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Training - Tuesday 12th February, 2019

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48 minutes ago, binman said:

A very large part of why we didn't was the interrupted pre seasons of key players in tmac and viney.  

It was more the interrupted seasons rather than pre seasons that cost us with these 2 'binman'...

Both were pretty good when they got on the ground.

Viney only played 7 home & away games.

So long as we don't miss key players again this year I'm not as fussed as some with preseason.

Apart from Hannan it doesn't seem like anyone else has been off legs...

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    5 hours ago, rjay said:

    It was more the interrupted seasons rather than pre seasons that cost us with these 2 'binman'...

    Both were pretty good when they got on the ground.

    Viney only played 7 home & away games.

    So long as we don't miss key players again this year I'm not as fussed as some with preseason.

    Apart from Hannan it doesn't seem like anyone else has been off legs...

    It's one thing to note that some players have had interrupted preseasons and another to be overly concerned by it.

    Firstly, best 22 is a fluid concept that changes due to matchups, form, injuries, etc.

    Players (not a complete list) who may not (or won't) make it to round one:

    Lever - Hore or Frost the replacements

    As much as I want Lever back we can cover him early on.

    Jones - Stretch, Sparrow or others

    I squeeze Jones onto my bench, but he's no longer a pivotal player.

    Hannan 

    He's around my 22-24 ranked player.  Handy player, but well covered and is touch and go for the best 22 anyway.

    Kolodjashnij

    I'm really looking forward to him playing and think he'll add to the team, but if he's missing the first few weeks I doubt we'll notice.

    Melksham

    He's the only player that I expect to miss (other than Lever) that weakens the side.  Joel Smith, who's a different type, may play instead of him.  Or they'll rejig in some other fashion.

    I expect Viney, May, vandenBerg, Petracca, Oliver, and others to be right to go.

    So while it's not ideal, as you say, most have got miles into their legs and players who may miss are relatively easily replaced.

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    Round 1 last year we played Pedersen, Wagner, Garlett, Maynard, Hunt, Vince, Hannan. 

    Im confident we’ll name a much stronger side with May, Tmac, Viney, Brayshaw, Weids and Vanders all currently fit. 

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    3 hours ago, ProDee said:

    It's one thing to note that some players have had interrupted preseasons and another to be overly concerned by it.

    Firstly, best 22 is a fluid concept that changes due to matchups, form, injuries, etc.

    Players (not a complete list) who may not (or won't) make it to round one:

    Lever - Hore or Frost the replacements

    As much as I want Lever back we can cover him early on.

    Jones - Stretch, Sparrow or others

    I squeeze Jones onto my bench, but he's no longer a pivotal player.

    Hannan 

    He's around my 22-24 ranked player.  Handy player, but well covered and is touch and go for the best 22 anyway.

    Kolodjashnij

    I'm really looking forward to him playing and think he'll add to the team, but if he's missing the first few weeks I doubt we'll notice.

    Melksham

    He's the only player that I expect to miss (other than Lever) that weakens the side.  Joel Smith, who's a different type, may play instead of him.  Or they'll rejig in some other fashion.

    I expect Viney, May, vandenBerg, Petracca, Oliver, and others to be right to go.

    So while it's not ideal, as you say, most have got miles into their legs and players who may miss are relatively easily replaced.

    I'm not convinced May will be available for Round 1.

    Otherwise this is on the money. From all reports the players that we in Rehab were all running their guts out so the fitness base will be there.

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    2 minutes ago, Bondi said:

    I'm not convinced May will be available for Round 1.

    Otherwise this is on the money. From all reports the players that we in Rehab were all running their guts out so the fitness base will be there.

    Goodwin said to Mark Robinson that May could probably play JLT1, but will be ready for JLT2, which is two weeks before round one.

    Unless he has a setback I don't see why he won't play.

    When one looks at who could potentially miss only Lever and Melksham would be in our best 18 players.

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    May looked good jumping and dunking basketballs from some of the video clips taken at Family Fun Night on Wednesday.

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    Hannan isn't getting much love. He is our best small forward in my opinion. I rate him ahead of spargo and garlett. his goal he kicked against Geelong was clutch on the big stage!

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    3 hours ago, Dr.D said:

    Hannan isn't getting much love. He is our best small forward in my opinion. I rate him ahead of spargo and garlett. his goal he kicked against Geelong was clutch on the big stage!

    Slightly different role to Spargo, and differing strengths. Spargo is a key 'point guard' type.

    Hannan is a bot like a winger, forward...  skilled, tenacious.

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