I have had reservations about Dom Tyson, but since his return he has been very effective. Even to say he is part of our midfield for finalS.

If I had to make a choice I would bring Viney in for Spargo/Kent ( and only if he is fit !!!!). I feel for Spargo, but Viney is C0 Captain. However I feel our midfield setup is going extremely well with Gawn, Clarrie & Gus. As such I would play Viney as a small fwd and pinch hit in the middle if we are getting slaughtered.

  On 19/08/2018 at 09:17, wizardinoz said:

Out: Spargo

In: Bugg

Just No

I would rather Garlett who did sweet fa on the weekend.

If you want someone to reliably deliver the pill to the opposition, then Bugg is your man. 

  On 19/08/2018 at 10:51, DeeSpencer said:

Hannan and Kent both have plenty of pace. They just aren't very good natural crumbers. We've just got to keep getting them in the right positions.

T Mc and ANB can beat their opponents with run. And Melksham on a tall or slower defender has a good combination of pace/endurance, as does Spargo and Vanders. 

We had a number of excellent forward entries to Melksham and Hannan today and some good leading from all the guys. The long kicks to Tommy Mc and Weids were bought to ground but not crumbed. If Kent and Hannan in particular can find a bit of chemistry with the talls as soon as possible that would be great. Doubt it will happen but we can hope.

I'm not worried about crumbers. I care about the fast break Orange Tsunami that GWS is capable of.

Playing for a top 4 spot.... DL says rest Gawn and Oliver??? wtf there is a bye week for that rubbish

  On 19/08/2018 at 10:42, Chook said:

…or someone else with some pace. Not married to Garlett. Not even married to a change.

just joshin hey chook?

  On 19/08/2018 at 10:06, Red and Blue realist said:

What's the odds they look at OMac cause darling got concussed, I thought he couldn't have tackled any better but they've gone on the outcome in other cases

I think Oscar is safe as it wasn’t a ‘driving’ tackle.  If anything, he rolled Darling slightly to the side to avoid driving him to the dirt. 

I wouldn't be against resting Gawn.

It's a miracle he's lasted this long.

Do we need to discuss possible changes just yet? Cant we just enjoy this great moment for a day or two first?

  On 19/08/2018 at 11:25, Clint Bizkit said:

I wouldn't be against resting Gawn.

It's a miracle he's lasted this long.

He can have a rest on Sunday.

Out  :  Spargo 

In  :  Garlett 

 

Spargo really looks cooked but sadly so does our injury list. Garlett has experience and an X factor I would like in finals. He also is a massive chance to give you nothing. It’s a risk. 

  On 19/08/2018 at 10:15, wheaters31 said:

Garlett for Spargo. Just back Garlett in. 

I daresay you have seen the last of Garlett in a Melbourne jumper if you saw his game at Casey yesterday. No fwd pressure , no interest. The opposite of what we saw today from Hannan, Spargo and even Kent in the second half.

Jeff is done.

 

Edited August 19, 20186 yr by jnrmac

no change, except if someone is injured or suspended. we need to keep a consistent team. Garlett has done nothing in the seniors and was dropped where he continued to show little interest, no way he should be coming back in. we need players who will, run, chase and tackle that is not jeffy.

 

  On 19/08/2018 at 11:34, deebug said:

He can have a rest on Sunday.

 Hopefully he doesn’t have a rest on Sunday between 3:20 and 6:00pm 

  On 19/08/2018 at 10:42, Chook said:

…or someone else with some pace. Not married to Garlett. Not even married to a change.

ah... you are a 'Wag', Chook.

  On 19/08/2018 at 10:06, Red and Blue realist said:

What's the odds they look at OMac cause darling got concussed, I thought he couldn't have tackled any better but they've gone on the outcome in other cases

Darling wasn't concussed. Even the usually dull West Coast supporters have noted Darling, feigning concussion, caused the West Coasts doctors to take the cautious approach and prevent him returning to the game. They rightly said he was milking it for a free, which Was what I thought at the time. It was virtually the perfect tackle. There will be no action taken against McDonald.

We'd be incredibly stupid to rest players who are otherwise fit. We need every chance we can get to improve our MCG game if we want to be successful in finals, and it's possible our first final will be at the G whether we win or lose (it could be that a win gives us Geelong but a loss gives us Hawthorn, for example).

The confidence we would get from improving our top 8 record going into our first final in 12 years would be enormous.

Hibberd might have tweaked a hamstring but other than that, and assuming no other injuries, I'd give this 22 the chance to build more momentum next week.

I do not understand anyone suggesting Weideman isn't a lock for next week. He gave us everything we needed (other than his shanked set shot). He showed strong leading up at the ball and some great marking, he got well involved in play up the field, and he wasn't terrible in the ruck. I was really happy with him.

In saying all of this, Kent only played one quarter, ANB played another poor game, Spargo is struggling (he's lucky Garlett and Bugg are no better) and VDB doesn't look fit enough to run out full games. I'm happy to back all four in (especially ANB given his form over the year) but we'd want to see some improvement from some.

  On 19/08/2018 at 11:45, jnrmac said:

I daresay you have seen the last of Garlett in a Melbourne jumper if you saw his game at Casey yesterday. No fwd pressure , no interest. The opposite of what we saw today from Hannan, Spargo and even Kent in the second half.

Jeff is done.

 

dropped twice,,, back for what, one game, before dropped again ?

finished... apparently doesn't have the trust of the selection committee.

 

I can understand that.  We aren't a welfare club.   We're trying to get up off the floor. 

IF he doesn't want to help us do that, then there's the door.   I think he's had his chances, and burnt them.

  On 19/08/2018 at 11:54, titan_uranus said:

Hibberd might have tweaked a hamstring but other than that, and assuming no other injuries, I'd give this 22 the chance to build more momentum next week.

That's the only change I see 'titan'...get him right for the first final.

No change. 

There’s no way OMac gets rubbed out, it was a textbook tackle. Darling’s head didn’t even hit the ground, or at least didn’t appear to. The fact that such an innocuous tackle seems to have knocked him out is more of a worry for Darling than anything.

Darling played for the push in the back free kick by basically flopping forward but OMac twisted him in the tackle.  It would be an absolute travesty if anything happened at all.

So he'll probably get several weeks.

No Bugg. No Garlett. God, No!

Talk of resting players is crazy.....  a win here will mean a final vs Geelong at the MCG, a loss will possibly mean playing GWS again up in Sydney with the confidence they will take out of just having rolled us 12 or so days earlier and with Toby Greene and others coming back.

We must hit this game at full steam.  The season aint over yet!

Edited August 19, 20186 yr by Petraccattack

Viney is further away than we think I reckon

We'd be [censored] crazy to drop Tyson right now

  On 19/08/2018 at 09:52, Chook said:

Tyson gets absolutely no respect. I was a former Tyson hater too but he's very handy.

No change. If anyone goes out it could be Weidemann for Garlett or someone else with some pace. You need heaps of it on the G, and you need even more against GWS.

It's not that I'm a Tyson basher... 

Its just to make way for a fit viney its Tyson that would go.