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Flying down to Melbourne with the family this morning. Wife's Grandmother's 99th birthday this weekend. She's done well, the old duck dear old thing, organising her party on the afternoon of the Demons game (and Trac's possible debut).

The wife is pumped: gets to see all her family (and the 99yo is a genuine matriarch).

The kids are pumped: get to see all the cousins, grandparents, great-grandparent, go on a plane (and a tram) and go to the 'G at night-time.

I'm pumped: get to go to the footy.

 

Of course last time we all came down for the footy was the Essendon debacle last year. So, my apologies in advance, Tigers by four goals.

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Posted
10 hours ago, Skuit said:

Freaky. Note to self: read entire thread before posting.

 

10 hours ago, KingDingAling said:

Don't worry bud, I have 15 alias on here.

Maybe that should have been 'note to selves'.

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Posted (edited)
14 hours ago, bing181 said:

Petracca won't play if Garlett gets up, which he probably will. Nor ANB, but they'll take ANB as emergency. Final listed bench:

Pedersen, Hunt, Kennedy, Garlett

Emergency: ANB

 

Agree with this strategy.  

Casey play Saturday night, it makes sense to use ANB as emergency for Garlett for Sunday night and miss Saturday night's game.  He is fully match fit and has great endurance - a week off wont hurt his preparation.  If Petracca is emergency and Garlett plays as hoped then Petracca misses a week's conditioning and that's not good for his preparation..

Mahoney:

“We now consider him as available for selection and if Jeff is unable to get through tomorrow's main session, Christian will be a chance to debut."

“Alex has played at a consistently high level at Casey for the last few weeks and comes into the squad.”

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Posted (edited)
2 hours ago, Gorgoroth said:

I think there is going to be a lot of disappointed people here. 

I'm one of them, Trac's not playing. 

Roos said so this morning.

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Posted

As much as I would love to see Petracca play this week, I'm happy to wait a week if it means Gartlett gets up. He is worth a few goals out of nothing each game either kicking them of creating them and we really need him playing. Nobody else in our team creates goals out of half chances like he does and that's worth its weight in gold. 

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Posted
11 hours ago, KingDingAling said:

We will see, but I don't think so. Garlett mustn't have came up.

Jeez you post some tripe. 

 

Why is petracca any different to anyone else on the list? The club has repeatedly said regarding draft pick "it doesn't matter what pick they were when they get here, they are just another player who has to work hard"

Now I want to see him debut as much as anyone, but at the expense of garlett, who is one of the best small forwards in the game? Why has there always got to be hidden motives? He's around the mark. At this point in his very brief and interrupted career, he's obviously between 22nd-27th on the list.

Posted
12 hours ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

I'm with you on this you imbecile picket - Petracca will play.

I laughed hard at this - you certainly know how to agree with someone !

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Posted
5 minutes ago, ArtificialWisdom said:

Sorry if someone already asked this but i really don't wanna read through the whole thread. Is someone going to the training this morning to let us all know how Garlett goes? 

Edit: Then pays attention to other threads and realises there is a whole one on training... how awkward

This is one of those instances where i use the delete post button.

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Posted (edited)

Few stats for those interested. Based on full 25 man squad.

          MFC            RFC            Diff   
Average Age 23.6 24.9   -1.3  
Average Games 71.1 95.6   -24.6  
           
Back Line          
Ave Age 24.8 24.7   0.2  
Ave Games 107.0 98.2   8.8  
           
Fol (includes wing)          
Ave Age 24.5 25.0   -0.5  
Ave Games 88.3 109.2   -20.8  
           
Fwd          
Ave Age 21.7 24.2   -2.5  
Ave Games 40.2 79.2   -39.0  
           
Int          
Ave Age 23.6 25.7   -2.1  
Ave Games 52.0 96.0   -44.0  
           
Melbourne          
Games   Backline             Fol         Fwd            Int         total
0-50 1 2 5 4 12
51-100 3 2 0 1 6
101-150 0 0 1 2 3
151-200 1 1 0 0 2
200+ 1 1 0 0 2
          25
RFC          
Games   Backline             Fol         Fwd            Int         total
0-50 3 1 3 2 9
51-100 0 2 0 3 5
101-150 2 1 2 0 5
151-200 0 2 1 1 4
200+ 1 0 0 1 2
          25

 

Fair to say that without our experience in the back line when compared to theirs that we are a much younger side. I still think our best can beat their best (just). It all comes down to who brings what to the table. 

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Posted
5 minutes ago, Chris said:

Few stats for those interested. Based on full 25 man squad.

Fair to say that without our experience in the back line when compared to theirs that we are a much younger side. I still think our best can beat their best (just). It all comes down to who brings what to the table.

 

Thanks - I like this analysis.

We're a year younger and a season's less games again like last week.

This time next year we should be as mature as the Collingwood and Richmond sides are now.

Posted
3 minutes ago, Fifty-5 said:

Thanks - I like this analysis.

We're a year younger and a season's less games again like last week.

This time next year we should be as mature as the Collingwood and Richmond sides are now.

And one can only hope on a much better trajectory! 

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Posted

Reckon we're looking at...

B: Neville Jetta, Tom McDonald, Tomas Bugg
HB: Lynden Dunn, Heritier Lumumba, Christian Salem
C: Bernie Vince, Dom Tyson, Josh Wagner
HF: Jack Watts, Sam Frost, James Harmes
F: Dean Kent, Jesse Hogan, Angus Brayshaw
Foll: Max Gawn, Nathan Jones, Jack Viney

I/C: Cameron Pedersen, Alex Neal-Bullen, Ben Kennedy, Jeff Garlett

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Posted (edited)

Hampson out of the squad and Townsend in.  You watch, they'll play Morris and Townsend and try and go the knuckle on the young Dees.  Hardwick learned it from Sheedy....the apple never falls far from the tree.  I think our boys will acquit themselves well if this transpires...

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Posted
On 4/20/2016 at 7:00 PM, Redleg said:

If Garlett is fit, he comes in with Vince.

There is a 6 day break after the Richmond game to the Saints game. I think Oliver looks like he needs a rest and he also needs to be looked after in his first year. If he is rested, he comes in fresh against the Saints.

I don't think Roos will drop Hunt after one game, which was ok, so the unlucky one could be Matt Jones.

Fairly accurate if I say so myself.

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Posted
1 hour ago, Fifty-5 said:

Thanks - I like this analysis.

We're a year younger and a season's less games again like last week.

This time next year we should be as mature as the Collingwood and Richmond sides are now.

And I like that our maturity sits in the back half with Dunn, Jetta and Lumumba which is exactly where you would like it to be.

Posted
1 hour ago, Chris said:

Few stats for those interested. Based on full 25 man squad.

          MFC            RFC            Diff   
Average Age 23.6 24.9   -1.3  
Average Games 71.1 95.6   -24.6  
           
Back Line          
Ave Age 24.8 24.7   0.2  
Ave Games 107.0 98.2   8.8  
           
Fol (includes wing)          
Ave Age 24.5 25.0   -0.5  
Ave Games 88.3 109.2   -20.8  
           
Fwd          
Ave Age 21.7 24.2   -2.5  
Ave Games 40.2 79.2   -39.0  
           
Int          
Ave Age 23.6 25.7   -2.1  
Ave Games 52.0 96.0   -44.0  
           
Melbourne          
Games   Backline             Fol         Fwd            Int         total
0-50 1 2 5 4 12
51-100 3 2 0 1 6
101-150 0 0 1 2 3
151-200 1 1 0 0 2
200+ 1 1 0 0 2
          25
RFC          
Games   Backline             Fol         Fwd            Int         total
0-50 3 1 3 2 9
51-100 0 2 0 3 5
101-150 2 1 2 0 5
151-200 0 2 1 1 4
200+ 1 0 0 1 2
          25

 

Fair to say that without our experience in the back line when compared to theirs that we are a much younger side. I still think our best can beat their best (just). It all comes down to who brings what to the table. 

Thanks for the stats, although I disagree with your conclusion.

Richmond have rubbish inside mids (who do they have outside of Cotchin), no quality small backs and a crapp game-plan, which relies on possession and (invariably) slow ball use until they're ready to pull the trigger.  They're not kicking well, which is a must with their game-plan and slow ball use has been smashed against sides that press hard and have a strong team defence.  They're killed on the turnover.  They could only manage 27 I50's last week against West Coast and average 44 for the season (we're 54).

If we bring the right effort and intensity I see this as a definite win due to being better around the stoppages and with a better game-plan. 

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Posted

FWIW.

I think they will name deledio, and if he isnt 90-100% on sunday morning, they'll make a late change.

Frustrating for my UF team!

Posted

What benefit does it serve Richmond to play games with Deledio, as far as team selection goes? They're crazy if they play him without match fitness; why even bother naming him unless you have every intention of being stupid enough to play him?

Posted
1 minute ago, SaberFang said:

What benefit does it serve Richmond to play games with Deledio, as far as team selection goes? They're crazy if they play him without match fitness; why even bother naming him unless you have every intention of being stupid enough to play him?

I fail to see your point, we named Garlett and were also not conviced of his fitness. We play sunday night and thats a long way from thursday night. I suspect that neither club would name a squad if they didnt have to.

Posted
16 minutes ago, ProDee said:

Thanks for the stats, although I disagree with your conclusion.

Richmond have rubbish inside mids (who do they have outside of Cotchin), no quality small backs and a crapp game-plan, which relies on possession and (invariably) slow ball use until they're ready to pull the trigger.  They're not kicking well, which is a must with their game-plan and slow ball use has been smashed against sides that press hard and have a strong team defence.  They're killed on the turnover.  They could only manage 27 I50's last week against West Coast and average 44 for the season (we're 54).

If we bring the right effort and intensity I see this as a definite win due to being better around the stoppages and with a better game-plan. 

I agree with what you have said based on current form. I still think their best, which they are a long way from playing, is pretty good. 

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Posted
6 minutes ago, SaberFang said:

What benefit does it serve Richmond to play games with Deledio, as far as team selection goes? They're crazy if they play him without match fitness; why even bother naming him unless you have every intention of being stupid enough to play him?

Knowing  our luck he'll probably play 80% game time, kick 3 goals and have 25 touches.

Posted
4 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Knowing  our luck he'll probably play 80% game time, kick 3 goals and have 25 touches.

and we'd still win by 5 goals :)

Posted
10 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Knowing  our luck he'll probably play 80% game time, kick 3 goals and have 25 touches.

Going to be a big weekend for a couple of the boys.

Get Viney to go see how Delidio's bodys feeling and maybe Bugg to ask Cotchin a few questions.

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