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Posted (edited)

Teams are in - unchanged.

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Posted (edited)
2 minutes ago, Scythe said:

Teams are in - unchanged.

A tall comes out late or stupidity reigns or maybe rains.

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On what basis could they withdraw say OMac. A feigned injury or does there have to be a legitimate Doctors certificate (or similar!)

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An aspect of the game that seems to have escaped DL attention is that Nat Jones plays against little bro Zac for the first time ever  http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/2016-06-17/big-brother-nath-ready-for-little-bro-zak

He is looking forward to it: “We’re both really competitive, and our Mum and Dad will be up there watching, but we haven’t spoken much about footy this week on the phone. I think we’re both looking forward to it – and hopefully I’ll get one up on him...The main thing is that we get the job done, so I’ve got all of the bragging rights"

Some nice bro love: “I’ve actually already warned him [about wrestling me],” he said...“He’s staying at my house for four days, so if he engages in any kind of wrestle and I get fined out of it, he’ll be paying for it.

Should be fun to watch their contests!

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21 hours ago, Bombay Airconditioning said:

He did but I thought Frost did as well. The dropping of one maybe even two talls (which most likely won't happen) would only be for this Sunday's game where we could get as much as 4 inches of rain. 

Maybe we need talls to keep their heads above the tide?  :-))

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from the aust met bureau (just now)

Sunday 19 June

Summary
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Min 14
Max 20
Rain.
Possible rainfall: 15 to 35 mm
Chance of any rain: 95% rain_95.gif

Sydney area

Cloudy. Very high (95%) chance of rain. Light winds becoming south to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h in the late afternoon then becoming light in the late evening.

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Demons: Unchanged.

Swans: four changes. Kurt Tippett (hamstring), Harry Marsh (hamstring) and Jeremy Laidler (knee) to injury while Harry Cunningham has been omitted.

So after several pages of banter about tall coming in for a short player, Cunningham and Laidler are both out!

While there will be rain the SCG may not be a cow paddock.  Grounds drain pretty well these days and the wind will dry the surface off a little.  Will definitely play damp but not necessarily the Casey-like bogs that some seem to think.  Just hope we learnt from the Hawks game that the ball doesn't bounce and to play off the ground!

I reckon there might just be an upset!

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I'm guessing (probably wrong) that they play T-Mac on Buddy, O-Mac on resting ruckman, and Frost on Gary Rohan. Hunt would be the only one that could keep up with Rohan, but I think he would be too strong overhead, so I'm thinking Frost gets first crack.

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Why the heck are we going in so tall with so many of their talls out?

Selection is just baffling this year. We obviously learned nothing from Buckley's [censored] up last week.

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10 hours ago, JV7 said:

One of Frost or OMac must be withdrawn from the squad (i was impressed with both last week but conditions don't suit). We have one tall too many for the conditions, surely Roos & match comittee can see this... TMac to take Buddy & Frost/Omac to take Sinclair/2nd ruck when their down there. We cant have Roos in the presser saying "we got it wrong at selection" AGAIN. Ideally I'd go with:

IN: Grimes 

OUT: OMac 

 

 

This is what I would have done and do think including is a mistake. O-Mac I have been supporter of, he has improved each week, but they are not tall and the conditions call for an extra runner not a light tall.

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I wouldn't rule out a late change still... Why would they make the change tonight, better off waiting and seeing what the conditions are like tomorrow & on gameday. I'd think if it's as wet as their predicting a tall will go out with a mystery injury when the team sheets are lodged Sunday. 

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Unchanged after a 6 day break as well. Didn't Roos specifically lament that mistake after the short break St Kilda debacle as well?

We've got so many inconsistent kids who will be tired in the legs for a game that'll be a gruelling slog. Would've thought 2 changes should be the minimum with a 6 day break given our age profile.

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2 hours ago, jnrmac said:

On what basis could they withdraw say OMac. A feigned injury or does there have to be a legitimate Doctors certificate (or similar!)

That he's no good??

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The boys have the bye to look forward to though so the message has got to be, give everything that you have, and you can rest the next week.

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2 hours ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

Demons: Unchanged.

Swans: four changes. Kurt Tippett (hamstring), Harry Marsh (hamstring) and Jeremy Laidler (knee) to injury while Harry Cunningham has been omitted.

So after several pages of banter about tall coming in for a short player, Cunningham and Laidler are both out!

While there will be rain the SCG may not be a cow paddock.  Grounds drain pretty well these days and the wind will dry the surface off a little.  Will definitely play damp but not necessarily the Casey-like bogs that some seem to think.  Just hope we learnt from the Hawks game that the ball doesn't bounce and to play off the ground!

I reckon there might just be an upset!

Indeed. It'll be slippery but not slow under foot.

We've had a game against another top 4 side in the Hawks just recently so that will benefit the group enormously.

Upset on the way.

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That said, if it's torrential rain it will be a slog.
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7 minutes ago, SaberFang said:

Unchanged after a 6 day break as well. Didn't Roos specifically lament that mistake after the short break St Kilda debacle as well?

We've got so many inconsistent kids who will be tired in the legs for a game that'll be a gruelling slog. Would've thought 2 changes should be the minimum with a 6 day break given our age profile.

Did you watch the Casey match?  I don't think the extra day to recover would outweigh the slog they had to endure.  No point in replacing a tired player with a buggered one.

 

 

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28 minutes ago, SaberFang said:

Why the heck are we going in so tall with so many of their talls out?

Selection is just baffling this year. We obviously learned nothing from Buckley's [censored] up last week.

We're not Collingwood and our talls are a far sight better than what the Pies fielded last week.

Relax FFS.

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First time poster....

interesting when comparing direct opponents on afl match centre team sheets using afl rankings Melbourne actually leads 13 to 9. Last week against Collingwood it was 11 each. Sydney has the 5 highest players then drop away to quite a few inexperienced players. They are missing 7 players from there finals loss to north last year. If a player like Tommy bugg can do a similar tagging job on one of there gun mids like last week it could really tip the balance as they seem to rely on those top five players. Go the jugular Dees!

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6 hours ago, Wiseblood said:

Why do I need to?  Can't you work it out?  Harmes has been in horrible form for the past month, while Trengove put together an excellent 6 week block of games and duly got promoted to the senior side.  Trengove has been very solid over these past 2 games and there is no reason to drop him for Harmes.

Anyone watching our games would know this.

Thank you for your carefully considered response. It was remiss of me to not watch the Melbourne Football Club before commenting.

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26 minutes ago, Skuit said:

Thank you for your carefully considered response. It was remiss of me to not watch the Melbourne Football Club before commenting.

You asked me to elaborate and I did, yet you're still not happy. Funny that.

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44 minutes ago, Viney is king said:

First time poster....

interesting when comparing direct opponents on afl match centre team sheets using afl rankings Melbourne actually leads 13 to 9. Last week against Collingwood it was 11 each. Sydney has the 5 highest players then drop away to quite a few inexperienced players. They are missing 7 players from there finals loss to north last year. If a player like Tommy bugg can do a similar tagging job on one of there gun mids like last week it could really tip the balance as they seem to rely on those top five players. Go the jugular Dees!

Welcome to the dark side.

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20 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

You asked me to elaborate and I did, yet you're still not happy. Funny that.

I am happy. And I thanked you for elaborating. Go Dees!

Posted
1 hour ago, Viney is king said:

First time poster....

interesting when comparing direct opponents on afl match centre team sheets using afl rankings Melbourne actually leads 13 to 9. Last week against Collingwood it was 11 each. Sydney has the 5 highest players then drop away to quite a few inexperienced players. They are missing 7 players from there finals loss to north last year. If a player like Tommy bugg can do a similar tagging job on one of there gun mids like last week it could really tip the balance as they seem to rely on those top five players. Go the jugular Dees!

Welcome to the nut house Viney. 

Brace yourself!

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