MATCH PREVIEW AND TEAM SELECTION - ROUND 20

[Dee Zephyr 19,158]

44 minutes ago, RedLegs23 said:

Patton out - SEN just announced

Do they mean a late out? 

He has been named this week.

[bing181 8,951]

Conclusions:

- Just about it for Jack Trengove, sad to say.

- JKH has another season to prove himself. At least knows what's required.

- Weideman needs more than just one dominant game at VFL level. (Though wonder here if there aren't ongoing concerns with Gawn's fitness/injury issues, so we need Pedo who can ease the load a little. Might also be a comment on where Watts is currently at re backup ruck duties.)

[John Crow Batty 8,780]

I hope GWS are not lulling us into a false sense of security with their outs. 

[What 18,810]

1 minute ago, Demon77 said:

Do they mean a late out? 

He has been named this week.

Yeah hes been named

THis might be yet another case of SEN getting something completely wrong.  Not sure why people listen to that trash.

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48 minutes ago, Deecisive said:

This is the game that will show us if we have progressed significantly from last year, the team is down after last weeks loss. Now they need to all step up and win against a higher class opponent than we lost to last week, if we want to make the finals this year.

I don't know if you've used ladder predictor, but a loss this week (one of the hardest road trips in footy) and then winning the 3 remaning games still gets us 6th provided Syd lose to Geel & Adelaide, easily a 'significant progression' on last year.

Edited August 3, 2017 by DominatrixTyson

[Mickey 4,469]

1 minute ago, Petraccattack said:

Yeah hes been named

THis might be yet another case of SEN getting something completely wrong.  Not sure why people listen to that trash.

May have got Patton and Cameron confused. Cameron is out with a Hammy

[Forest Demon 4,681]

If we are a decent side, I think we win this against an out of sorts GWS.

Our key players have returned and had a few weeks under their belt, except for Jones, but he strikes me as the sort of guy who will just slot back in.

Time to put up or shut up.

[Bring-Back-Powell 14,370]

Mark Stevens saying there's a rumour of hamstring concerns for Patton.

He's been named so I suspect they'll give him to the morning of the game.

Most rumours sorrounding late outs don't come to fruition so I'm planning on him playing.

[leave it to deever 17,457]

17 minutes ago, bing181 said:

Just about it for Jack Trengove, sad to say.

- JKH has another season to prove himself. At least knows what's required.

I think you are sadly correct about JT.

As for JKH he has improved but at 22 despite his year off is no longer the new kid.

If we win this game we will most likely play finals.

Lets what this club is made of. Are we really hungry enough?

Edited August 3, 2017 by leave it to deever

[Allus Monk 568]

Patton has definitely got hammy "awareness", from a mate who knows him personally.  Unlikely to play. 

[Bring-Back-Powell 14,370]

A pity for JFK that he copped the bullet this week.

Thought his 3 week stint (Rd 17-19) this time around was far better than his previous stint (Rd 5-7).

At the end of the day I guess he's not quite good enough.

Edited August 3, 2017 by Bring-Back-Powell

[Dee Zephyr 19,158]

2 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Mark Stevens saying there's a rumour of hamstring concerns for Patton.

He's been named so I suspect they'll give him to the morning of the game.

Most rumours sorrounding late outs don't come to fruition so I'm planning on him playing.

We have gone from definitely out to hammy concerns. I'm going to run with yours.

[Allus Monk 568]

1 minute ago, Demon77 said:

We have gone from definitely out to hammy concerns. I'm going to run with yours.

Run with "definitely out". 

[The heart beats true 17,809]

Hannan and Hogan are both genuine forwards. My only concern is that we haven't replaced them with genuine forwards, so I expect Tommy Mac and Watts to play all day forward and for Pedo to swap with Maxy.

I do love that we've added 3 genuine street fighters in Vince, Jones and Maynard. Goodwin likes a scrapper.

[Engorged Onion 10,135]

3 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

A pity for JFK that he copped the bullet this week.

Thought his 3 week stint (Rd 17-19) this time around was far better than his previous stint (Rd 5-7).

At the end of the day I guess he's not quite good enough.

I'd agree with the first two sentences - Jones and Vince come in  - they're still the pecking order - I feel he has a lot to give *and learn - he's clearly in future plans with the 1 year extension.

[Wiseblood 24,637]

5 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

A pity for JFK that he copped the bullet this week.

Thought his 3 week stint (Rd 17-19) this time around was far better than his previous stint (Rd 5-7).

At the end of the day I guess he's not quite good enough.

A Freudian slip there, BPP?

[Wiseblood 24,637]

Happy with all the changes this week.  Trengove and JKH were always going to struggle to keep their spots, Hogan is the forced change and Hannan certainly needed the rest.

I like the choice of Pedersen this week as well, and you get the feeling had this been 2015 they may have just given Weideman some games.  But with finals on the line we need a bigger body and more experience out there, so Pedersen is the right choice.  Plus he gives us a little more flexibility.

[Forest Demon 4,681]

Patton is exactly the sort of player who has had their way with us this year, so it's definitely interesting.

[Ethan Tremblay 30,027]

Trengove with 0 tackles v North could be the nail. 

[CHF 2,696]

Good, strong, aggressive team that has been named this week.

One of the first things I look at when a team is named is the list of emergencies. I think this gives a good indication of how deep the list runs and this week I do not believe we would be losing much if the three emergencies were playing rather than the team we have named.

Stretch for ANB, Weid for Cam and Wagner for Harmes? 

Added to that the players we also have injured or running around at Casey and I think the list has good depth.

[GoD's67 111]

17 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

A pity for JFK that he copped the bullet this week.

Thought his 3 week stint (Rd 17-19) this time around was far better than his previous stint (Rd 5-7).

At the end of the day I guess he's not quite good enough.

JFK, Stretch, Harmes, ANB, Gus are all young, just give them a bit of time. Last year I would of said ANB only a VFL player, but has played some really good games this year, now needs to build consistency.

Jetta has become a rock for the Dees, but I remember his early years and thought he would never make it.

The team looks good this week and GWS have a few big outs, Dees just have to win!

[praha 11,124]

11 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

Trengove with 0 tackles v North could be the nail. 

Considering the sort of game it was, and with that last quarter when North got on top of the stoppages, it's a rather telling statistics. Final game in Melbourne colours unfortunately. 

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Maynard is huge for a midfielder from that video! Or will he spend some time back in defence as he looks like a defender next to Wagner? 1.90cm. Nice to have another taller-physique midfielder in there with Oliver.

Edited August 3, 2017 by DominatrixTyson

[deebug 1,754]

6 minutes ago, DominatrixTyson said:

Maynard is huge for a midfielder from that video! Or will he spend some time back in defence as he looks like a defender next to Wagner? 1.90cm. Nice to have another taller-physique midfielder in there with Oliver.

I'm hopping Maynard plays in the midfield for most of the game, maybe not at first bounce but as he calms the nerves then off to the midfield.

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

On a side note, how stupid is it that we haven't played GWS in over a year after playing them twice in two games.