Match Preview and Team Selection - Preliminary Final

[Jaded No More 68,976]

5 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Fritsch has hardly set the world on fire this finals....at all. Has probably handled the finals heat the least out of all players.

Wouldn't shock me in at all if he's omitted. 

I agree with this. He made some pretty crappy decisions by foot on Friday, which is unlike him. The backline is not his natural position, which makes it even harder to drop him, because essentially he's been doing his bit for the team covering a position that doesn't allow him to play at his best. I would feel very bad for him, but this is a must win game. Sometimes tough calls need to be made, and I guess we feel that the midfield is where we can really pressure West Coast, and Tyson is an experienced mid.

If a mid goes down injured, or if they are applying a hard tag and say we want to push Oliver up forward, Tyson gives us the flexibility to cover the inside role. 

The midfield is definitely where we can win or lose this. We smashed them in contested possessions in Round 22, and it is ultimately why we won.

5 hours ago, McQueen said:

Melksham and Hibberd flying over today. 

Source - Melkys Insta. 

They were flying Business too. I guess when you're in a prelim, Virgin throws you a few perks! 

4 hours ago, Demonland said:

And Max and Jonesy as per a friends photos.

I would presume that Lewis is on that flight too as those 5 were all on my flight last time a day earlier than the rest of the team.

Old men need longer to get over the jetlag 

[GCDee 3,202]

Maybe Casey just want Fritta back to win them the flag on Sunday only for him to come in next week against the Tiges and Fritta can win two flags in the one year. 

[layzie 34,528]

On my short walk around the block just then I couldn't stop thinking about this. It doesn't gel with me at all. It would be devastating to lose this at the selection table.

I think Smith could be good in time but he's a liability for this game with 3 dangerous small forwards. Fritsch has not been great the last two games I admit that. He offers something that few others in the team have though, hard to describe it but it's the ability to use it consistently. 

If Smith has to come in as an extra tall then it has to be Tyson out for me. He looks back to his old 'lost on the outside mid' self. Fritsch back to the wing and Smith back.

Edited September 20, 2018 by layzie

[Pennant St Dee 13,443]

4 hours ago, GCDee said:

I don't think Harmes to Yeo would work... 

Yeo can drag him deep forward or back and would crush him in the air. 

Harmes to Shuey, Viney to Redden. 

Oliver & Brayshaw to run wild. 

Disagree in terms of Yeo being forced out of the guts robs them of one of their major clearance bulls and still leaves us with Brayshaw Viney Clarrie and Tyson to roll through the middle

[GCDee 3,202]

I remember watching a Nev Jetta interview about how when he was watching the Round 23 match between WCE & ADEL he felt so helpless that he wasn't in control of his own fate. 

I wonder if the boys will draw from these feelings of Round 23 and go that bit harder knowing it was these guys that effectively ended our season last year (on the back of our choke against the pies) 

If we hit hard in the center of the ground as we did against Geelong I think this game will be over by 3 QT time. 

[binman 44,792]

5 minutes ago, Pennant St Dee said:

Disagree in terms of Yeo being forced out of the guts robs them of one of their major clearance bulls and still leaves us with Brayshaw Viney Clarrie and Tyson to roll through the middle

Reducing their clearance numbers will go a long way to helping us win. They only turned things around against the pies when they started to win more contested ball. They were in trouble when the pies were on top in that area.

So it is a Yeo from me!

[Graeme Yeats' Mullet 6,791]

9 minutes ago, layzie said:

On my short walk around the block just then I couldn't stop thinking about this. It doesn't gel with me at all. It would be devastating to lose this at the selection table.

I think Smith could be good in time but he's a liability for this game with 3 dangerous small forwards. Fritsch has not been great the last two games I admit that. He offers something that few others in the team have though, hard to describe it but it's the ability to use it consistently. 

If Smith has to come in as an extra tall then it has to be Tyson out for me. He looks back to his old 'lost on the outside mid' self. Fritsch back to the wing and Smith back.

Who'd have thought, just 6 weeks ago, that we'd be fiercely debating team composition in a Prelim? Nice problem to have.

For me it's No Change, and we let Omac, Frosty, Hibbo manage the talls with a chop out from Max and his support

But it's great that we have some depth to cater for team balance and injury cover

[The Chazz 4,077]

10 minutes ago, layzie said:

On my short walk around the block just then I couldn't stop thinking about this. It doesn't gel with me at all. It would be devastating to lose this at the selection table.

I think Smith could be good in time but he's a liability for this game with 3 dangerous small forwards. Fritsch has not been great the last two games I admit that. He offers something that few others in the team have though, hard to describe it but it's the ability to use it consistently. 

If Smith has to come in as an extra tall then it has to be Tyson out for me. He looks back to his old 'lost on the outside mid' self. Fritsch back to the wing and Smith back.

We are in a preliminary final.  We're not going to lose this game at the selection table because we dropped a 23-odd game, first year player playing in a bit-part role.

[Demonland 74,364]

29 minutes ago, Jaded said:

I agree with this. He made some pretty crappy decisions by foot on Friday, which is unlike him. The backline is not his natural position, which makes it even harder to drop him, because essentially he's been doing his bit for the team covering a position that doesn't allow him to play at his best. I would feel very bad for him, but this is a must win game. Sometimes tough calls need to be made, and I guess we feel that the midfield is where we can really pressure West Coast, and Tyson is an experienced mid.

If a mid goes down injured, or if they are applying a hard tag and say we want to push Oliver up forward, Tyson gives us the flexibility to cover the inside role. 

The midfield is definitely where we can win or lose this. We smashed them in contested possessions in Round 22, and it is ultimately why we won.

They were flying Business too. I guess when you're in a prelim, Virgin throws you a few perks! 

Old men need longer to get over the jetlag 

From Melksham's instagram they looked like they were all going business so the older fellas need the extra leg room and fair enough.

[Leoncelli_36 2,264]

I can't understand this swap. Smith had 2 good games before breaking his collarbone, but looked out of his depth before that time. He has just returned and it is as though he has been lighting it up at Casey, a huge step off finals football at AFL level in any case, which he hasn't. 

 

I reckon it is a gamble that may bite us on the arse. 

 

[layzie 34,528]

4 minutes ago, The Chazz said:

We are in a preliminary final.  We're not going to lose this game at the selection table because we dropped a 23-odd game, first year player playing in a bit-part role.

I'd hardly call him a 'bit-part player'. It can definitely be lost at selection if Smith stinks.

 

[dazzledavey36 56,285]

Now the rumour is that it could be Tyson who is the unlucky omission??

[layzie 34,528]

17 minutes ago, Graeme Yeats' Mullet said:

Who'd have thought, just 6 weeks ago, that we'd be fiercely debating team composition in a Prelim? Nice problem to have.

For me it's No Change, and we let Omac, Frosty, Hibbo manage the talls with a chop out from Max and his support

But it's great that we have some depth to cater for team balance and injury cover

That was the circuit breaker I needed! We're in a prelim, that's what matters.

[Wollongong Demon 182]

16 minutes ago, Leoncelli_36 said:

. He has just returned 

No change.

[GCDee 3,202]

8 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Now the rumour is that it could be Tyson who is the unlucky omission??

Where are you hearing this? 

[dazzledavey36 56,285]

4 minutes ago, GCDee said:

Where are you hearing this? 

Tom Browne reported on MMM

[Bonkers 994]

Just now, dazzledavey36 said:

Tom Browne reported on MMM

The media is probably just reading Demonland and regurgitating what they read here. I doubt anyone at the club would be leaking team news.

[Superunknown 4,246]

58 minutes ago, Jaded said:

They were flying Business too. I guess when you're in a prelim, Virgin throws you a few perks! 

 

Assuming the players are Velocity members, do they fly in a class that allows them to accrue points?

if so, they might have had enough points to upgrade or Virgin did it anyway or they're platinum/gold. Or they paid for business.

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

14 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Now the rumour is that it could be Tyson who is the unlucky omission??

That would make far more sense.

[Mr Steve 3,820]

59 minutes ago, GCDee said:

Maybe Casey just want Fritta back to win them the flag on Sunday only for him to come in next week against the Tiges and Fritta can win two flags in the one year. 

Think Goodwin said today that if Melbourne win on Saturday a number of players will be pulled from the Casey game on Sunday for back up should anything go wrong during the week. 

[Diamond_Jim 12,772]

1 minute ago, Mr Steve said:

Think Goodwin said today that if Melbourne win on Saturday a number of players will be pulled from the Casey game on Sunday for back up should anything go wrong during the week. 

source please

[Devil is in the Detail 883]

A source (family friend) as told me that he was informed last night of not playing.

[dazzledavey36 56,285]

2 minutes ago, Devil is in the Detail said:

A source (family friend) as told me that he was informed last night of not playing.

Who? Fritsch or Tyson??

[Diamond_Jim 12,772]

so today we started with O Mac out and then we moved on to Fritsch out and now we are favouring Tyson out.

Ah the joys of a good rumour

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

2 minutes ago, Devil is in the Detail said:

A source (family friend) as told me that he was informed last night of not playing.

Missing the crucial detail there.