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3 minutes ago, Devil is in the Detail said:

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

Some brutal hang there..

 

Just now, Wolfturdo said:

Oh get stuffed

Shattering news for Fritsch but seems logical with the Eagles tall timber 

5 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

Missing the crucial detail there.

in order to be consistent with his/her avatar

 
42 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

Given our high pressure midfield game, I think there's something to be said for letting Hibbo be the intercept more rather than taking a tall 1v1. Our high intensity can result in average entires for the opposition team, so having Hibbo ready to chop is always handy 


if fritsch out is true - it sounds like goody wants to go all-in on winning this game from the midfield ... 

5 minutes ago, Demons11 said:

Shattering news for Fritsch but seems logical with the Eagles tall timber 

What about the small timber? Ryan, Lecras and Rioli?

Apart from the fact that Smith trained with the main squad (as did a few others), were there any indications that Bayley knew this, or that Smith knew he was in?

At this stage do we have anything more than rumour or heresay?

16 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

source please

Goodwin said the Demons have planned to remove players out of the Casey line-up in the case they beat the Eagles on Saturday. We'll get to that , if that situation arise  Was in the paper today. 


All things aside the potential Smith inclusion is risky from a fitness perspective alone I would have thought. How many games has he been back for?

1 hour 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. 

That would be nice.

6 minutes ago, buck_nekkid said:

Apart from the fact that Smith trained with the main squad (as did a few others), were there any indications that Bayley knew this, or that Smith knew he was in?

At this stage do we have anything more than rumour or heresay?

Thought I saw a group of Casey players gather for a short time at training on Wednesday. They included Joel Smith.

I hope it is a rumour. Need the cohesion in the backline, Bayley Fritsch is reasonably tall and has had his position locked down for a while. Rumour or MFC "fugazi" at play.

In a  couple of hours we will know.

2 minutes ago, Redleg said:

That would be nice.

Tttt....I'm more concerned about the 1st's ;)


2 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

Tttt....I'm more concerned about the 1st's ;)

Post referred to 2 premierships, AFL and VFL.

Edited by Redleg

Tough call for match committee. Obviously a difficult call to make but this is a preliminary final and match ups are critical - especially with their multi faceted forward line.

I am a big Fritsch fan but as others have mentioned freeing up Hibberd to be the interceptor and using Smith to cover a smaller forward might be the thinking. Smith also provides an option if Kennedy or Darling are getting away from Frost and OMac. Gotta have options in a prelim - especially with two players that could win the game off their own boot.

It might be Tyson who goes out yet but the more I think about it the more I like having Smith in. 

 

I think other than the Petty selection, the FD IMO has done pretty well and we are in a Prelim after all.

I like it. Gawn cant do everything against those eagles behemoths and Frost and Omac will need all the support they can get. Seems sensible Fritsch unlucky.


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