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38 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

Oscar will rotate through both, as will Lever.  McKay is a big dinosaur whose gotten a few easy goals in the past few weeks so he doesn't worry me too much.  Curnow likes to get on his bike a bit and get possies up the ground so you might see someone like Hibberd go with him a bit when he does that.

Our backline, however, has been getting better and better over the last few weeks and I don't see that changing this weekend.

Agree completely Wise.  This summary: Key defensive pillars continue to build by Troy Chaplin says exactly what you are saying, but in a few more words.

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How everyone loves OMAc I have always backed him, but I bet those haters are just waiting for him to have a bad game.is Bailey a chance to be dropped I hope not, will be stiff after 26 disposals, hunt to come in, who out don't know.

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5 hours ago, Rusty Nails said:

Spargo stays this week if you believe Goody's presser DV.

If you are referring to the period the week after from the Adelaide match i think that is really dependent on the form of both players.

Sticking with your maturity/experience line then it would be either a retention of Pedders from this week or Pedders for Bull if he gets the nod ahead of Pedders this week.  Having said that i think the FD will more likely select on form at both AFL/VFL level (match ups / injury aside) based on the messages / hints coming out of base camp / Goody.

I started to wonder about that after i typed the post, thinking we could go with 2 smalls. 

Our structures now are so flexible with our key personnel, we can almost have any model structure. We are playing Garletts old team, (he may find form against the blues) Carlton, with the Crows following.  So we will be building a structure to be most robust against the Crows,  and following matches.

 

The certainty is Viney back, but also maybe on limited game time. 

This possible brings Bull into the equation.  He has recently played midfield and has the size and strength to upset most midfielders.

With Bull in the side, rotating thru midfield? and forward,,, he adds another match-up headache for oppositions.

 

cl: Jones, Salem, Hannan

hf: Spargo , Hogan, Petracca

ff: Fritsch, Bull Smith, TMc...   

OK i'm having keyboard problems.       ps. Its back, keyboard.

 

R:  Gawn, Oli, Viney... 

 

Int: Harmes, Vince, ANB, Garlett

 im a bit hazy in the head atmo, so i'll come back to this later, to check it.

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boy .. I love the optimism and expect to beat Carlton by at least 40 points but... in the 3 big tests so far this season we lost and in two lost badly.

Get back to me after the AAA game (Adelaide Annihilation in Alice) .

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4 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

boy .. I love the optimism and expect to beat Carlton by at least 40 points but... in the 3 big tests so far this season we lost and in two lost badly.

Get back to me after the AAA game (Adelaide Annihilation in Alice) .

Carlton is a big test akin to Cats tigers hawks?

 

???

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1 hour ago, Wiseblood said:

Oscar will rotate through both, as will Lever.  McKay is a big dinosaur whose gotten a few easy goals in the past few weeks so he doesn't worry me too much.  Curnow likes to get on his bike a bit and get possies up the ground so you might see someone like Hibberd go with him a bit when he does that.

Our backline, however, has been getting better and better over the last few weeks and I don't see that changing this weekend.

If TMc or Hogan play high upfield, as far as our back 50Mtr arc, they could assist Re Curnow, cutting off his space. I think Lever goes with Curnow.

Our 'Press', and spread, will be a key in this game.

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5 minutes ago, timbo said:

Carlton is a big test akin to Cats tigers hawks?

 

???

no .. just the opposite ... they are a potential wooden spooner... was commenting upon the various posts that were suggesting we are now such a good team.

 

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50 minutes ago, Deemania since 56 said:

...or Petracca, or Pedersen, or Hibberd, or even Jesse. Geez, I'd like a Rod Grinter in our team - the lay opponents on their backs gazing up at the clouds in aftershock, to kick 50m passes with dead accuracy, to unsettle anyone in front of him - or behind, or at his side. Grinter gave for the MFC better than anyone - body, mind and soul.

Yes, we need a Rodney Grinter in our lineup.  He was a real bombers type of player, was Grinter.  A Sheedy type. Maybe a Goody type as well ?

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3 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

no .. just the opposite ... they are a potential wooden spooner... was commenting upon the various posts that were suggesting we are now such a good team.

 

list management is going on bigtime, this year. amongst low clubs.

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Who rucks for kruezer when he has a spell? 

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If i was Hogan i would be wanting to put my stamp on this game, in particular, and every game after for the rest of the year and step up to the Carey level. No reason why he shouldn't contest for The Brownlow this year. 

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2 minutes ago, willmoy said:

If i was Hogan i would be wanting to put my stamp on this game, in particular, and every game after for the rest of the year and step up to the Carey level. No reason why he shouldn't contest for The Brownlow this year. 

No matter what opponents throw, kick, knee, fall on top, throat punch, elbow, sling, hold, spit, slap and/or threaten with Jesse, he always walks away with a smile and refuses to be stirred up by such antics. His tendency to retaliate has disappeared this year, as well. All good signs to complement his incredible talents onfield and the returns he makes for the MFC. Such a COOL character, now. To my mind, he is ideal Brownlow material if he can lift his team and scoreboard returns for the remainder of this year.

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1 hour ago, don't make me angry said:

How everyone loves OMAc I have always backed him, but I bet those haters are just waiting for him to have a bad game.is Bailey a chance to be dropped I hope not, will be stiff after 26 disposals, hunt to come in, who out don't know.

It is good to see that OMac is making such improvements to his game. I no longer shudder when he is in the play. In fact, I now have confidence that he is thinking better and as a result, executing better than ever before. We all hope this continues for him.

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Carlton supporters on big footy are a funny bunch, some suggesting silvagni to come in and play on Oliver in the middle, but the kicker is they think he could actually beat him 

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I think we will miss Weed more than we think. He has allowed TMac to play wing and forward without having to ruck and even though he didn’t have many possessions he had a few score involvements 

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4 minutes ago, chook fowler said:

I think we will miss Weed more than we think. He has allowed TMac to play wing and forward without having to ruck and even though he didn’t have many possessions he had a few score involvements 

Pedersen can just as easily play his role.

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11 minutes ago, brendan said:

Carlton supporters on big footy are a funny bunch, some suggesting silvagni to come in and play on Oliver in the middle, but the kicker is they think he could actually beat him 

yes please :)

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Need defensive tag on Simpson and could Bull tag Cripps? Similar size, Bull a tackling machine, also keeps Oliver free

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33 minutes ago, Deemania since 56 said:

No matter what opponents throw, kick, knee, fall on top, throat punch, elbow, sling, hold, spit, slap and/or threaten with Jesse, he always walks away with a smile and refuses to be stirred up by such antics. His tendency to retaliate has disappeared this year, as well. All good signs to complement his incredible talents onfield and the returns he makes for the MFC. Such a COOL character, now. To my mind, he is ideal Brownlow material if he can lift his team and scoreboard returns for the remainder of this year.

+1 and the above

Heaps of rest-peck for him this year. He's turning into Mr Total Football Mk 2

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13 minutes ago, #11-TonyAnderson said:

Need defensive tag on Simpson and could Bull tag Cripps? Similar size, Bull a tackling machine, also keeps Oliver free

Jake Melksham fits this perfectly... if we decide to have a defensive tag on him.

And I'd like whatever the Carlton supporters are smoking who are suggesting that Silvagni could take Oliver out of the game.  That pretty boy won't know what's hit him.

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41 minutes ago, brendan said:

Carlton supporters on big footy are a funny bunch, some suggesting silvagni to come in and play on Oliver in the middle, but the kicker is they think he could actually beat him 

The thing is they seem pretty confident that they’ll beat us across every line of the park. They seem to believe bringing in Murphy will automatically level their midfield with ours. 

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15 minutes ago, Goffer said:

The thing is they seem pretty confident that they’ll beat us across every line of the park. They seem to believe bringing in Murphy will automatically level their midfield with ours. 

Win against the bombers has given them confidence, imo we would have to have a really off day for them to get near us, if we play like we did against the suns I expect a similar result 

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My SportsBet account and I are hoping we win by 39 points.

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8 minutes ago, brendan said:

Win against the bombers has given them confidence, imo we would have to have a really off day for them to get near us, if we play like we did against the suns I expect a similar result 

That’s my primary concern, the mental side of things. They’ll be brimming with confidence, and we’re still considered to be mentally fragile enough that every lower team targets their fixture with us as a bankable 4 points. I’m hoping we’ve overcome that particular handicap (which I think we have this year with our trend of beating teams that were ranked below us). Sunday will be more evidence either way.

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