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MATCH PREVIEW AND TEAM SELECTION - Round 16

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46 minutes ago, Satyriconhome said:

 

Kings of Hindsight appear from the mist, didn't play well so not surprised.

Same with other 3 omitted, surprised Melksham survived

No idea, click, no idea, click Warning Warning ????

Hindsight? I've been saying it every time he plays an insignificant game so nah.

Last week he was wrongly given another week. Yeh, coaches get things wrong. It's okay to admit that. 

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    21 minutes ago, shorty said:

    Well tonight , Sydney is 19 it was 25 there today.

     As the exposed surface cools by radiating its heat, atmospheric moisture condenses at a rate greater than that at which it can evaporate, resulting in the formation of water droplets.

    lived in Darwin for ten years and unless you have an evening breeze which in the dry season is rare the grass is  always greasy.

     Gets Greasy at the Gabba too .

     

    Cheers for that re Darwin! Much appreciated. Exactly info I was looking for

     

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    22 minutes ago, Demon Jack said:

    254th this week. Played his 250th against the Dogs. We've since played Collingwood, Port and the Bulldogs. 

    Sorry it was a joke from an oppo brainiac a few weeks ago

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    2 hours ago, CelebratingJade said:

    Correct

    Imagine hitting a forward on a lead...

    Imagine that fwd having his arms out stretched and not trying to take a chest mark.. and getting spoiled. One can hope.

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    Tyson could find it difficult to get back in team. Omitted for 2nd time. Slippery conditions would have suited him. Many similar to him now in the side and at Casey. I wonder what the club want him to focus on. Perhaps decision making and accuracy with disposals. I believe he over thinks his game. Weeds probably out because he is not yet sticking his marks and dewy conditions make it more unlikely. He will continue to get chances. Hannan back in Casey to develop more game involvement. Not taking the big marks or creating any x-factor stuff. Again many similar to him at Casey, Mckenna, vandenBerg, Vince, Balic, Hunt and probably Dion and Kenty. Petty probably not again till next year after a full preseason, given his inability to perform in the big show, but you never know. 

    Don't mind the changes, horses for courses.
    Good conditions for the small fleet. Frost is in to bring the high ball down for front and center players. Frost and Tom may be the relief for Max so we also keep a tall in the forward area. Hope he can handle the slippery ball. I like that Garlett is in, hoping he his hungry and can make the most of his chance. If he doesn't may find it difficult to hold his place. Charlie will have freshened up. Billy looking stronger and a bit bigger then before. Hope he gets plenty of ball, shrugs tackles, finds space for his run and hits targets.
     

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    Speaking of selection of players to travel to Darwin, I have heard that Demonland's very own cross dressing royalty will be in attendance at the game. Rumour has it he/she will be part of the half time entertainment, perhaps involving music and interpretive dance....

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    51 minutes ago, shorty said:

    Well tonight , Sydney is 19 it was 25 there today.

     As the exposed surface cools by radiating its heat, atmospheric moisture condenses at a rate greater than that at which it can evaporate, resulting in the formation of water droplets.

    lived in Darwin for ten years and unless you have an evening breeze which in the dry season is rare the grass is  always greasy.

     Gets Greasy at the Gabba too .

     

    I'm glad it's not the wet season, i don't think i could handle watching us play in the bathwater for a second week in a row

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    4 minutes ago, Moonshadow said:

    Speaking of selection of players to travel to Darwin, I have heard that Demonland's very own cross dressing royalty will be in attendance at the game. Rumour has it he/she will be part of the half time entertainment, perhaps involving music and interpretive dance....

    Gary Lyon doesn't post on demonland!

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    4 minutes ago, Moonshadow said:

    Speaking of selection of players to travel to Darwin, I have heard that Demonland's very own cross dressing royalty will be in attendance at the game. Rumour has it he/she will be part of the half time entertainment, perhaps involving music and interpretive dance....

    Bitter?

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    15 minutes ago, Moonshadow said:

    Speaking of selection of players to travel to Darwin, I have heard that Demonland's very own cross dressing royalty will be in attendance at the game. Rumour has it he/she will be part of the half time entertainment, perhaps involving music and interpretive dance....

    I hope this isn't another Peter Garrett reference...

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    2 hours ago, titan_uranus said:

    Surely it will be Frost (if he's actually playing forward) or TMac otherwise?

    Frost is surely in to play as a tall defender.  He has his limitations in that role, but he was utterly hopeless in his first season as a forward.  I'd prefer Pedersen for that, and that's saying something.  You're right that it'll probably be TMac, but I was really hoping they might let him spend the whole game at full forward for once.  That is where I see him being best suited.

    Do I remember rightly that at times in their flag year, Western Bulldogs sometimes didn't contest the ruck? If we did happen to end up with Harmes or some other inadequate contender in there, I wouldn't be adverse to having him just stand in the circle and not jump.  Make up for the mismatch by having an extra inside mid in the contest (or ready to tackle the crap out of the ruckman in case he has any smart ideas about snatching it).

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    That’s the selection we should’ve had last week. Not sure I trust Stretch after the Richmond game where he was a deer in the headlights. But his VFL form warrants it and he plays more of a role we are lacking than Tyson.

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    Happy with the inclusions. Thought Baker could squeeze in there at the expense of J.Smith to make as look as quick as we can, but other than that happy.

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    2 hours ago, Satyriconhome said:

     

    Kings of Hindsight appear from the mist, didn't play well so not surprised.

    Same with other 3 omitted, surprised Melksham survived

    No idea, click, no idea, click Warning Warning ????

    We queried Maynard and Wagner in Round 1.

    We queried Tim Smith and Tyson against Port.

    We queried Petty over Frost and no small forward against the Saints.

    Goodwin's selections have cost the club 3 wins in an even season. It will most likely cost the club finals.

    The sycophants like you that say "I trust the FD" make me sick. 

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    1 minute ago, Watts Jurrah Dunn? said:

    We queried Maynard and Wagner in Round 1.

    We queried Tim Smith and Tyson against Port.

    We queried Petty over Frost and no small forward against the Saints.

    Goodwin's selections have cost the club 3 wins in an even season. It will most likely cost the club finals.

    The sycophants like you that say "I trust the FD" make me sick. 

    As long as he learns from it and that 

    ut

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    13 minutes ago, Watts Jurrah Dunn? said:

    We queried Maynard and Wagner in Round 1.

    We queried Tim Smith and Tyson against Port.

    We queried Petty over Frost and no small forward against the Saints.

    Goodwin's selections have cost the club 3 wins in an even season. It will most likely cost the club finals.

    The sycophants like you that say "I trust the FD" make me sick. 

    May have cost us wins...  we can’t know the alternative future.  May have contributed to it.

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    1 hour ago, Watts Jurrah Dunn? said:

    We queried Maynard and Wagner in Round 1.

    We queried Tim Smith and Tyson against Port.

    We queried Petty over Frost and no small forward against the Saints.

    Goodwin's selections have cost the club 3 wins in an even season. It will most likely cost the club finals.

    The sycophants like you that say "I trust the FD" make me sick. 

    A few muddled mis-matches through the mid field early in the first quarter cost us one or two goals (like Hogan on Ablett where Ablett lost Hogan easily and ran into half forward at one point for the easy receive and goal) and the match against the Cats.  Maynard eventually went to Ablett for a short period mid way through the first and at least prevented him from causing any major damage while he was on.  Admittedly Maynard a big work in progress, especially kicking skills and lacks pace but his work rate / effort is there along with, contested/clearances and tackling.  The hip issue obviously a big set back.

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    4 hours ago, John Demonic said:

    I'm glad it's not the wet season, i don't think i could handle watching us play in the bathwater for a second week in a row

    There's none left, they drank it all last week.

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    People have been asking for more speed and now we have it but I wanted to talk about J Smith.

    He came in following Levers injury, we then looked too short against pies and port so Petty was bought in but Smith some how survived and got to then play as a mid size or rebounding defender role taking over from Vince. He the has a terrible game against the saints, meanwhile Vince shows he wares in the 2s and we commit to Wagner for another year so we must see something in him. Question is how does Smith hold his spot?

    You could maybe even try Hannan down back in that role rather than dropping him, hes certainly a better play atm and couldn’t be worse than smith in that role 

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    8 hours ago, Watts Jurrah Dunn? said:

    We queried Maynard and Wagner in Round 1.

    We queried Tim Smith and Tyson against Port.

    We queried Petty over Frost and no small forward against the Saints.

    Goodwin's selections have cost the club 3 wins in an even season. It will most likely cost the club finals.

    The sycophants like you that say "I trust the FD" make me sick. 

    I trust the FD because I feel I have no choice but to trust the FD. Unlike you I can never say with any level of confidence that my idea would have worked better than the one that was implemented. There have been just as many instances where the collective wisdom potted a FD for a decision and were proven completely wrong. The collective wisdom also only sees a small portion of what has gone in to the decision; the rest is completely invisible to it.

    Trusting others to make decisions that are completely out of one’s control doesn’t make that person a sycophant, it just makes them self aware. 

    I work in an industry where the outcome of the (complex) choices of my team makes become visible to the public, and believe me, the criticism I have seen out there is so misinformed that you have no choice but to laugh and ignore it and get on with the job. As a footy fan, I don’t know if I’m just a woefully misinformed member of the public, but without the decades of experience in the industry I reckon I probably am, and I reckon you probably are too.

    By the way, I’m not saying FDs never get things wrong - obviously they do. Neeld’s FD got pretty much everything wrong, it is plainly evident from the results. Just highlighting the danger of assuming we could do a better job from our armchairs.

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    8 hours ago, Watts Jurrah Dunn? said:

    We queried Maynard and Wagner in Round 1.

    We queried Tim Smith and Tyson against Port.

    We queried Petty over Frost and no small forward against the Saints.

    Goodwin's selections have cost the club 3 wins in an even season. It will most likely cost the club finals.

    The sycophants like you that say "I trust the FD" make me sick. 

    So what you are saying is that you and others on this site know more than the football department, yeah sure pal.

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    1 hour ago, PJ_12345 said:

    Dont let me down Frost

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    Brilliant. I think this could have some mileage and become a game time ground entrance innovation. Players come onto the ground with the masks of their favourite GoT character donned. Or else, splashed across the banner.

    Side 1: Frosty's namesake Night King.

    Side 2: a combo "lower your eyes" and "don't be lazy" in font Comic Sans just to up the ante on the crazy

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    10 hours ago, the rolling fog said:

    May not be the right time nor place, but it looks like Tyson's papers are stamped at MFC

    No I think he needs 2 work on some aspects of his game. Y get rid of him but keep some other NQRS who r not in his league eg Wagner etc

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