longer than them, well done to them...

Worried about us going in too tall. It worked at the Cattery in perfect conditions, but a night game in Darwin will be played in slippery conditions that aren't conducive to taller players. Happy to back the selection committee, but if we bring in both Hogan and Garland then at least one tall player needs to make way as well.

Pick the best team possible, tall or small.
 

Pick the best team possible, tall or small.

I don't think it's that simple to be honest. Pick the best team, but the team has to be suited to the conditions and the opposition. It's no good picking a side that is in the best form but then seeing them run off their feet because we didn't select the correct side. If we were playing this in WA or the G then I'd be happy with the selections, but we know what the conditions are like up north. Very happy to stand corrected if we win though.


I'd like the Toump to get a good run, give him some further confidence and not drop him on the back of one average game.

Edit: Terrible spelling.

Don't get my wrong I rate the Toump but I am concerned in the humidity and taking an extra tall can he go the distance. Very happy he is in the side..

The Prince out with a foot! When did that happen?

I'm surprised you are concerning yourself with such pedestrian matters Earl !

BBO I always concern myself with matters of royalty. He is the Prince after all!

This really is the MFC 2015 GF.

Win & we are 5-8 with a good draw coming up, confidence will be high and we are still a live chance.

Lose & we go 4-9 all over, playing to show improvement for next year again.

Hogan, Garland, JKH should all play, all or nothing.

A bit hyperbolic, don't you think?

Edited by titan_uranus


The source is apparently a bit dopey..

Haha, the old dopey source. They're always pretty reliable.

This really is the MFC 2015 GF.

Win & we are 5-8 with a good draw coming up, confidence will be high and we are still a live chance.

Lose & we go 4-9 all over, playing to show improvement for next year again.

Hogan, Garland, JKH should all play, all or nothing.

Absolute rubbish.

Its bloody amazing that Stretch and ANB get games ahead of players like Bail and Riley who have been in the game a lot longer than them, well done to them...

Probably says a bit more about Bail and Riley to be honest. But good on them.

I don't think it's that simple to be honest. Pick the best team, but the team has to be suited to the conditions and the opposition. It's no good picking a side that is in the best form but then seeing them run off their feet because we didn't select the correct side. If we were playing this in WA or the G then I'd be happy with the selections, but we know what the conditions are like up north. Very happy to stand corrected if we win though.

I think the reasoning would be as follows: Dawes and Hogan should benefit each other in tandem. Dawes will play the same lead up game that's important regardless of conditions, he can't mark anyway so the conditions don't make him worse. Hogan moves as well as any small forward option. Scrappy games means a heap of stoppages. We need 2 rucks and don't have a better option, so Spencer plays. Howe's a better option as a small forward than anyone else as well.

Unfortunately with Frost and Pedersen both injured we are short on forward/ruck options. Fitzy has been injured and isn't reliable enough to pick yet.

Sometimes you have to grind out a win without a perfectly set up team.

I think the reasoning would be as follows: Dawes and Hogan should benefit each other in tandem. Dawes will play the same lead up game that's important regardless of conditions, he can't mark anyway so the conditions don't make him worse. Hogan moves as well as any small forward option. Scrappy games means a heap of stoppages. We need 2 rucks and don't have a better option, so Spencer plays. Howe's a better option as a small forward than anyone else as well.

Unfortunately with Frost and Pedersen both injured we are short on forward/ruck options. Fitzy has been injured and isn't reliable enough to pick yet.

Sometimes you have to grind out a win without a perfectly set up team.

It's pretty crazy to think that if we had no injuries we'd also potentially have to find room for Vandenberg, Salem, Kent, Grimes, Petracca and Trengove... very good signs

edit: oh and Lumumba

Edited by Curry & Beer

It's pretty crazy to think that if we had no injuries we'd also potentially have to find room for Vandenberg, Salem, Kent, Grimes, Petracca and Trengove... very good signs

Yes moreso when you consider that Vanders was a complete surprise packet!


Interesting that for weeks Demonlanders have been selecting (or commenting on) potential teams on the basis that it is going to be wet and slippery (e.g. Don't go,tall)! What if it's dry?

Interesting that for weeks Demonlanders have been selecting (or commenting on) potential teams on the basis that it is going to be wet and slippery (e.g. Don't go,tall)! What if it's dry?

I think we have gone too tall, wet or dry.

Interesting that for weeks Demonlanders have been selecting (or commenting on) potential teams on the basis that it is going to be wet and slippery (e.g. Don't go,tall)! What if it's dry?

Every year we (or any other side) has been up there the humidity and other conditions have led to the ball being greasy and hard to control. The weather has been dry but the game played in slippery conditions. You'd have to ask a local but I presume it would be the same.

JKH in for Dawes, Spencer or (if not 100% fit) Hogan would certainly still be a possibility.

Edited by Georgiou R.R. Martin

 

It's pretty crazy to think that if we had no injuries we'd also potentially have to find room for Vandenberg, Salem, Kent, Grimes, Petracca and Trengove... very good signs

Grimes isn't best 22, but Salem would take his spot anyway. Next year, Kent will take Howe's. Not sure Trengove is best 22. He'd have to prove himself at VFL level first. With a few more Roos/Taylor/Viney specials this off season and we'll start to see some depth in some of these positions emerge.

Grimes isn't best 22, but Salem would take his spot anyway. Next year, Kent will take Howe's. Not sure Trengove is best 22. He'd have to prove himself at VFL level first. With a few more Roos/Taylor/Viney specials this off season and we'll start to see some depth in some of these positions emerge.

Agree. We are building the foundations and lifting our standards. The two ex co-captains are no way in our best 22 unless they work their rears into oblivion. And Trengove won't be in our starting midfield next year unless he discovers unicorn blood


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