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TEAM SELECTION AND MATCH PREVIEW - ROUND 2

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Just now, Leoncelli_36 said:

Frost, Hibberd, Wagner....let's not start talking off-season in rd 2 coz we have a few players down.

I am waiting for Frost's toe to just be cut off... he is always injured.

Hibberd and Wagner are not tall defenders either.

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    Frost and Wagner back on track with Hibbard not far off. With those three again in contention for a spot we'll see changes and more improvement. 

    I think Frost's run and Hibbard's boot are ideal for line breaking offence from our backline, which seems a cornerstone of our new Gameplan... 

    if our opposition are relying on us being too short by loading up on their tall forwards we should kill them on the rebound. 

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    10 minutes ago, Jaded said:

    The real concern is that we've gone from having a solid backline, to scrapping the bottom of the barrel with a few injuries now.

    Top priority this off season is getting a tall defender. 

    Have faith in Frost.

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    We certainly won't have everything our own way in the middle like we did after Q1 last week. Kreuzer is firing on all cylinders and Cripps is the best clearance player in the league, coming off a limited pre-season, he will be better for the run. Tyson is a valuable inclusion rotating through the guts, I would think Lewis and Jones will assist our undermanned backline with ANB pushing into the midfield and Kent playing his high half-forward role. The Spencer experiment intrigues me, and with Max potentially not 100%, this week seems as good as any to try it.

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    12 minutes ago, Jaded said:

    I am waiting for Frost's toe to just be cut off... he is always injured.

    Hibberd and Wagner are not tall defenders either.

    you do not have to be tall to play tall. Both are capable of playing and competing with taller opponents.

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    16 minutes ago, Dante said:

    I think we've got a pretty good list now and I'll trust the FD over Demonland posters to select the ones who have the talent for a spot in the side. If you think the Demonland posters have a better grasp of the list that Goodwin and the rest of the selectors, then you are delusional.

    This is not Neeld and his band of merry men, who were selected themselves from lower leagues, we now have a team of professional coaches and I reckon they know what they're doing.

     

    What are you talking about? Neeld came as an assistant coach from Collingwood, Neil Craig was a former Adelaide coach, Jade Rawlings was an assistant from Richmond and the list goes on.

    If you and Saty don't like posters raising questions about the skill levels of players, feel free to to exclude yourselves in the discussion. It's a forum based on opinions afterall.

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    1 minute ago, Leoncelli_36 said:

    you do not have to be tall to play tall. Both are capable of playing and competing with taller opponents.

    Good point L36. And I think we'll miss Joel Smith for that very reason.

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    I think Kent is a week off judging by media comments. We'll see.

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    4 minutes ago, Jaded said:

    Do we tag Cripps? and if so, who goes to him?

     

     

    He killed us last year so he should be given plenty of attention. Not sure about a direct tag but probably a team approach at stoppages to negate him charging through, hit-outs to advantage also help. Oliver and Cripps going head to head is mouthwatering.

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    Sportsbet have a market on disposals

    oliver 30 or more $3

    oliver 35 or more disposals $8.50 

    35 or more is tempting can he back up last weeks performance 

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    9 minutes ago, mo64 said:

    What are you talking about? Neeld came as an assistant coach from Collingwood, Neil Craig was a former Adelaide coach, Jade Rawlings was an assistant from Richmond and the list goes on.

    If you and Saty don't like posters raising questions about the skill levels of players, feel free to to exclude yourselves in the discussion. It's a forum based on opinions afterall.

    I was referring to the coaches from lower leagues that Neeld appointed after he was here. If you want to can any player that's on the list then go ahead, I've done that myself but it seems that some on here feel they have a greater knowledge of the list and the players than the coaches we employ to do the job.

    I'm not sure what your background is, but you seem to have a high value of your opinion, so I can only assume that you have been a fairly senior coach somewhere or a talent selector for a club or perhaps a former top player. If the club continue to play Oscar then I reckon they have a reason for that, they did the same with Frawley and he turned out ok.

    I don't agree with Saty's constant defence of players and I've had several arguments with him, there are players that have played really bad days and he won't accept that, I do.

     

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    Worried that Carlton's talls will destroy us, but if they aren't clunking their marks we should be able to outrun them comfortably 

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    4 minutes ago, DemonLad5 said:

    Worried that Carlton's talls will destroy us, but if they aren't clunking their marks we should be able to outrun them comfortably 

    What?

    It's Cripps, Gibbs and Murphy that we should worry about if anything.

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    10 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

    What?

    It's Cripps, Gibbs and Murphy that we should worry about if anything.

    Just the fact that (including McKay) they have 4 or 5 genuine talls in their forward line, while all we have is Oscar and Tommy to defend them

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    1 minute ago, DemonLad5 said:

    Just the fact that (including McKay) they have 4 or 5 genuine talls in their forward line, while all we have is Oscar and Tommy to defend them

    None of them can mark the ball. If need be drop Watts back there. We'll have just to dominate in the midfield like we did after quarter time last week.

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    16 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

    None of them can mark the ball. If need be drop Watts back there. We'll have just to dominate in the midfield like we did after quarter time last week.

    Exactly. I'm the opposite of worried if they select all those talls. Nobody would ever have been worried if we'd picked a tall forward line of Watts, Fitzy and Paul Johnson (not sure they were all on the list at the same time but you get my drift).

    I reckon the danger of them playing tall is way overstated. Hunt and co are going to have an absolute field day.

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    On 28/03/2017 at 7:06 PM, Wadda We Sing said:

    I feel sick again....

    Expectations vs Apathy

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    17 minutes ago, DemonLad5 said:

    Just the fact that (including McKay) they have 4 or 5 genuine talls in their forward line, while all we have is Oscar and Tommy to defend them

    I think McKay has talent and would have been happy if he came to us... but in his first game seems people (not just yourself) are saying he is going to be clunking them like a 150/200 game veteran. He will be doing extremely well to finish with any more 2 contested marks for the game

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    9 minutes ago, Nasher said:

    Exactly. I'm the opposite of worried if they select all those talls. Nobody would ever have been worried if we'd picked a tall forward line of Watts, Fitzy and Paul Johnson (not sure they were all on the list at the same time but you get my drift).

    I reckon the danger of them playing tall is way overstated. Hunt and co are going to have an absolute field day.

    Particularly if it's wet at all. They might get us a couple of times for height, but I think Goody would see their selection of 4 talls as a real opportunity to show the strengths of our zone defence, our run from defence and use our 9-man wave from half back.

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    41 minutes ago, DemonLad5 said:

    Worried that Carlton's talls will destroy us, but if they aren't clunking their marks we should be able to outrun them comfortably 

    Casboult McKay Weitering.. 

    Im not worried one bit.

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    5 minutes ago, Nasher said:

    Exactly. I'm the opposite of worried if they select all those talls. Nobody would ever have been worried if we'd picked a tall forward line of Watts, Fitzy and Paul Johnson (not sure they were all on the list at the same time but you get my drift).

    I reckon the danger of them playing tall is way overstated. Hunt and co are going to have an absolute field day.

    my personal favourite horrible forward line from the Dees was when Garland and Rivers were our 2 key forwards

     

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    we will probably break even at clearances - (Oliver and Cripps will run into each other and the G will shake. Viney will give pretty boy Murphy some attention)

    but once we start moving the ball from our back line and spreading the game, we will smash them on the outside (cannot believe I am writing this about the Dees)

    aside from 4-5 players they are a rabble

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