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MATCH PREVIEW AND TEAM SELECTION - Round 15

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4 minutes ago, Grand New Flag said:

Swans at full strength, Dees decimated by injury, coming off 3 six day breaks and likely suffering light headlines after unprecedented over hyped media talk. Always a poor omen!

My head says no! 

My heart hoping my head is wrong.

One last thing, if the Dees somehow win Goodwin has one hell of a selection headache next week.

Swans play the G terribly.

their last 2 games have scored 78 and 80. Not once last year did they score over 100. 

They will need to play a mighty defensive game to keep the dees under 100

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    9 minutes ago, Demons11 said:

    I think Hunt will play forward 

    So Hunt becomes the hunted? :D

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    3 minutes ago, picket fence said:

    Yeah well I picked Mitch White earlier in the week! Maybe I know more than I should!???

    Mitch White deserves call up has been impresive in the last couple of weeks AND ripping bloke to match!

    Are you suggesting that if he were to bash someone off the play he should expect the tribunal to be lenient towards him?

    But seriously, really looking forward to seeing what he can deliver.

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    1 hour ago, Lord Travis said:

    So Wagner and White to rotate half back and Hunt to play forward seems the likely change then.

    hunt to wing for mine

    suppose that's at least forward of half back

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    If they want to use Hunt forward, then I'd use him in the Jeffy role where he can use his pace to get over the back and score some easy goals.  I don't think any player in their back line will have the pace to go with him.

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    1 minute ago, Wiseblood said:

    If they want to use Hunt forward, then I'd use him in the Jeffy role where he can use his pace to get over the back and score some easy goals.  I don't think any player in their back line will have the pace to go with him.

    doubt they'll do that but if they did you could expect the swans defenders would sh*t themselves

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    Just now, daisycutter said:

    doubt they'll do that but if they did you could expect the swans defenders would sh*t themselves

    Which is exactly why they should do it.

    You may be right though DC, as using him in that role would take away that dash further up the ground, but to me he is the closest thing to replacing what Garlett brings to the side and he would be good for at least 2-3 goals.

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    5 minutes ago, bandicoot said:

    Swans play the G terribly.

    their last 2 games have scored 78 and 80. Not once last year did they score over 100. 

    They will need to play a mighty defensive game to keep the dees under 100

    we will be doing very well to score 100 points

    There have only been two teams that have scored in excess of 100 points in a night game at the MCG and they were in rounds 1 (Richmond) and 8 (Essendon) when the weather was a little better

    Mind you MCG has not had that many night games this year

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    Just now, Wiseblood said:

    Which is exactly why they should do it.

    You may be right though DC, as using him in that role would take away that dash further up the ground, but to me he is the closest thing to replacing what Garlett brings to the side and he would be good for at least 2-3 goals.

    think he'll take the right wing, wise, which gives him license to cover a lot of territory

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    1 hour ago, Demon Jack said:

    I like the White inclusion. Almost a like-for-like for Salem although he's still quite inexperienced when compared to the latter. I still would've liked at least one more change. This is our third six day break in a row and I would've like some more fresh legs out there. JKH in particular seemed worthy of another crack at AFL level after his blistering VFL form and recent contract extension. Also, are Kennedy and Kent completely out of favour at the moment? Seeing Dion Johnstone as an emergency doesn't seem to bode well for their future at the club. 

    I still have a big belief that we can get the four points here (would make an excellent way to bring up the 21 for yours truly). We just beat West Coast last week with Garlett and Salem on the bench for the majority of the second half. 

     

    I think that playing White sends a message to the VFL players that you are never forgotten and if you do what you need to do, you will get a game if the need arises. 

    Most of us would have picked half a dozen ahead of White so good on him for perservering, Trenners an emergency is promising also. 

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    1 minute ago, Dante said:

    I think that playing White sends a message to the VFL players that you are never forgotten and if you do what you need to do, you will get a game if the need arises. 

    Most of us would have picked half a dozen ahead of White so good on him for preserving, Trenners an emergency is promising also. 

    Its all about the strategy which will be revealed tomorrow. Hunt fwd sounds the most likely and White apparently has a terrific left boot.

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    27 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

    If they want to use Hunt forward, then I'd use him in the Jeffy role where he can use his pace to get over the back and score some easy goals.  I don't think any player in their back line will have the pace to go with him.

     

    25 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

    doubt they'll do that but if they did you could expect the swans defenders would sh*t themselves

     

    24 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

    Which is exactly why they should do it.

    You may be right though DC, as using him in that role would take away that dash further up the ground, but to me he is the closest thing to replacing what Garlett brings to the side and he would be good for at least 2-3 goals.

     

    22 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

    think he'll take the right wing, wise, which gives him license to cover a lot of territory

    I think Hunt will spend a bit of time deep forward 'daisy', the Swans have been shown to be susceptible to fast moving forwards and he's played there before.

    Goody won't just sit him there all game though. Unlike the Tiges & EFC coaches (teams were predictable) ...he will rotate players around a lot so they (Swans) don't get too comfortable.

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    1 minute ago, rjay said:

     

     

     

    I think Hunt will spend a bit of time deep forward 'daisy', the Swans have been shown to be susceptible to fast moving forwards and he's played there before.

    Goody won't just sit him there all game though. Unlike the Tiges & EFC coaches (teams were predictable) ...he will rotate players around a lot so they (Swans) don't get too comfortable.

    And we have plenty who they will rotate through there, too - Bugg, ANB, Harmes, Petracca - all of whom bring something different to the forward line.  They may even spring a surprise or two as well.  Either way our firepower is down, but our ability to be flexible and keep the pressure up hasn't diminished.  

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    42 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

    emergencies make no sense at all

    maybe they're not supposed to

    All three emergencies play for Casey against Port Melbourne the following day (and we will be the better for it)!

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    1 hour ago, ProDee said:

    Way too much read into who the Emergencies are.

    They're partly an encouragement award.

    Every player on the list knows where they stand irrespective of named emergencies.

    No.

    If one of the 22 cannot play tomorrow night due to an unforeseen issue, then one the emergencies will come in.

    Encouragjng and potentially very meaningful.

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    2 hours ago, Earl Hood said:

    Not a great looking side on paper I must say. Fingers crossed that we are competitive and no thanks to the AFL for the scheduling. 

    The midfield is pretty much full-strength. Midfields win you games in modern footy. Everything else is secondary.

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    No we don't want it wet they play better in the wet. I was there last year at the SCG and it poured all-day and they played true wet weather football while we tried to play our play on at all cost game . We turned the ball over and gave them easy goals. SO NO RAIN PLEASE!!   

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    I genuinely think our speed will trouble the swans a lot, so if our pressure is up and our mids have a crack we should get the job done. 

    Garletts pressure will be missed but hopefully the other boys step up to cover him. 

    This group seems to have so much belief at the moment I just can't see us losing this game. We've set ourselves 

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    4 minutes ago, McQueen said:

    No.

    If one of the 22 cannot play tomorrow night due to an unforeseen issue, then one the emergencies will come in.

    Encouragjng and potentially very meaningful.

    Not necessarily, but yes, likely.

    That's why they're called "emergencies".

    And yes, "partly" an encouragement award, because it's highly likely only one would come in, so you can encourage the other two.  Like Dion Johnstone, who realistically isn't going to play under any circumstances.

     

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    5 minutes ago, Chook said:

    The midfield is pretty much full-strength. Midfields win you games in modern footy. Everything else is secondary.

    Spot on, Chook.  Our backline is also pretty settled as well which holds us in good stead.

    I'm still worried about where the goals will come from, with both Watts and Garlett out we lose our two leading goal kickers for the year, but I have faith that we can hit the scoreboard with enough regularity to keep the pressure on.

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    2 hours ago, Earl Hood said:

    Not a great looking side on paper I must say. Fingers crossed that we are competitive and no thanks to the AFL for the scheduling. 

    Rubbish. Brimming with talent. It's not 2013 anymore. 

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    15 minutes ago, Umpire Please said:

    No we don't want it wet they play better in the wet. I was there last year at the SCG and it poured all-day and they played true wet weather football while we tried to play our play on at all cost game . We turned the ball over and gave them easy goals. SO NO RAIN PLEASE!!   

    I was there too with my girl. One of her first live games. It was sh*t

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    A few times this year I have been nonplussed and bewildered about selections, but each time the selections have had a positive outcome. Wagner in makes good sense, but my memories of White are of being underwhelmed by his performance. Watch this space I suppose.

    On paper, we do look the weaker team, but we also look a lot quicker and our confidence is as high as theirs. With 3 forwards out, can we kick enough goals? This is the remaining question. 

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    19 minutes ago, Umpire Please said:

    No we don't want it wet they play better in the wet. I was there last year at the SCG and it poured all-day and they played true wet weather football while we tried to play our play on at all cost game . We turned the ball over and gave them easy goals. SO NO RAIN PLEASE!!   

    I was there too with my girl. One of her first live games. It was sh*t

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