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Posted (edited)

I'd like to be a bookmaker betting on the ins and outs at Melbourne based on D'landers rumours.

Ins Trenners        Out   Vince. susp

      Watts                      Pedo drop in form

      Viney                      Kent  because I was stupid

      Salem                    Smith not up to it yet

      Tyson                     Garlett Funeral

 

Edit : Based on Form Out Hogan

Edited by Barney Rubble
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Posted
3 minutes ago, Barney Rubble said:

I'd like to be a bookmaker betting on the ins and outs at Melbourne based on D'landers rumours.

Ins Trenners        Out   Vince. susp

      Watts                      Pedo drop in form

      Viney                      Hannan ??? I dont know why

      Salem                    Smith not up to it yet

      Tyson                     Garlett Funeral

 

Edit : Based on Form Out Hogan

Kent playing in a sling?

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Posted
39 minutes ago, Redleg said:

Remember though that players returning from injury can take time to find form and match fitness, as we have seen often and recently with some of our best players.

For their first final v West Coast on the back of a loss to lowly Freo in round 23 in Perth as well as a week's break the Dogs brought back 5 players from injury, including Liberatore, Roughead, Macrae, Stringer, and Wood.  They won by 8 goals.

It obviously doesn't mean it will always work, but it also doesn't mean your side won't reap immediate benefits.

 

Posted
Just now, Demon77 said:

Kent playing in a sling?

Saying the bleeding obvious.

Therefore Hannan stays

Posted
23 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Might be a load of rubbish but another poster said the coaching staff were furious with Wagner's defensive game last week. He might be a smokey to miss.

Really? He's always been a poor defender. I would rather see him played up the ground, if we have to have him at all.

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Posted
12 minutes ago, ProDee said:

For their first final v West Coast on the back of a loss to lowly Freo in round 23 in Perth as well as a week's break the Dogs brought back 5 players from injury, including Liberatore, Roughead, Macrae, Stringer, and Wood.  They won by 8 goals.

It obviously doesn't mean it will always work, but it also doesn't mean your side won't reap immediate benefits.

 

Big difference between players not playing for a week because they are being freshened up and players not playing for an extended period because they are injured.

 

Posted
3 minutes ago, poita said:

Really? He's always been a poor defender. I would rather see him played up the ground, if we have to have him at all.

Seemed to be OK at getting a couple of goals.  Maybe HFF??

Posted
16 minutes ago, Barney Rubble said:

I'd like to be a bookmaker betting on the ins and outs at Melbourne based on D'landers rumours.

Ins Trenners        Out   Vince. susp

      Watts                      Pedo drop in form

      Viney                      Kent  because I was stupid

      Salem                    Smith not up to it yet

      Tyson                     Garlett Funeral

 

Edit : Based on Form Out Hogan

Lucky Hannan.

Which is the other lucky player that replaces the out of form Hogan?

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I think with mids coming back, our HF line will look a lot better (Trac and Hannan), and our whole forward setup should be so much better.  Add Watts into that, and our Forward 50 no longer has to be the twilight zone.  Will miss Garlett, and dont know who we should play instead

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5 minutes ago, It's Time said:

Big difference between players not playing for a week because they are being freshened up and players not playing for an extended period because they are injured.

 

Yeah, that's great, but they weren't being rested in round 23.  If they were merely being rested I wouldn't have bothered posting.  Get it ?  So my 'point' remains intact.

FINALS contenders Hawthorn, West Coast and the Western Bulldogs have been hit by injuries to key players on the eve of finals.

The Dogs lost acting captain and star half-back Easton Wood to an ankle injury but the damage isn’t as bad as first thought.

We review every club’s playing stocks after Round 22.

WESTERN BULLDOGS

INJURIES

Easton Wood (ankle) Test

Marcus Adams (foot) 2 weeks

Tom Campbell (foot) TBC

Kieran Collins (shoulder) season

Tom Liberatore (ankle) 2 weeks

Jack Macrae (hamstring) 2 weeks

Roughead was out with a calf

22 Ess Kicked a goal, but other than that was mostly unsighted.  
23   Calf.  
EF WCE Held his own when in the ruck and bobbed up with a big goal to break Eagles’ back.

And Stringer came back in after two games in the VFL due to poor form.

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Posted
51 minutes ago, ProDee said:

Yeah, that's great, but they weren't being rested in round 23.  If they were merely being rested I wouldn't have bothered posting.  Get it ?  So my 'point' remains intact.

FINALS contenders Hawthorn, West Coast and the Western Bulldogs have been hit by injuries to key players on the eve of finals.

The Dogs lost acting captain and star half-back Easton Wood to an ankle injury but the damage isn’t as bad as first thought.

We review every club’s playing stocks after Round 22.

WESTERN BULLDOGS

INJURIES

Easton Wood (ankle) Test

Marcus Adams (foot) 2 weeks

Tom Campbell (foot) TBC

Kieran Collins (shoulder) season

Tom Liberatore (ankle) 2 weeks

Jack Macrae (hamstring) 2 weeks

Roughead was out with a calf

22 Ess Kicked a goal, but other than that was mostly unsighted.  
23   Calf.  
EF WCE Held his own when in the ruck and bobbed up with a big goal to break Eagles’ back.

And Stringer came back in after two games in the VFL due to poor form.

Fair enough.

Posted (edited)
2 hours ago, poita said:

Really? He's always been a poor defender. I would rather see him played up the ground, if we have to have him at all.

He ( Wagner ) will improve in that area, but remember when you say always, he has only played a few games of AFL in his 2nd year. 

The one positive from our bad injury/suspension run, is that we have got games into others, some of whom might make it. 

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Posted
3 hours ago, Redleg said:

Remember though that players returning from injury can take time to find form and match fitness, as we have seen often and recently with some of our best players.

Good point, i hope it's going to be ok?

Posted
6 hours ago, Monocology said:

Thread is a ray of sunshine on otherwise dull day thanks all.

Tyson, Watts, Viney & Salem. Gods - give me three of the four 'n I promise I'll be at church Sundie.

To church, my sinful child

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