MATCH PREVIEW AND TEAM SELECTION - Round 15

[picket fence 17,752]

1 hour ago, monoccular said:

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.

Mono, Mitch White is the sort of bloke you would LOVE your daughter to go out with!

Solid Citizen and really has worked hard to make it in the cut throat world of AFL!

Hard at it, skillful, neat left footer! I hope he does well!

PF

Edited June 29, 2017 by picket fence

[Pottsydee 153]

31 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.

I was an emergency in a GF once. Coach called me the morning of and said "are you coming today?" I said yes of course! He replied "bring your boots" played in my first GF win! Mystery virus hit one of the boys. 

 

[rpfc 28,844]

3 minutes ago, Pottsydee said:

I was an emergency in a GF once. Coach called me the morning of and said "are you coming today?" I said yes of course! He replied "bring your boots" played in my first GF win! Mystery virus hit one of the boys. 

 

Mystery?

[dees189227 12,441]

Do we think that the swans will target a melbourne player before the bounce like they have done the past 2 weeks? Last week they went after BJ which in hindsight seemed to work in the end because he had a shocker and obviously the previous week against the dogs they targeted JJ and it worked. 

They would be stupid to go after Viney and his shoulder because he won't stand for it, Oliver maybe especially with his "so called staging" watts would have been an easy target but I do wonder if they will target someone. 

Im a little surprised by the changes, but I trust Goodwin. Thought JKH would have come in for Salem. 

Im  a little worried about Buddy tomorrow night. No goals last week so he will want a big one this week. 

also I wish we had Jonsey back in the midfield becuase there midfield is pretty strong especially with JOnes and McVeigh back. 

Tomorrow night is going to be interesting. Bring it on and gee I hope we win

[titan_uranus 25,058]

I'm surprised that we've gone with White and Wagner and haven't picked any of JKH, Kennedy and Kent, but I've learnt over the last 8 weeks that the FD is making more good calls at selection than bad.

We need both White and Wagner to provide as much run off half-back as we can get, especially if we are going to throw Hunt forward (which I don't agree with but may be necessary for some speed and pressure when Sydney has the ball).

[Wadda We Sing 10,685]

1 hour 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!!   

Looks like no rain forecast for tomorrow night, phew.....(so it will probably pour)!

[binman 44,218]

Well white has gor me stumped . Ant chance he will play a defensive forward role on mills?

Bugg ro play small forward role

I still can't see hunt playing forward bur i didn't  even consider white so qhat di i know

[Gator 17,629]

8 minutes ago, binman said:

Well white has gor me stumped . Ant chance he will play a defensive forward role on mills?

Melksham will play a defensive forward role on Mills.

[dimmy 1,308]

2 hours ago, Wiseblood said:

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.

You have already forgotten about Plugger MacDonald !!!

[Chook 15,022]

45 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

Do we think that the swans will target a melbourne player before the bounce like they have done the past 2 weeks? Last week they went after BJ which in hindsight seemed to work in the end because he had a shocker and obviously the previous week against the dogs they targeted JJ and it worked. 

If I were Sydney I'd target Jayden Hunt.

[What 18,810]

9 minutes ago, Chook said:

If I were Sydney I'd target Jayden Hunt.

Waste of time - unlike Jason Johansen,   Hunt is tough as nails and he will give as good as he gets.

[deelusions from afar 1,868]

And if not Jayden, I would go after Hibberd.  Hibbo sets up so many of our plays from defence.  I remember noticing in the Adelaide game how he peeled off his man and even ran away from the contest time and time again to be the free kicker once the ball was won in defence.  I know others commented on his low tackling stats - it's not that he can't but he's more valuable to be allowed to use his skills.  I'm not sure of the stats but it seems like no team has really tried to stop him do this so far.

I would think that if you were coaching against Melbourne it would be worth having a defensive forward mind him at all times / or try to use whoever his man is to make him more accountable.  The rest of the backline grows in confidence with the ball in hand knowing they can always go to him to get them out of a tight spot.

[FarNorthernD 5,861]

9 minutes ago, Chook said:

If I were Sydney I'd target Jayden Hunt.

They'll go Oliver I reckon.

Our fortunes rise and fall more on his back than on Hunts. Also they have a bit of ammo from the events of the last few days. Having said that we know that neither of these kids will take a backward step and the Swans may find they have bitten off more than they can chew.

[DubDee 26,191]

Can't see us winning this week. 5 of our best out, three 6 day breaks. Sydney midfield on fire. 

Out forward line is poor and will be found out eventually. 

Kent must have slept with Goody's mrs and sister. We really need his speed creativity and aggression up fwd

[dl4e 5,851]

1 minute ago, DubDee said:

Can't see us winning this week. 5 of our best out, three 6 day breaks. Sydney midfield on fire. 

Out forward line is poor and will be found out eventually. 

Kent must have slept with Goody's mrs and sister. We really need his speed creativity and aggression up fwd

I agree. Hope  it doesn't get ugly.

[Chook 15,022]

8 minutes ago, Petraccattack said:

Waste of time - unlike Jason Johansen,   Hunt is tough as nails and he will give as good as he gets.

Agree completely, but it will still inhibit him. And as one of our most important players that will be a severe detriment to us. There are no softies in our team anymore, so what Sydney or any team have to do is to try and inhibit the most influential of our players...and Hunt is right up there.

The only other player I'm a little worried about getting tagged is Oliver, but his contested ball winning ability renders him pretty immune to a hard tag.

[jnrmac 20,207]

If they were going to target anybody it should be Hibberd.

[DEE fence 5,042]

I notice we have some decent umpires for tomorrow, could get used to playing in the spotlight - Matt Stevic , Mc Inerney and Fisher 

[JV7 2,368]

Not sure it has been mention here but a Bigfooty poster claims Kent, Kennedy & JKH all missed out due to club imposed bans, apparently failed to prepare appropriately following last weeks vfl win....

[brendan 3,439]

52 minutes ago, JV7 said:

Not sure it has been mention here but a Bigfooty poster claims Kent, Kennedy & JKH all missed out due to club imposed bans, apparently failed to prepare appropriately following last weeks vfl win....

If true that's a good thing, we are clearly setting high standards and there will be no passengers, Kent really needs to pull his finger out or might find himself on the trade table 

[picket fence 17,752]

8 hours ago, Chook said:

If I were Sydney I'd target Jayden Hunt.

Thanks for that!!

[Pates 9,661]

Given the week he's had you'd think if Sydney were going to target anyone it would be Oliver. I wouldn't expect Oliver to back down but it could just distract him a bit, and sometimes that's all you need. 

[BAMF 4,414]

1 hour ago, JV7 said:

Not sure it has been mention here but a Bigfooty poster claims Kent, Kennedy & JKH all missed out due to club imposed bans, apparently failed to prepare appropriately following last weeks vfl win....

They weren't named as emergencies either which would support this.

Not sure if I'm happy that the club is getting hard on the players or if I'm [censored] off that we don't have our best available team.

[Cards13 9,117]

Just now, BAMF said:

They weren't named as emergencies either which would support this.

Not sure if I'm happy that the club is getting hard on the players or if I'm [censored] off that we don't have our best available team.

Or if true, I'd be annoyed with the players who didn't do what was expected especially with spots available.

 

[BAMF 4,414]

1 minute ago, Cards13 said:

Or if true, I'd be annoyed with the players who didn't do what was expected especially with spots available.

 

Oh I'm not annoyed with the club in any way shape or form. My anger is at the players.

Probably should have said that I am both happy (club) and [censored] off (players).