3 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

It is confirmed that Patton is out.

Again, so important that we manage to stop Lobb who was always going to be the biggest thread because of his size.

Big out.. he is the highest ranked forward in the league over the past few weeks. 

No excuses now. We should win

Generally the more players an opposition side has out, the less likely we are to win.

It's awesome.

7 minutes ago, bandicoot said:

Big out.. he is the highest ranked forward in the league over the past few weeks. 

No excuses now. We should win

No probs, Oscar and Frosty have got this

1 minute ago, jnrmac said:

No probs, Oscar and Frosty have got this

No worries, they'll let Jetta cover him.

The opposition always has at least one gun player whose impact you have to minimise, not having Jetta man up on him would probably help.

4 hours ago, Mud Dogs Gonna Win said:

I know I won't have any problems watching it from a bar in Bali!! #hola

Hola?

Might want to brush-up on your Balinese..

Edited August 4, 20178 yr by stevethemanjordan

If we cant win now , don't deserve to be in 8

I predict Harry 'no-name' Himmelberg to kick 11 in Patton's absence.

2 minutes ago, stevethemanjordan said:

I predict Harry 'no-name' Himmelberg to kick 11 in Patton's absence.

Nah Stevie J will 'turn back the clock' and win it off his own boot.

43 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

Jetta will most likely end up having to play on him.

Sad but true.

Has there been a better interchange than Kelly, Coniglio, Deledio and Corr?

Will be a battle of midfield now, dees still at $2.30 good odds 

So they're missing Cameron (42 goals), Patton (36) and Greene (33).

Interestingly, Patton and Cameron were also missing the last time we played them and won, while Greene hadn't reached star status yet.

GWS are nuts bringing in deledio he has played 2 games in neafl played 2 quarters in 1 game and 3 quarters in the other, massive step up back to AFL I'm surprised  they didn't give him a full game 1st, big big risk 

7 minutes ago, Redleg said:

Has there been a better interchange than Kelly, Coniglio, Deledio and Corr?

Yes... Watts, Petraca, Melksham and Maynard ;-) 

11 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

So they're missing Cameron (42 goals), Patton (36) and Greene (33).

Interestingly, Patton and Cameron were also missing the last time we played them and won, while Greene hadn't reached star status yet.

That's 5.84 goals per game roughly, that's bloody handy.

37 minutes ago, Demonland said:

"A lot of MFCSS on this page, I sense"

Someone needs to brush up on their Yodaisms

The gws line up is intimidating. Stars on every line. Two fwds out helps us but their midfield talent is by far the best in the league. They ran into some form in the last quarter last week. 

I can't see us winning. But there's always a chance in this crazy season

4 hours ago, Mike said:

Hard to fathom that Corey Maynard hadn't played a game of footy in ten years prior to this season. And now he's playing an AFL game.

There's hope for us all.

9 minutes ago, praha said:

"A lot of MFCSS on this page, I sense"

Someone needs to brush up on their Yodaisms

Yeah I suck.

 

17 hours ago, Moonshadow said:

What's the difference between 'rested' (Hannan) and 'omitted' (JKH and Trenners)?

My understating of AFL rules is that omitted players can play and be listed as emergencies, but rested players technically have an injury and so under the AFLPA agreement have to be left out.

Thats how I've heard Chris Scott explain it anyways.

1 hour ago, bandicoot said:

Big out.. he is the highest ranked forward in the league over the past few weeks. 

No excuses now. We should win

That's what has me worried. 

/MFCSS

14 minutes ago, DubDee said:

The gws line up is intimidating. Stars on every line. Two fwds out helps us but their midfield talent is by far the best in the league. They ran into some form in the last quarter last week. 

I can't see us winning. But there's always a chance in this crazy season

Agreed.  That is the issue - they have plenty of goal kicking mids so still have plenty of scoring power.  In 2015 their midfielders tore us apart with quick clearances and quick goals.

We have quite a different team now but they have shown they can win games without their talls.  They should not be underestimated.

GWS midfield weakness is that they don't defend so well.  That is a plus for us.

The big test:  Gawn vs Mumford.  Whoever wins gives their team the edge.  Both are rusty.  Will be a fascinating match up.

To close to pick

1 hour ago, bandicoot said:

Yes... Watts, Petraca, Melksham and Maynard ;-) 

Funny.