MATCH PREVIEW AND TEAM SELECTION - Round 13

[1964nowMORE 463]

Have a look at the Sydney weather bom, hours of heavy rain ahead. It's very wet at the ground but the surface is nice.

 

omac was slotting goals with ease earlier so not impossible to kick straight.

swans have several no names playing, so with the right mindset we are a chance.

[The Backyard Charizard 1,178]

Some heavy rain due shortly... Then I'm predicting another down pour in the last...

Should be fun!

[SaberFang 7,141]

On 17/06/2016 at 7:18 PM, sue said:

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.

You mean those "buggered" Casey players who put on a clinic yesterday with a 91 point victory?

We've lost all our 6-day break games this year by an average margin of 42 points, in perfect conditions no less. The reality is that our age profile means inconsistency after 6 day breaks. Add to that wet weather footy in Sydney versus Sydney and it was an absolute no-brainer to rotate a few of our kids who played in the seconds.

[Biffen 12,567]

We went in too tall and too skinny.

 

[sue 8,659]

1 hour ago, SaberFang said:

You mean those "buggered" Casey players who put on a clinic yesterday with a 91 point victory?

We've lost all our 6-day break games this year by an average margin of 42 points, in perfect conditions no less. The reality is that our age profile means inconsistency after 6 day breaks. Add to that wet weather footy in Sydney versus Sydney and it was an absolute no-brainer to rotate a few of our kids who played in the seconds.

Yes I do. Which one of them played so well last week that you would have replaced anyone and be confident that they were in better shape than the player they replaced? All very well to be wise after the event, but did you notice which team Casey beat and under what conditions compared to today's game.

[SaberFang 7,141]

20 minutes ago, sue said:

Yes I do. Which one of them played so well last week that you would have replaced anyone and be confident that they were in better shape than the player they replaced? All very well to be wise after the event, but did you notice which team Casey beat and under what conditions compared to today's game.

There were plenty of posters concerned about staying unchanged and going in too tall given the conditions, long before either of this weekend's results were known. We've seen some baffling selection decisions all year, so why change now? Today just continues our trend of losing every game played after a 6 day break.

You'd think the coaches would be clued in by now that inconsistent youth + short breaks is a bad combination, but maybe their focus is building culture by rewarding the winning team at the expense of having the freshest legs for the following match. Understandable, but I think most supporters would prefer the win in the short-term.

Edited June 19, 2016 by SaberFang