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Melbourne team: round 21

  • B: Michael Hibberd, Oscar McDonald, Neville Jetta
  • HB: Bernie Vince, Cam Pedersen, Jayden Hunt
  • C: Nathan Jones, Clayton Oliver, Jordan Lewis
  • HF: Christian Petracca, Tom McDonald, Jake Melksham
  • F: Jeff Garlett, Mitch Hannan, Alex Neal-Bullen
  • Foll: Max Gawn, Dom Tyson, Jack Viney
  • I/C (from): Jack Watts, Angus Brayshaw, Billy Stretch, Sam Weideman, Josh Wagner, James Harmes, Corey Maynard
  • In: Brayshaw, Stretch, Hannan, Weideman, Wagner
  • Out: Salem, Frost

Not surprised to see Salem out as he was injured last week.  Frost has been struggling.

Our forward line is looking decidedly short unless both Watts and Weideman come in...

Will be interesting to see who gets dropped from the bench.

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I have a feeling pedo watts and the weid will all spend time up forward with both McDonald's down back. There's no one super tall for st kilda up forward that we need frost for. He looks tired, they'll give him a break and get ready for Brisbane and the pies. I think it's a smart move if reiwoldt isn't playing. 


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4 minutes ago, armstrong35 said:

I have a feeling pedo watts and the weid will all spend time up forward with both McDonald's down back. There's no one super tall for st kilda up forward that we need frost for. He looks tired, they'll give him a break and get ready for Brisbane and the pies. I think it's a smart move if reiwoldt isn't playing. 

T mac will stretch them up forward. No need to move him in defense 

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1 minute ago, bandicoot said:

T mac will stretch them up forward. No need to move him in defense 

Hmm does Hibberd take membrey and Omac Bruce? The thought of Hibberd,Jetta and hunt running up the field and having Omac (maybe) the last man in defence is scary ?

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MODS - THERE ARE ONCE AGAIN TWO THREADS RUNNING IN PARALLEL.

PLEASE MERGE.

Preferably in the future, leave the speculative one running up until the official team list is announced, and lock the other one until the same time.

Only then can we seperate the speculation from the facts.

 

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Just now, binman said:

They will drop Watts i reckon

Agreed.

Weird that they don't state injury as the reason for dropping Salem, despite looking very sore at one stage last week. Surely he wasn't dropped on form?

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1 minute ago, bandicoot said:

T mac will stretch them up forward. No need to move him in defense 

Membrey will be too big for Hibberd, i think Pedo would be a better matchup. Watts will need to pull his finger out. Harmes, Wagner and Harmes to miss.

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Like that they didn't give Salem the face saving out of listing him as injured.  For David_Neitz_Is_My_Dad, Watts was named on the interchange last week.  Didn't have a visibly noticeable impact....

Posted (edited)
4 minutes ago, Luther said:

Agreed.

Weird that they don't state injury as the reason for dropping Salem, despite looking very sore at one stage last week. Surely he wasn't dropped on form?

I reckon he was. One, they would have said injured if he was. Two i reckon he did not go hard enough last week. Which is why i think Watts will be dropped. His second half was better but as leader he simply failed to show the required leadership in regards to attack on the ball in the first half. And i say that as one of his biggest fans.

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Watts was definitely improved in the 2H last week, in fact I thought he was better than pedo all game.

Dropping him this week would be a big mistake in my mind.

Hes played some big roles in big games over the last couple of years, I would absolutely back him in to do it again.

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How did Pedo secure himself a spot in the 18 after last week? Was very poor last week.

Fully in agreement with the Salem axing. He's ability to win a hard ball or a marking contest has been non existent since his return from injury.

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2 minutes ago, Demon Gallagher said:

Scratching my head over Frost's omission honestly.. Not likely to request a trade is he?

You could drive a truck through these lines - he's gone pal - Lever is in ;)

Reminds me of when Frawley went forward for 5 months....

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1 minute ago, Demon Gallagher said:

Scratching my head over Frost's omission honestly.. Not likely to request a trade is he?

He has been poor defensively over the last few weeks, his run from the backline has also dried up, down a bit on form, get his confidence back at Casey this week with a strong game then straight back in hopefully. 

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3 minutes ago, 64" said:

Watts will be gone after this game.

I'm suspicious of your motives as poster 64. Six negative posts to start you time on Demonland. Comments sure to raise hackles. We've been to this rodeo before on DL. Do you barrack for the demons?

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7 minutes ago, watchtheeyes said:

Watts was definitely improved in the 2H last week, in fact I thought he was better than pedo all game.

Dropping him this week would be a big mistake in my mind.

Hes played some big roles in big games over the last couple of years, I would absolutely back him in to do it again.

I agree, he was better than Pedo. Just 

If picked i really hope to see him tear it up. I think the idea of playing him in the ruck to give Max a chop out is a really good one. Gets him near the ball and he is better tap ruckman than TMac.

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2 minutes ago, binman said:

I'm suspicious of your motives as poster 64. Six negative posts to start you time on Demonland. Comments sure to raise hackles. We've been to this rodeo before on DL. Do you barrack for the demons?

Listen [censored], you obviously suffer from paranoid thoughts.l have barracked for the dees since a kid.Decided to comment on the state of our great footy team and how poorly certain players are performing.

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