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TEAM SELECTION AND MATCH PREVIEW - ROUND 1

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old55 Legend

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Joel Smith hardly a surprise after Garland went down, with Hibberd and Wagner already unavailable.  Congrats and good luck to Joel.

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The Chazz
The Chazz

Don't care what anyone says, we are a better team with Jetta in it.

watchtheeyes
watchtheeyes
Little Goffy
Little Goffy

Tell you what, we've been left in no doubt about Goodwin's attacking game plan. Jetta in makes me happy, Hannan is a surprise good luck to the kid, may he kick goals with his first three kicks. J

bandicoot Redleg

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12 minutes ago, ArtificialWisdom said:

Yeah, that was the start of his end of season collapse where he just couldnt find the goals after that.

We were also coming off the Darwin game which wouldn't have helped 

old55 Legend

old55   23,836

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30 minutes ago, Grand New Flag said:

Team has been selected.

There are some big surprises!!!

That is all I can say.

A big surprise would be someone who didn't play JLT like Hannan.

If Tyson's out because "he's underdone", then it would be a surprise to see Kent who has had even less exposure.

Smith hardly a surprise with the injuries we have back there to medium talls.

Reading Goodwin's player reviews I think he likes ANB's pre-season and he may play ahead of others.

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old dee Legend

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1 minute ago, Fifty-5 said:

A big surprise would be someone who didn't play JLT like Hannan.

If Tyson's out because "he's underdone", then it would be a surprise to see Kent who has had even less exposure.

Smith hardly a surprise with the injuries we have back there to medium talls.

Reading Goodwin's player reviews I think he likes ANB's pre-season and he may play ahead of others.

What is his skill that hurts the opposition? I don't see one.

At best he is serviceable IMO.

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old55 Legend

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1 minute ago, old dee said:

What is his skill that hurts the opposition? I don't see one.

At best he is serviceable IMO.

I don't have the mag with me so I can't exactly quote it but in essence Goodwin said he'd had a great pre-season and really plays the game the way we want it to be played.  I think he's a bit vanilla too but I'm just trying to read the tea leaves.

watchtheeyes Mighty Demon

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6 minutes ago, Fifty-5 said:

A big surprise would be someone who didn't play JLT like Hannan.

If Tyson's out because "he's underdone", then it would be a surprise to see Kent who has had even less exposure.

Smith hardly a surprise with the injuries we have back there to medium talls.

Reading Goodwin's player reviews I think he likes ANB's pre-season and he may play ahead of others.

A big, but pleasant surprise could be trenners....?

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Diamond_Jim Legend

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If Watts is not selected it is another stuff up by the new management. (The other was the co-captaincy)

Watts is clearly best 22... ok he could be better.... but this will make the weekend all about Watts and not about team improvement.

Hopefully Watts is selected... we have a win and can get the season away to a decent start. MFCSS says otherwise of course !!

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Copuchas Demon

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Anyone who didn't play JLT and isn't considered "best 22" would be a big surprise:  Hannan, Pedersen, Kennedy, Trengove.  Jetta / Tyson / Kent / Garlett all have an element of surprise by virtue of limited JLT / Casey time.  We shall see..... 

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Damo Redleg

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This has been a terrific pre-season in my view. Ive enjoyed it anyway. :)

The new frantic hard hitting approach must lead to a better start of season than any I can remember for at least 10 years.

Im happy to back the best 22 pinned onto the changeroom wall this afternoon.

 

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GawnWithTheWind Mighty Demon

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30 minutes ago, Grand New Flag said:

Yes, but my view is that it is a strong team.

 

Give us more more more!

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At the break of Gawn Redleg

At the break of Gawn   4,460

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1 minute ago, Siren said:

Big surprise coming for round 1 team. Confirming what GNF must have been told as well.

Can you elaborate please? ?

picket fence Legend

picket fence   17,978

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The suspense is killing me, I have a bad feeling about this!!:blink:

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Demi Dee Demon

Demi Dee   578

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10 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Just tell us you [snip]

Rumours starting to pop up that maybe Hannan might debut.  Watts doing extra ruck duties at training. Guess we'll find out pretty soon. 

McQueen Legend

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All this anticipation coupled with some supposed surprises has me so worked up!

It's a real bonus living in WA and getting the teams announced 3 hours earlier than Vic.

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