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Moonshadow
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why was lever taking the kickouts??? he is not a strong kick. bloody ludicrous. it shouldn't be anyone other than hibberd.

lewis is prone to the old shank. 

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    1 minute ago, Dr.D said:

    why was lever taking the kickouts??? he is not a strong kick. bloody ludicrous. it shouldn't be anyone other than hibberd.

    lewis is prone to the old shank. 

    I don't mind the old Bernie roost and Jetta should take more and use his agility and accurate short kick to open the game up. Agree about Lever, he can kick decently but whilst he settles in and finds form I wouldn't add kick outs.

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    I reckon we missed Pedo today.

    With Hogan up the ground / midfield we, particularly early, didn't know where to kick. Pedo, or even Weid, if he is up to it, would give us a focus and someone for the crumbers to feed off.

    We cant rely on the likes of Kent, Bugge and Garlett to be major goalkickers every week. 

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    Backline did very well after the first 15 minutes. Barring injury I wouldn't expect a change there.

    Mids were very good. Lewis is Lewis and Tyson is Tyson and we'll be the slowest team on the wings in the comp by far and short of midfield defensive pressure inside but I guess we live with it. Who's going to play on Isaac Smith? ANB the tag?

    Forwards did the job and the smaller line up worked well. That said: Melksham did a lot of laps of the boundary and looked sore. Hasn't really chased hard nor has he found the goals. Think we need his height if we are going small but he's one to watch with injury. Hannan and Pedersen both options.

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    I will be the first to say that I haven't watched any of Hawthorn this year, so planning for their lineup is really guesswork for me.

    What I will say is that Gawn is going to need someone capable of taking some of the ruck work. He was cooked by the end of the game, and needs a capable backup.

    Can we find room for Pedo?  

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    I think we go in with no change.  

    Apparently Vince didn't hurt his groin, it was just cramp (according to Goodwin), and with an 8 day turnaround we should be able to field the same 22 again next week.  I think in it's current form it's a pretty even side across the ground, although you would think if a Pedersen or Weideman impresses for Casey they'll go close to a call up.

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    Theweed or pedo for next week. I’m sorry but forward line to small. I still don’t trust Bugg.

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    7 minutes ago, big_red_fire_engine said:

    Who are Hawthorns tall forwards? If Hogan’s going to play so high we need another tall . No one deserves to go out but I suspect changes to combat the team we are playing.

    Roughy, Shoenmaker and Gunston 

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    11 minutes ago, Moonshadow said:

    Roughy, Shoenmaker and Gunston 

    Schoenmakers out this week injured. And according to my Hawk mates (and there are a horrific number of them) one of the worst to ever pull on the poo and wee jumper.

     

    Pencil him in for a comeback and 5 goals next week.

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    16 minutes ago, dl4e said:

    Theweed or pedo for next week. I’m sorry but forward line to small. I still don’t trust Bugg.

    You might not trust him, but he's not being dropped after kicking 4 goals.  Would be the stiffest player in the history of the game to be dropped.

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    The Hawks smalls and Roughy are the dangers for us to match I think.  And I'm not sure if we have enough speedy-agile small players capable of stopping their smallmedium forwards.

     

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    Stiff to be dropped but we looked a tall short forward 50. 

    In: weed. 

    Out: harmes 

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    In my opinion there is a great deal of room for growth in the seniors. With a domination expected over coburg tomorrow, let's hope anyone who does put their hand up does it with a sheer force that would have got them in past any opposition. 

    That said, hoping hunt and brayshaw go like the clappers tomorrow, wanting a spot in the seniors. Also, please, someone kick a proper bag. If pedo (or weeds) kick 6+, then he'd be hard to knock back.

    Also, I think lever will need to play tall next week, unless we think we will trounce the Hawks in the guts and have little need to defend. Their smalls are very capable of making many players look foolish.

     

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    If Hunt  fires in the magoos then he must come in to help break the lines with his explosiveness. He is a  critical part and they all have downers.

    If Hogan plays up the ground although i would rather he play deep  forward then l think that Pedo needs to be in to help straighten us as a big target..

    I think we were one tall forward short although we took care of the situation against a lesser side today. The Hawks is a test for us next 

    game and Pedo is a strong body as is Hunt. Brayshaw could be another for his silky skills as a midfielder. We will have to wait and see.

     

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    Are we really going in with Harmes as backup ruck now? Because that is seriously weird! Why not Frost?

    Hawthorn’s speed is a killer. We need to cover their runners. Hunt seems like a natural but does he walk back in after 1 week?

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    1 minute ago, Jaded said:

    Are we really going in with Harmes as backup ruck now? Because that is seriously weird! Why not Frost?

    Hawthorn’s speed is a killer. We need to cover their runners. Hunt seems like a natural but does he walk back in after 1 week?

    I think we could have got caught out when Tarrant withdrew and Daw came in. 

    We weren't worried when Brown was to go into the ruck, because North then have no-one to kick goals, so only 1 ruck required. 

    Thing was Brad Scott was too stupid to use Daw as the back-up ruck and exploit the weakness. 

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    4 minutes ago, Jaded said:

    Are we really going in with Harmes as backup ruck now? Because that is seriously weird! Why not Frost?

    Hawthorn’s speed is a killer. We need to cover their runners. Hunt seems like a natural but does he walk back in after 1 week?

    We seem to be doing a Richmond.

    1 tall forward,  1 ruckman and Shaun Grigg type to just compete.

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    3 minutes ago, george_on_the_outer said:

    I think we could have got caught out when Tarrant withdrew and Daw came in. 

    We weren't worried when Brown was to go into the ruck, because North then have no-one to kick goals, so only 1 ruck required. 

    Thing was Brad Scott was too stupid to use Daw as the back-up ruck and exploit the weakness. 

    Makes sense. Daw was not as spud-like as I had hoped. Definitely better than he was in the JLT when he stunk it up. 

    Mind you, some of our inside 50 entires would make any defender look like an All Australian. 

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