2 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

Spencer for Gawn is a downgrade.

Frost for O. McDonald is a big upgrade.

Bugg for Smith is just different.

As long as Frost is 100% percent fit.

4 minutes ago, Deemented Are Go! said:

How did weed stay in?!

I suspect Weideman is looked upon as someone that needs a strong forward next to him like Hogan or Watts, in order to grow and develop. So last week wasn't the best condition for making an assessment on his presence in the team.

Edited April 13, 20178 yr by DominatrixTyson

Weeds is obviously the tall we need because he brings the ball down. Bringing in Frost AND Pederson would have been dangerous. I just don't see Pederson changing our forward structure much especially seeing as we had 100 scoring shots last week.

Weideman survived another week as Hogan is out of the side.  He's horribly out of form but you get the feeling that the FD rate him highly and want to get games into him as quickly as possible.  The Freo backline isn't all that flash so they may be hoping he can play himself back into a little form.  If we can get 3-4 goals out of him this weekend we go a long way to winning the game.

Just now, Wiseblood said:

Weideman survived another week as Hogan is out of the side.  He's horribly out of form but you get the feeling that the FD rate him highly and want to get games into him as quickly as possible.  The Freo backline isn't all that flash so they may be hoping he can play himself back into a little form.  If we can get 3-4 goals out of him this weekend we go a long way to winning the game.

1-2 goals and he does his job. He's at every aerial contest, which is what we need.

Few people made to look stupid swearing Oscar would never get dropped this week.

Just now, dee-tox said:

Few people made to look stupid swearing Oscar would never get dropped this week.

Me included. Thought he held up. Skeptical of rushing Frost in.

5 minutes ago, DominatrixTyson said:

I suspect Weideman is looked upon as someone that needs a strong forward next to him like Hogan or Watts, in order to grow and develop. So last week wasn't the best condition for making an assessment on his presence in the team.

Well they better give Watts plenty of time forward, because frankly Weed by himself disappearing will lose us games.

I certainly hope Frosty has developed his spacial awareness more and won't go on a run out of defence without looking so often, it was his glaring weakness last year and one that we can ill afford to tolerate for too long.

Edited April 13, 20178 yr by DominatrixTyson

Just now, praha said:

1-2 goals and he does his job. He's at every aerial contest, which is what we need.

Is he, though?  If he got to lots of contests then you would feel he would accumulate more than 4 touches a game, like he did last week.  He needs to continue to work on his tank going forward as I don't think he hits as many contests as he should.

1 minute ago, Wiseblood said:

Is he, though?  If he got to lots of contests then you would feel he would accumulate more than 4 touches a game, like he did last week.  He needs to continue to work on his tank going forward as I don't think he hits as many contests as he should.

Hmm what I mean is he's demanding the attention of the defenders by going up at the contest. I suspect this is why he's still in the side, next to not wanting to bring in two players without match fitness. He went up a lot on the weekend and you'll see that he was involved in a lot of contests even if he didn't get the ball. I agree he isn't getting enough of the ball but I suspect that so long as we can hit the scoreboard as we did last week albeit without converting, then he's safe.

Have to trust Mission and co but i thought Frost was at least a week away from consideration.

11 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

Weideman survived another week as Hogan is out of the side.  He's horribly out of form but you get the feeling that the FD rate him highly and want to get games into him as quickly as possible.  The Freo backline isn't all that flash so they may be hoping he can play himself back into a little form.  If we can get 3-4 goals out of him this weekend we go a long way to winning the game.

I thought Weideman, Tyson and Hannan all played far worse than Oscar, but it is probably a horses for courses selection.

I probably would have dropped Hannan and kept Oscar bringing in Frost which would have given us more options forward/ back and pinch hitting in the ruck.

That is why I am not a selector.

 

Edited April 13, 20178 yr by Redleg

It's going to be nice having some size and strength in the back line.

Happy with Frost's inclusion.

Unhappy with zero size/strength in the forward line.

9 minutes ago, dee-tox said:

Few people made to look stupid swearing Oscar would never get dropped this week.

Many having been predicting him being dropped ever week for a year...

1 minute ago, faultydet said:

It's going to be nice having some size and strength in the back line.

Happy with Frost's inclusion.

Unhappy with zero size/strength in the forward line.

Pedersen instead of Weideman would be ideal.

2 minutes ago, faultydet said:

It's going to be nice having some size and strength in the back line.

Happy with Frost's inclusion.

Unhappy with zero size/strength in the forward line.

We had 32 scoring shots with less size last week. I think we'll be right. 

 

26 minutes ago, dee-tox said:

Few people made to look stupid swearing Oscar would never get dropped this week.

 

Not me.

: )

 

Edited April 13, 20178 yr by stevethemanjordan

I don't like it

Spencer in - a no brainer

Frost for Oscar - I get that

Now I like The Bug but it leaves us lacking grunt and marking power up forward. Watts will be sharing ruck duties and unless Weid plays a blinder we will struggle.

I suspect frost comes in because he can pinch hit in the ruck and allow watts to stay forward a bit more 

10 minutes ago, DominatrixTyson said:

I certainly hope Frosty has developed his spacial awareness more and won't go on a run out of defence without looking so often, it was his glaring weakness last year and one that we can ill afford to tolerate for too long.

I reckon he'll be tasked with that less now that Hunty is in full swing - but he may also get away with it more as the speed in our defence will spread out the opposition more.

Pressure for spots is great.

I doubt Oscar is disappointing match committee, more-so they like what Frost brings and Oscar is the direct replacement because they don't want to play both.  They would have explained to Oscar that he's doing well, but there are still areas he needs to work on.

I'm liking the selections this year far more than last year.

19 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

@stevethemanjordan just had his Christmas and birthday all at once with the omission of Oscar.

Nice dig.

You could alternatively have just congratulated me on my astute observations. I called it with Garland, who you defended at all costs.

I'm not writing him off as a player just yet, (although I'm not confident in the same way many are on here). But obviously, he is not playing to the level required. 

20 minutes ago, Luther said:

As long as Frost is 100% percent fit.

About time the selectors got it right Frost for OMac i have been advocating this for yonks Go Frosty! ??

Michael Walters in doubt for Freo would be handy if he misses or isn't fully fit....they haven't got a lot of scoring power. It'll be depressing if Cam McCarthy and Shane Kirsten carve us up!