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MATCH PREVIEW AND TEAM SELECTION - Round 19

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Brad Scott presser today.

Summary:

Mason Wood and Marley Williams won't play

Zeibell is almost a certainty 

Goldstein "played ok" in the 2's. Doesn't sound like he'll come in

Not so confident on Tarrant

They want Preuss back so he will come straight back into the ruck after a very long layoff

 
4 minutes ago, DemonLad5 said:

Brad Scott presser today.

Summary:

Mason Wood and Marley Williams won't play

Zeibell is almost a certainty 

Not so confident on Tarrant

They want Preuss back so he will come straight back into the ruck after a very long layoff

No Tarrant, no Wood and a battler ruckman who hasn't played at AFL level for months... if we can't win this match we may as well throw in the towel.

Get it done Dees! Percentage!

5 minutes ago, Lord Travis said:

No Tarrant, no Wood and a battler ruckman who hasn't played at AFL level for months... if we can't win this match we may as well throw in the towel.

Get it done Dees! Percentage!

Good lord please delete the percentage reference. it is a curse. i still have nightmares of sitting with a bunch of mates who are bombers fans and not being able to resit yelling PERCENTAGE! when we kicked the first in the last to go, i think, 45 points up in the last quarter only for Salmon to go crazy, kick a bag and lead the bombers to a famous comeback win. 

 
17 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

I'm tipping Goldstein to come in and run all day off Gawn.

Won't play.  Sorry to disappoint you, Clint.

15 minutes ago, DemonLad5 said:

Mason Wood and Marley Williams won't play

Good. Wood killed us last time with 3.3 and Williams rendered Garlett absolutely useless.

Be even better if Tarrant doesn't play.


1 minute ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Good. Wood killed us last time with 3.3 and Williams rendered Garlett absolutely useless.

Be even better if Tarrant doesn't play.

You get the feeling that Norf aren't exactly trying to rush these blokes back into the side.  Scott said last weekend that Tarrant would definitely play this week and now it's looking as though he won't.  

4 minutes ago, Jaded said:

North are tanking. If we don't win this, we don't deserve to play finals.

I am with you on this one Jaded, drinking our own bathwater if we lose.

 
16 minutes ago, Jaded said:

North are tanking. If we don't win this, we don't deserve to play finals.

Last week's Brisbane win seriously opened up the bottom end of the ladder for North.

They would be mad not to play the kids and see what happens. That being said they did well against the Bombers until around 3/4 time so I don't under rate them.

Over confidence and the weather will be the greatest dangers.... time to get it done

AFL website has an item about the longest losing streak belonging to us. Well, according to the Richmond website, it's them, not winning against the Cats since round 9, 2006. Maybe their website wasn't updated but if it's true, how come the expert commentators get it wrong?

Anyway, it's a streak we should break and one that I hope the Tigers don't. Go Dees


On 7/26/2017 at 0:27 PM, Copuchas said:

 

We will not make top 4 if we win all remaining games and Port, Swans and Richmond do the same unless our relative percentage position improves.

Agreed that that is a statement of fact. Chances are very slim though as Port need to beat Adelaide, the saints, the dogs, and collingwood. Not sure they will knock them all off. Richmond also need to get over Geelong and St Kilda (50% chance), Sydney need to beat Geelong and Adelaide away (they have come good but are they that good?)

As you would know we need to beat North (must win), GWS (can win), Saints (should win), Brisbane (must win), and pies (should win).

At the end of the year I don't think there will be the log jam there is now. I think points will matter more than points will matter more than percentage for top 4.

1 hour ago, binman said:

Good lord please delete the percentage reference. it is a curse. i still have nightmares of sitting with a bunch of mates who are bombers fans and not being able to resit yelling PERCENTAGE! when we kicked the first in the last to go, i think, 45 points up in the last quarter only for Salmon to go crazy, kick a bag and lead the bombers to a famous comeback win. 

I was eight years old when I went to this game and remember it vividly! We'd driven the 4 hours from home for the game, and my old man (Dees supporter of course) was so livid we drove straight home afterwards, when we would normally stay the night. On the way home he fell asleep and I had to wake him up after he was hitting reflector posts on the side of the road. Not a great trip or memory!

16 minutes ago, Redlegs Too said:

AFL website has an item about the longest losing streak belonging to us. Well, according to the Richmond website, it's them, not winning against the Cats since round 9, 2006. Maybe their website wasn't updated but if it's true, how come the expert commentators get it wrong?

Anyway, it's a streak we should break and one that I hope the Tigers don't. Go Dees

The Blues haven't beaten the Hawks since 2005.

Much worse than our streak when you consider all the top picks they got along with Chris Judd, and they played finals for a few years around 2010.

Thanks Petracattack. So the commentators don't talk about those big clubs and their losing streaks. Indicates reporter bias perhaps, or incompetence. Maybe they do it just to get our backs up. Ah well. Keep smilin'.

1 hour ago, Jaded said:

North are tanking. If we don't win this, we don't deserve to play finals.

That is a very dangerous statement.


1 hour ago, Redlegs Too said:

AFL website has an item about the longest losing streak belonging to us. Well, according to the Richmond website, it's them, not winning against the Cats since round 9, 2006. Maybe their website wasn't updated but if it's true, how come the expert commentators get it wrong?

Anyway, it's a streak we should break and one that I hope the Tigers don't. Go Dees

 

57 minutes ago, Petraccattack said:

The Blues haven't beaten the Hawks since 2005.

Much worse than our streak when you consider all the top picks they got along with Chris Judd, and they played finals for a few years around 2010.

Let me apologize up front because I'm going to get technical on this.

In terms of longest streak over time it is:

  • Hawks over Blues commenced 23 Jul 2005
  • Cats over Tigers commenced 6 May 2007
  • Kangaroos over Demons commenced 27 May 2007

But due to the way the AFL has "fixed" the fixturing over the years the longest streak in terms of games played is:

  • Kangaroos over Demons 16 games (in 11 seasons)
  • Hawks over Blues 14 games (in 13 seasons)
  • Cats over Tigers 12 games (in 11 seasons).

No matter which way the streak is viewed the Tigers website is wrong...

But the way the media report it is incorrect because most people would assume it is presented in terms of time.

NB: the way most people refer to it on this site is also technically incorrect, because we say Melbourne hasn't beaten Nth since 2006, whereas records are written in terms of when the winning streak commenced which wasn't until 2007.

2 hours ago, Clint Bizkit said:

I'm tipping Goldstein to come in and run all day off Gawn.

That only partly worked last week after Max got injured,thought he dominated the 1st half.

2 hours ago, binman said:

Good lord please delete the percentage reference. it is a curse. i still have nightmares of sitting with a bunch of mates who are bombers fans and not being able to resit yelling PERCENTAGE! when we kicked the first in the last to go, i think, 45 points up in the last quarter only for Salmon to go crazy, kick a bag and lead the bombers to a famous comeback win. 

You were close Binman. That goal took us to a 51 point lead at the six minute mark of the 4th quarter. After that, it was a living nightmare. I was sitting there in utter disbelief   as it unfolded. Not only did they head us and get the chocolates, they did it with time to spare. 

4 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

IN - Maynard

Out - JFK

I reckon you're on the money BBP.


My only question for this game is "What's our Ben Brown strategy?"

I rate Brown really highly and am having nightmares about Oscar and Frost lamely drifting across to try to spoil his gangly arms. 

26 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

IN - Maynard

Out - JFK

Do we have a dead American president playing on our team??????

 

 
12 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

more likely Trenners is the out :(

Unlucky,  but I can see this happening if Maynard is in. The weather might work against Jack.

Whats the mail on the weather in Tassie for the game?


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