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MATCH PREVIEW & TEAM SELECTION - ROUND 1, 2016


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1 hour ago, barneymfc said:

was going to renew full redlegs membership tonight but the the team selection shocked me ,if they dont pick dunn they have lost me ,the club treats us paying supporters like crap if players are injured or what ever we should know .JAM it where the sun dont shine

The club is finally not run by the players, best team selected at all times. Grow up. 

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1 hour ago, picket fence said:

In what universe and on what planet  does Oscar Mc Donald get a game in front of Lynden Dunn???

Answer?? NONE!

I'll Say it!

THIS IS THE WORST SELECTION DECISION OF ALL TIME FMD!!!!

I'm livid, this is potentially a game changing decision

If Dunn is right then he plays, Absolutely no question!

Huge Huge gamble and massive fail in my book!

Oscar Mc Donald FMD!

 

I was only half serious in the other thread of hoping OMac being selected ahead of Dunn. But this thread has been totally worth it.

Not sure why the coaches wouldn't select our best side at all times. Oscar needs to develop for sure but I think Dunn needs to  get another game or two in.

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11 minutes ago, Tilbrooktorpedo said:

I am OK with Oscar

 

Just looking at the GWS team theres nobody for Dunn to play on.  Tomlinson is their only tall and hes not even a true tall, he plays up the ground and has never been a goal kicker.

Selection makes sense

 

Edit - they have Paul Stweart, didnt sere him. theyve named him on the wing ........

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10 minutes ago, watchtheeyes said:

Dubious connection... But I love it! 

Just running with it, dream midline, very excited. Go Dee's 

 

24 minutes ago, Petraccattack said:

O Mac ahead of Dunn?  Wow

He is a little under Dunn.  

Sorry, I am ashamed. 

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1 hour ago, barneymfc said:

was going to renew full redlegs membership tonight but the the team selection shocked me ,if they dont pick dunn they have lost me ,the club treats us paying supporters like crap if players are injured or what ever we should know .JAM it where the sun dont shine

Talk about a hissy fit. If that's an indication of your fickleness, then good riddance to bad rubbish. Leave now and watch us rise from a distance.

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FB: Jetta  Garland  Oscar Mc
HB: Vince Tom Mc  Salem
C: M Jones Jones  Bugg
HF: Vanders  Watts  Kent
FF: Pedersen  Hogan  Garlett
Foll: Gawn  Viney  Tyson
Int: Oliver Harmes Kennedy Frost

I think that's a truer representation of how the team will line up.

Vince and Jones will swap back and on the ball. Bugg will rotate to half back, Harmes will come to wing or forward. Kent will have a few minutes on the wing. Frost might ruck and/or will come on forward for Pedersen to ruck or to spell Hogan. Kennedy will come on forward. Vanders will go up to the middle or a wing. Oliver will play forward and in the middle.

There's a lot of speed and run, pretty much everyone besides Pedersen who will play forward of centre has speed and we have increased endurance in the backline group, which means run to cover off defensively and run the other way to get some quick rebound.

I'd love a class user on the outside and a bit more experience in each zone of the ground but we can't be negative about this team. 

Carlton are showing tonight what you can do playing as a side and I like that this is pretty much the side that took on the Saints - Grimes replaced Matt Jones at 1/4 time and Wagner is out for Vanders. We ran that game out strongly playing the style of footy we wanted to play. Time to back it up.

 

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3 hours ago, dees189227 said:

Wow so its come around again. The topic of selection. Rapt that Oliver is playing. I just hope we don't make him sub. Let the kid play instead of sitting on the bench for 3 quarters getting all nervous. I didnt get to see our  games live , only seen snippets but geez I hope we bring the good from in. 

News flash dees. No sub this year. If he starts on the bench, I'd say he wouldn't be on it long enough to warm it up.

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2 hours ago, Moneider96 said:

Omac over Dunn? You've got to be kidding me...

Cognilio is another notable absentee. That's good i guess.

It's Coniglio, you rabbit.   !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Managia, che scemo !!!!!!!!!!!

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I am not a Matt Jones fan but let's give him credit for his preseason and possibly resurrecting his career. Roos is heavily into assigning players roles and maybe he'll find his place as a tagger. He certainly has a good tank. The big big problem as been his disposal and turnovers. Hopefully the coaches have ironed some of the problems out.

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2 hours ago, Seraph said:

“Dunny’s probably a little bit similar [to Brayshaw and Lumumba] – he hadn’t played a lot over the last couple of weeks as well.

“So they’re three that from a fitness point of view, we were able to leave out, based on the form of some of our current players.”

 

He's not ready to play, in the eyes of the coaches. Neither is Brayshaw. Neither is H.

You don't know better than they do. Neither does that other idiot claiming he wont buy a membership if Dunn doesn't play.

I'm calling [censored] on Barney being a member at all. Think about all the [censored] we have put up with over the years. 

Think about how hopeless we have been. How we lost on purpose. The constant rebuild. The $cully saga. The wasted draft picks. 186. Mark Neeld. Cam Schwab. The Jurrah machete saga.

Barney stayed a true member through it all only to throw in the towel because Omac was selected in front of Dunn.

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1 hour ago, Petraccattack said:

 

Just looking at the GWS team theres nobody for Dunn to play on.  Tomlinson is their only tall and hes not even a true tall, he plays up the ground and has never been a goal kicker.

Selection makes sense

 

Edit - they have Paul Stweart, didnt sere him. theyve named him on the wing ........

Oscar is taller than Dunn so why is he getting a game? 

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Just now, bandicoot said:

Oscar is taller than Dunn so why is he getting a game? 

I've got some advice:

Head down to Coles, buy yourself a box of Kleenex and wipe up all those tears you've shed over the fact Oscar McDonald was selected over Dunn.  It might take a while, but you'll get there.

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