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45 minutes ago, Dee Zephyr said:
Another way of saying source.
 
Glad you went to all that trouble though!!!
 

They may be homophones but they do not mean the same thing. However if the urban dictionary is your source, what more can I say.

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1 hour ago, The Chazz said:

I'm a big ANB fan, but he has been ordinary this year.  That said, he's clearly playing the role asked of him, as he has continued to get a run.

What I would love to see added to his game is the ability to go to an opposition midfielder and shut them down.  He has the tank to run with any player in the league, and playing on someone that will get him around the ball more could be a good thing for him.

With that in mind, I'd be looking at him running with the likes of Jack Stevens this week.  We will need someone to run with Steven, and I'd much prefer that Jones wasn't that man, as he is more value to us playing his own natural game.

I agree go to a oppo player, run with them, and then run hard off them on the spread.

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Probably Wagner in for Salem. Although I wouldn't be against giving Stretch another chance and moving Lewis to half back.

Tim Smith really the only likely option as forward if there's injuries or if they want to drop ANB or go smaller.

Maynard had the job on Steven in preseason. He'd be an option, but I think they'll stick with Harmes and Brayshaw in the midfield providing the defensive cover to Jones and Oliver.

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6 minutes ago, DV8 said:

The Bite was into the bone.   He played after this last game, and the infection spread, they had to cutaway some tissue and then needs a skin graft.

Should not have played the last game he was in.

 

We as a club have to start being cautious in the first place, with theses type strange injuries.   Miss a game up front, to get things back to normal, before playing... instead of allowing things to get out of hand.

I was speaking with a scientist friend recently who happened to mention the worst two bites you can receive in terms of possible infections are from a dog....and a human!

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based on salem out and trac not back fit, it's going to be interesting to see what they do at selection; like most i thought anb out for trac, but he's clearly not...and if hogan ain't fit too, hm......

IN: tim smith, wagner
OUT: hogan, salem

jetta - o mac
lewis - hibberd - lever - wagner - hunt
gawn - oliver - jones - tyson - brayshaw - harmes
fritsch - t mac - hannan
weideman - melksham
bench: spargo - vince - anb - t smith

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1 hour ago, The Chazz said:

I'm a big ANB fan, but he has been ordinary this year.  That said, he's clearly playing the role asked of him, as he has continued to get a run.

What I would love to see added to his game is the ability to go to an opposition midfielder and shut them down.  He has the tank to run with any player in the league, and playing on someone that will get him around the ball more could be a good thing for him. 

With that in mind, I'd be looking at him running with the likes of Jack Stevens this week.  We will need someone to run with Steven, and I'd much prefer that Jones wasn't that man, as he is more value to us playing his own natural game.

Couldn't agree more Chazz.  Should have been trialed already vs Mitchell / Hawks.  Jones was (and still is) the wrong option for a shut down role IMO.

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9 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

Probably Wagner in for Salem. Although I wouldn't be against giving Stretch another chance and moving Lewis to half back.

Tim Smith really the only likely option as forward if there's injuries or if they want to drop ANB or go smaller.

Maynard had the job on Steven in preseason. He'd be an option, but I think they'll stick with Harmes and Brayshaw in the midfield providing the defensive cover to Jones and Oliver.

Might be a good idea to give Stretch another chance on the wing to play Tyson's role and move Tyson on-ball (to replace Salem) where he seems more suited. 

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29 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

Probably Wagner in for Salem. Although I wouldn't be against giving Stretch another chance and moving Lewis to half back.

Tim Smith really the only likely option as forward if there's injuries or if they want to drop ANB or go smaller.

Maynard had the job on Steven in preseason. He'd be an option, but I think they'll stick with Harmes and Brayshaw in the midfield providing the defensive cover to Jones and Oliver.

I was just thinking, they might actually rest Hogan, and keep 'the Weide' in for one more match, ahead of Hogan returning a week later.

 

Hogan looked proppy to me, and I'm wondering if he has shin splints.  Or possibly a sore back.

He jogged like a cowboy wearing chaps and 6 shooters strapped to him.  Looks sore.

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23 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

Might be a good idea to give Stretch another chance on the wing to play Tyson's role and move Tyson on-ball (to replace Salem) where he seems more suited. 

Oscar Baker for Salem.  this move may really put a shot right over the bow of any players at Casey who are just strolling thru their time with Casey thinking its just a matter of attrition and pecking order before they get their turn.?

 

Garlett and Stretch have to start to wake up and really take charge. They're not pushing themselves hard enough.

Oscar Baker seems another goer like Spargo.

 

time now early season to do this and see what we have to work with before the half way mark.

The extra dash will be important against the Saints, who are usually more zippy than us. Lets turn those tables.

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50 minutes ago, DV8 said:

The Bite was into the bone.   He played after this last game, and the infection spread, they had to cutaway some tissue and then needs a skin graft.

 

According to whom?

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29 minutes ago, Rusty Nails said:

Couldn't agree more Chazz.  Should have been trialed already vs Mitchell / Hawks.  Jones was (and still is) the wrong option for a shut down role IMO.

Actually there s another thing you just inadvertently raised.

The transitioning,  now going on for the ending of Bernie, Lew, Pedo, Jones, and Garlett.

https://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/tp-melbourne-demons?year=2018&sby=15

 

...  explains a lot Re selections, and positioning.

 

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2 hours ago, whatwhatsaywhat said:

based on salem out and trac not back fit, it's going to be interesting to see what they do at selection; like most i thought anb out for trac, but he's clearly not...and if hogan ain't fit too, hm......

IN: tim smith, wagner
OUT: hogan, salem

jetta - o mac
lewis - hibberd - lever - wagner - hunt
gawn - oliver - jones - tyson - brayshaw - harmes
fritsch - t mac - hannan
weideman - melksham
bench: spargo - vince - anb - t smith

Yes I think you could be right with Tim Smith and Wagner, otherwise Joel Smith

 

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B: J.SMITH, O.MCDONALD, JETTA

HB: HIBBERD, LEVER, J.LEWIS

C : HARMES, OLIVER, HUNT

HF: HANNAN, T.MCDONALD, SPARGO

F: MELKSHAM, HOGAN, FRITSCH

FOLL: GAWN, BRAWSHAW, JONES

IC: VINCE, NEAL-BULLEN, TYSON, T.SMITH

EMERG: WEIDEMAN

 

Petracca looks unlikely and Salem is out. 

Wagner is a spud so I would rather see J.Smith in the side.

T.Smith in for Weideman, Weideman to replace Hogan if he doesn't get up but I expect Hogan to play.

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3 hours ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

Might be a good idea to give Stretch another chance on the wing to play Tyson's role and move Tyson on-ball (to replace Salem) where he seems more suited. 

Problem is Salem played half back on the weekend. So you'd have to move Brayshaw to half back or the wing and Tyson on ball. That's a lot of shuffling. 

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4 hours ago, ManDee said:

Image result for tomato sauce?

I always say sauce......its just a bit of fun MD. Its the people on here who say there instead of their, that bother me. Seriously, its year 6 grammar.

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16 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

Problem is Salem played half back on the weekend. So you'd have to move Brayshaw to half back or the wing and Tyson on ball. That's a lot of shuffling. 

Haven't seen the game and didn't realise that Salem played HBF. I've also read on here somewhere that Brayshaw played better once he was placed on-ball, so I imagine it might be preferable to leave him in the middle. In essence we need 5 small defenders. Could that group be Jetta, Hunt, Hibberd, Vince and Lewis?

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There really isn't too much that appeals to me from Casey.

Weideman didn't really do enough to justify another game. Took some nice marks late in the game but gave us nothing for the first 3 quarters. Ideally, Garlett would be playing better and we would just swap those two. As hot and cold and frustrating as he is, I think we need Garlett to compete with the best teams. If Hogan doesn't come up, I would prefer to replace him with a small.

ANB was very poor, but with Petracca unlikely he will probably keep his spot.

Wagner is the logical inclusion for Salem.

Likely changes

In: Wagner

Out: Salem

My preferred changes

In: Wagner, Garlett 

Out: Salem, Weideman

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It's either Weid or Pedersen and I think that die has been cast well and truly for the forthcoming couple of matches.

He gets the next 3 to show us something.

Would love to see some better positioning and more playing in front than he displayed against Essendon.

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3 hours ago, DV8 said:

Oscar Baker for Salem.  this move may really put a shot right over the bow of any players at Casey who are just strolling thru their time with Casey thinking its just a matter of attrition and pecking order before they get their turn.?

 

Garlett and Stretch have to start to wake up and really take charge. They're not pushing themselves hard enough.

Oscar Baker seems another goer like Spargo.

 

time now early season to do this and see what we have to work with before the half way mark.

The extra dash will be important against the Saints, who are usually more zippy than us. Lets turn those tables.

It would be great to give OkBaker a run....he does seem to be a goer and would probably relish the opportunity.

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